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Jimmy Buffett’s Escape to
Margaritaville will set your mind
on island time!
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Welcome to Margaritaville, where people come to get away from
it all … and stay to � nd something they never expected. With a
book by Emmy Award® winner Greg Garcia (My Name Is Earl, Raising
Hope) and Emmy Award® nominee Mike O’Malley (Survivors Remorse,
Shameless) Escape to Margaritaville is the musical comedy featuring
both original songs and your most-loved Jimmy Bu� ett classics,
including “Fins,” “Volcano,” “Cheeseburger in Paradise” and many
more. USA Today calls it “a little slice of paradise” and Entertainment
Weekly raves, “It will knock your � ip-� ops o� !” Set your mind on
island time.
Here is some Jimmy Bu� ett trivia to get the party started!
• Jimmy Bu� ett was born on Christmas Day, 1946 in Pascagoula,
Mississippi.
• Bu� ett’s full name is James William Bu� ett.
• Bu� ett’s parents were James Delaney Bu� ett, Jr. and Mary Loraine.
• Bu� ett is NOT related to Warren Bu� ett, no matter how many
times he called him “Uncle Warren.” � is was proven through
DNA testing.
• Bu� ett attended St. Ignatius Elementary School and McGill
Institute (now McGill-Toolen Catholic High School) and
graduated in 1964.
• Bu� ett earned a bachelor’s degree in 1969 from � e University of
Southern Mississippi. His major? History.
• Bu� ett has been married twice, most recently to Jane in 1977 to
present. He met her in � e Chart Room in Key West, Florida.
• Bu� ett wears a chain around his neck with an anchor on it in place
of a wedding ring.
• Bu� ett has three children, Savannah (1979), Sarah (1992), and
Cameron (1994).
• Bu� ett took up the guitar in college just to meet women.
• Bu� ett and the Coral Reefer Band played Mallory Square
frequently in the 1970s … for free.
• Bu� ett could not survive � nancially on his singing career in the
beginning, so he also worked as a � rst mate on many private
� shing charters.
• � e song “Cheeseburger in Paradise” was inspired while Bu� ett
was on a boat. Starving, he stopped at a marina in Tortola (British
Virgin Islands). � e overcooked burgers served to him and his
starving crew were thoroughly enjoyed.
—From Islandjay.com
• Bu� ett trademarked the name “Parrothead” back in 1996. It was
coined by Coral Reefer Band member Timothy B. Schmit in 1985
at a show in Ohio to describe the audience, many of whom were
wearing Hawaiian shirts and parrot hats.
• Bu� ett was asked to be in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies but
had to turn the o� er down because of a lack of time.
• Bu� ett is a very successful author having written one anthology
of short stories, three novels, two children’s books and an
autobiography.
• Bu� ett appeared on the television show Hawaii Five-0 twice as
Pilot Frank Bama, which is the name of the main character in his
novel Where Is Joe Merchant?
• Bu� ett was introduced to Key West in 1971 by Jerry Je� Walker,
singer of the famous song “Mr. Bojangles.”
• When Bu� ett lived in Key West at one of his many residences, he
truly was 50 feet from Louie’s Backyard bar.
• Bu� ett played � e Chart Room Bar as his � rst gig. � is is where he
introduced the song “Nautical Wheelers.” Nautical Wheelers was
a square-dancing group from Key West that Bu� ett used to watch
just o� of Duval Street.
JIMMY BUFFETT’S ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLESEGERSTROM HALLDates: February 4–9Tickets: $26 and up
Media Partner: Spectrum Reach
For tickets and information visit SCFTA.org or call (714) 556-2787 Group services: (714) 755-0236
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