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Note: Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations. Songs and albums are by Jimmy Buffett unless otherwise noted.
A1A (album), 126–30, 132–33, 144, 146, 149, 165, 303, 312
“Abandoned on Tuesday,” 34
ABC-Dunhill, 83, 84, 89, 91, 95, 96–97, 98, 106, 116, 126, 133, 144, 149
ABC Records, 149, 151, 153, 162, 164, 174–75, 191, 192, 207, 209, 211, 213, 225, 226
“Ace,” 47
Acuff, Roy, 109
“African Friend,” 198
African Music Machine, 110
“Ain’t He a Genius” (folk song), 42, 86
“Ain’t Life Grand,” 222
AIR Studios, London, 209–11
“All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth,” 239, 321
Allman Brothers Band, 73, 226, 305
Almost Over the Edge (proposed album), 210
Alpert, Herb, 126
Alpha Band, 190
“Always Saturday Night,” 300–301
American Library, Paris, 25, 151
Aspen, Colorado, 188–90, 191–92, 205, 206
Autour du Rocher, St. Barts, 252, 256, 283
Axton, Hoyt, 116
Azoff, Irving, 192–93, 196, 197, 199, 211–12, 216, 232, 237–38, 249
“Back to the Island,” 286
“Back Where I Come From” (McAnally), 281
Ballad of Calico, The (Murphey), 79, 81
“Ballad of Spider John,” 103–4
“Banana Republics,” 170
Barnaby Records, 44–45, 48, 97
Barometer Soup (album), 255
Barrett, Sweet Emma, 30, 111–12
Bartlett, Ray, 113–14
Bartlett, Roger, 112–18, 127–28, 130–31, 133–35, 141, 143, 146, 152–55, 159, 187, 301–4, 304, 312
Bayou Room, New Orleans, 28, 29–30, 31, 271
Beach House on the Moon (album), 255, 275
Beatles, 5, 30, 114, 118, 163, 209, 217, 233
Bein’ Free (Walker), 91
Belafonte, Harry, 253
Berry, Chuck, 271
Betsch, John, 89
Betton, Matt, 254
“Beyond the End,” 246
Bibby, Richard, 222
“Big Rig,” 145
Billboard, Buffett’s writing job with, 40–42, 45, 46, 68, 165
Bimini, sailing into, 177–81, 195
Bissell, Tom, Magic Hours, 59
Bitter End, New York, 48–49
“Blame It on the Rum,” 313
Blanding, Don, 253
Bleyer, Archie, 45
Block, Bert, 223
“Boat Drinks,” 217
Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads (box set), 39, 255, 266
“Boats to Build,” 284
Boca Chica Lounge, Key West, 61, 66, 88, 97, 307
Bonham, John, 109
Bon Jovi, 271
Bono, 257
Booker T., 89
“Boomerang Love,” 258
Boone, Debby, 212–13
Boucher, Kevin, 258–59, 265, 273
Bradley, Ed, 19–20, 154, 259, 260, 264, 269
Braun, David, 223–25
Brautigan, Richard, 103
Bridges, Jeff, 110–11, 117, 322
Bronfman, Edgar, 271
Brooks, Garth, 282
Brown, Jim “Moose,” 278–80
Brown, Milton, 23–25, 32–36, 38, 43, 71
Brown, Zac, 287
Browne, Jackson, 181
“Brown Eyed Girl” (Morrison), 236, 237
Buckley, Lord Richard, 85, 104
Buffet Hotel (album), 287, 288
Buffett, Cameron Marley (son), 258, 283, 313, 322
Buffett, Hilda Seymour (grandmother), 11, 12, 13–14, 21
Buffett, James Delaney Jr. “J.D.” (father), 11, 13–15, 19, 21
Buffett, Captain James Delaney Sr. (grandfather), 10–14, 15, 21, 28, 42
