Saturday, September 01, 2007
TheStar.com - entertainment - The complicated uncomplicated life of Jimmy Buffett
TheStar.com - entertainment - The complicated uncomplicated life of Jimmy Buffett: "The complicated uncomplicated life of Jimmy Buffett"
ep 01, 2007 04:30 AM
Sometimes Jimmy Buffett's world gets a little too complicated.
After a lifetime spent in the pursuit of uncluttered self-contentment – "some music, a couple of hours in the water, a nap in the afternoon is all I really need," the American folk-pop icon said during a recent interview – he seems to have achieved exactly the opposite.
He's the head of a massive and complex empire that embraces recording, distribution, music publishing, merchandising and concert interests; the creation of several bestselling novels and an autobiography; Internet radio; movie and stage musical productions; two restaurant chains; a brewery, and a casino resort that will open in Biloxi, Miss. in 2010, not far from his birthplace in Pascagoula.
The 61-year-old accidental mogul, who also flies and collects antique planes and regularly sails his own yacht to distant and exotic destinations, says he has "about 4,000 or 5,000" people working for him and a handful of executives who take care of the various day-to-day operations of his multi-faceted business.
But though he likes to think he has his hand on the wheel, that's not always the case. A few months ago the much-mythologized, free-spirited macho icon worshipped by hundreds of thousands of self-proclaimed Parrotheads approved a general U.S.-food industry-inspired ban on Canadian seafood in his restaurants and immediately found himself at odds with his legions of Canadian fans, as well as relatives in Newfoundland.
Labels: Music, parrot head, parrothead, Philly Parrotheads
Friday, June 22, 2007
PreParty IN AC
Pass Located HERE
Labels: Buffett, parrot head, parrothead, Philly Parrotheads
Sunday, April 29, 2007
ickets for Buffett concert in Atlantic City go on sale Monday | Asbury Park Press Online
The Key West-based singer-songwriter and his longtime backing group, The Coral Reefer Band, will bring their Bama Breeze 2007 tour to Boardwalk Hall, Boardwalk at Florida Avenue, June 30.
The concert is sponsored by Harrah's Entertainment, which owns Bally's, Casears, Harrah's and Showboat.
Show time will be 8 p.m. Admission is $226, $156, $96 and $66. To order tickets, call (800) 736-1420 or visit www.ticketmaster.com/."
Labels: Buffett, Music, parrot head, parrothead, Philly Parrotheads
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Making Some Changes
Well if you look around I am trying to make some changes here... getting updates from Google reader, putting labels on my posts. Doing this and that.
HAPPY HOUR THIS WEEKEND
The Tri-State Parrot Head Club/Philly Parrot Heads are having their monthly Happy Hour at AJ's Sports Bar in Levittown, PA this Saturday 1 pm to 5 PM with the Idlewoodsman playing. Probably going to make it there with the Gypsy Princess.
Labels: parrot head, Philly Parrotheads
