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Jimmy Buffett
- A Good Life All the Way
- Narrated by: Gibson Frazier
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 05-09-17
- Language: English
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Whispersync for Voice-ready
Regular price: $22.67
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Publisher's Summary
In Jimmy Buffett: A Good Life All the Way, acclaimed music critic Ryan White has crafted the first definitive account of Buffett's rise from singing songs for beer to his emergence as a tropical icon and CEO behind the Margaritaville industrial complex, a vast network of merchandise, chain restaurants, resorts, and lifestyle products all inspired by his sunny but disillusioned hit "Margaritaville".
Filled with interviews from friends, musicians, Coral Reefer Band members past and present, and business partners who were there, this book is a top-down joyride with plenty of side trips and meanderings from Mobile and Pascagoula to New Orleans, Key West, down into the islands aboard the Euphoria and the Euphoria II, and into the studios and onto the stages where the foundation of Buffett's reputation was laid.
Buffett wasn't always the pied piper of beaches, bars, and laid-back living. Born on the Gulf Coast, the son of a son of a sailing ship captain, Buffett scuffed around New Orleans in the late '60s, flunked out of Nashville (and a marriage) in 1971, and found refuge among the artists, dopers, shrimpers, and genuine characters who'd collected at the end of the road in Key West. And it was there, in those waning outlaw days at the last American exit, where Buffett, like Hemingway before him, found his voice and eventually brought to life the song that would launch Parrot Head nation.
And just where is Margaritaville? It's wherever it's five o'clock; it's wherever there's a breeze and salt in the air; and it's wherever Buffett sets his bare feet, smiles, and sings his songs.
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- Peter Saver
- 05-16-17
Learn how to pronounce local terms
Love the book but the narrater mispronounced so many Florida terms wrong. You can't do a Keys story using a soft ch in Conch!
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-24-17
insightful, but hard listen/ read
struggled through the first half, almost gave up. pushed through and second half was better. the overall story is good, i think it was told poorly and was very slow to develope.
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- manacudokid
- Garden Grove, Ca United States
- 09-07-17
Fun Listen with some great history
Really fun listen sharing the history of my favorite cultural icon. Tells the story of all the songs that I love made me want to go back and listen to every album in its entire tea over again. Also reminded me of some of the great music from some of Jimmy Buffett's friends.
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- Dan Lucas
- 07-12-18
Great Read
Great insight into an iconic singer with songs we all know by heart. Fins up.
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-25-18
Flip flop
If your not a hardcore fan this book isn’t for you. And if you are-there is a lot to be desired in terms of flowing together.
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- Robert Young
- 04-10-18
What's not to love.
Great book, really brings a lot of the history of where the songs came from that are so popular today. Jimmy Buffett has changed my life in a dark time of it and I know he has saved many others people's life with his music and books.
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- Amazon Customer
- Cleveland, OH
- 08-03-17
Ok Book on the legend.
im not much of a music history buff, I just enjoy hearing peoples stories and how they developed their businesses.
this book makes ongoing references to specific music industry people over and over that didnt really play into the story.
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