Jimmy Buffett

Jimmy Buffett married Margie Washichek in 1969. The couple divorced in 1971.

He and his second wife Jane Slagsvol have two daughters—Savannah Jane and Sarah Delaney. They also have adopted a son, Cameron Marley. While Buffett and Jane separated in the late 1980s, they sorted out their differences and reconciled in 1991.

Buffett has a house in St Barts on the Caribbean island. He loves to travel on the East Coast on his sailboat. He enjoys flying as well and owns a Dassault Falcon 900, a French-built corporate jet aircraft. He also owns a Boeing Stearman, Lake Amphibian, and Grumman Albatross.

James William Buffett was born on December 25, 1946, in Pascagoula, Mississippi, the USA, to Mary Lorraine and James Delaney Buffett, Jr. He grew up in Mobile, Alabama, and later moved to Fairhope, Alabama.

He was passionate about music from his childhood. He went to St. Ignatius School and played the trombone in the school band. Since his grandfather was a sailor, he was exposed to sailing as a little boy, and this had an impact on his music.

In 1964, he graduated from McGill Institute for Boys. He then went to Pearl River Community College and also attended Auburn University, where he played the guitar.

In 1969, he graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi with a bachelor's degree in history. At the university, he was involved in the Kappa Sigma, the largest college social fraternity in the world.

After graduation, Jimmy Buffett worked as a correspondent for Billboard magazine in Nashville. He started his musical career in the late 1960s, and released his first album, ‘Down to Earth’ in 1970.

His album ‘A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean’ was released in 1973, followed by the albums ‘Living & Dying in 3/4 Time’ and ‘A1A’ in 1974. The album ‘Havana Daydreamin' was released in 1976.

His album ‘Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes’ was out in 1977. It had the hit song ‘Margaritaville’. The song took the eighth position in the US Billboard Hot 100 and topped the US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks.

In the 1980s, he was involved in 11 tours including ‘A Hot Dog & A Road Map Tour,’ ‘Somewhere over China Tour,’ and ‘A Pirate Looks at Forty Tour.’ He became very popular as a crowd puller at concerts during this period.

He launched several business ventures, taking advantage of his popularity and fan following. In 1985, he started the Margaritaville restaurant in Key West, Florida. He also owns the Cheeseburger in Paradise restaurant, Margaritaville Tequila, Margaritaville Footwear, and Margaritaville Foods.

The most popular song of Jimmy Buffett’s career is ‘Margaritaville’, which was a part of the 1977 album ‘Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes’. The song, written by Buffett, was about a drink he had discovered at a restaurant in Austin, Texas. It reached number eight on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and topped the Easy Listening chart.

Buffett and Alan Jackson won the 2003 CMA Award for Vocal Event Of The Year for the song ‘It's Five O'Clock Somewhere’. The song, written by Jim ‘Moose’ Brown and Don Rollins, remained at number 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for eight weeks in 2003.