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On December 25, 1946, James William Buffett was born in Pascagoula, Mississippi to James Delaney Buffett and Mary Loriane.
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Barnaby Records
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According to Billboard Magazine, Jimmy toured the west in November and December 1970. While little to no details are mentioned, they did confirm that Jimmy played UTEP on December 15, and that he ended the tour in Denver on December 18 and 19. 1970 Coral Reefer Band:
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ABC Dunhill Records
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ABC Dunhill Records
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ABC Dunhill Records
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United Artists
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ABC Dunhill Records
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Barnaby Records
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ABC Dunhill Records
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ABC Dunhill Records
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ABC Dunhill Records
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MCA Records
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MCA Records
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MCA Records
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MCA Records
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MCA Records
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MCA Records
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MCA Records
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MCA Records
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MCA Records
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MCA Records
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MCA Records
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MCA Records
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MCA Records
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On Thursday, August 25th, 1994 around 3:00 pm Eastern time, Jimmy Buffett crashed his Grumman G-44 Widgeon, N1471N, while attempting to takeoff in the waters off Nantucket, Massachusetts. The airplane nosed over, and Jimmy was able to swim to safety, sustaining only minor injuries.
Buffett credits his survival to Navy Survival Training he had to complete before being able to ride in an F-14 Tomcat from the deck of an aircraft carrier. -
MCA Records
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On January 16, 1996, Jimmy Buffett’s Grumman HU-16 Albatross, dubbed the Hemisphere Dancer, was shot at by Jamaican authorities as he taxied in the waters near Negril.
The Jamaicans had mistaken it for a drug-runner’s plane, though Jimmy had “only come for chicken.” On board the plane was Chris Blackwell from Island Records and U2′s Bono and his family. -
MCA Records
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MCA Records
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Island Records
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Island Records
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Mailboat Records
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On February 4th, 2001, Jimmy Buffett was ejected from the American Airlines Arena in Miami during a Heat / Knicks NBA basketball game for cursing at referee Joe Forte, who didn’t even know who he was.
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Mailboat Records
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MCA/Mailboat/UTV Records
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Mailboat Records
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Mailboat Records
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Mailboat Records
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RCA and Mailboat Records
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Mailboat Records
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Mailboat Records
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MCA Records
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On Friday, October 6th, 2006 the New York Post (see article on right) reported that French authorities seized more than 100 tablets of the club drug Ecstasy from Jimmy Buffett’s luggage when he arrived for departure at the Toulon-Hyères International Airport in southern France
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Mailboat Records
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MCA Nashville
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Mailboat Records
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Mailboat Records
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Mailboat Records
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The 2011 Welcome to Fin Land Tour, named for the song “Fins” and the country “Finland,” will see Jimmy and the band make a number of stops all across the country. January brought Jimmy back to Australia for the first time since 1988. Among the usual stops of the “Welcome to Fin Land” tour there will be returns to West Palm Beach, FL for the first time since November 14, 2006 and Kansas City, Missouri for the first time since May 3, 1997.
