“Jimmy passed away on the night of September 1st surrounded by his family, friends, music and dogs,” an early Saturday morning on his official website read. “He lived his life like a song till the very last breath and will be missed beyond measure by so many.”
The Mississippi-born, Alabama-raised Buffett was a globally-known star, thanks to his carefree hits and colorful stage shows, but much of his musical roots ran through Nashville. In 2021, Buffett and his Coral Reefer Band played a private show at Exit/In — five decades after he made some of his first performances at the tiny club on Elliston Place in Music City.
Buffett moved to Nashville in the late 1960s with ambitions of a career in country music. He became a Nashvillefrom 1969-1970, where he is credited with breaking the news of the breakup of bluegrass duo Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs in 1969. His tenure atHis follow-up, 1973’s was recorded at Tompall Glaser’s Nashville studio, which would later be dubbed “Hillbilly Central.
But even as far back as his 1998 hit “How Forever Feels,” Chesney paid homage to Buffett with the lyric, “Now I know how Jimmy Buffett Feels,” while the video’s tropical vibe helped cement cowboy hat-meets-puka shell necklace, “Island Kenny” persona Chesney would become known for in later songs and videos such as “When the Sun Goes Down.
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