Buffett, Jane Slagsvol (wife), 195, 197, 201–2, 221, 235, 270, 313, 322
early years of, see Slagsvol, Jane
separation of Jimmy and, 236, 238–39, 254, 257–58
wedding of Jimmy and, 188–90
Buffett, Jimmy [James William]:
arrival in Key West, 7–8, 9, 49, 53, 57–58, 60, 82, 97, 161, 308
birth and childhood, 15, 19–21, 28
and contracts, 23–24, 35, 45, 84, 140, 144, 153, 160, 164, 175, 191, 192–93, 226
early recordings, 34–36, 39, 43
fortieth birthday, 252, 254, 255
and Jane, see Slagsvol, Jane
My African Friend and Other Stories, 239
The Parrot Head Handbook, 148–49, 177n, 219, 252, 261
persona of, 25, 66, 131–32, 214–15, 235, 249
A Pirate Looks at Fifty, 23, 26, 30, 31, 147, 164, 228, 255, 256, 313
on the road, 67, 102–3, 116–18, 131, 149–51, 153, 184, 185–90, 202–4, 207, 214, 228–29, 236, 247, 274, 284, 321
A Salty Piece of Land, 273–74, 296, 298–99
and stardom, 188, 189, 193–94, 205, 206, 214, 247, 251, 318–19, 325
Tales from Margaritaville, 160, 255, 261–63
Where is Joe Merchant?, 255, 256, 263–64, 272
Buffett, Margie Washichek (wife), 25, 32, 39–40, 46, 49, 68, 101–2
Buffett, Mary Loraine “Peets” (mother), 12–13, 15, 19–20, 24–25, 235
Buffett, Sarah Delaney (daughter), 258, 313, 322
Buffett, Savannah Jane (daughter), 221, 228–29, 230, 246, 253, 254, 261, 322
Burnett, T Bone, 190
“Burn that Bridge,” 238
Buttrey, Kenneth, 38, 173, 187, 207
Cale, J. J., 166
“California Promises,” 237
Calloway, Cab, 113
Capote, Truman, 57
“Captain America,” 42
“Captain and the Kid,” 42, 145, 324
Captain Tony’s Saloon, Key West, 1–5, 2, 56, 58, 135, 158, 193, 245, 294
Carrère, John M., 300
Carter, Jimmy, 136, 154, 161, 186
Carter family, 33
Cartwheel Records, 83
Casa Marina hotel, Key West, 57, 294, 296–97, 299–300, 302, 303, 306, 309–11
Cash, Johnny, 75–76, 89, 163, 224
Cash, Rosanne, 285
Cason, Buzz, 23, 35–36, 37–39, 43–49, 68, 69, 83, 84, 278
Castle Creek, Austin, 78, 80, 112
Casuals, 38
“Champion of the World,” 286
Chance, Barry, 217–18
“Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes,” 167, 170, 184, 225
Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes (album), 163–64, 174, 182, 187–88, 241, 280, 316, 318
“Changing Channels,” 262
“Chanson Pour Les Petits Enfants,” 220, 229
Chart Room, Key West, 6, 51, 52, 58, 60, 61–65, 69, 87, 124, 125, 127, 135, 177, 215, 286, 294, 308
Chatwin, Bruce, The Songlines, 263
“Cheeseburger in Paradise,” 157, 196–97, 198, 213, 243, 259
Chesney, Kenny, 280, 281–82, 284, 298n
Chi-Chi’s restaurant, 241–42
“Chicken Fried,” 287
“Christian?, The,” 43, 44, 45–46, 82, 91
Christmas Island (album), 15, 255
“City of New Orleans” (Guthrie), 74
Clark, Guy, 77, 88, 103, 284, 285
Clark, Phil, 51–52, 60, 64, 125–26, 139, 149, 194, 254, 308
Clark, Teresa “Murphy,” 4–5, 6, 7, 53, 183
Cline, Patsy, 72
Club Mandible, Key West, 58–59, 64–65
Club Trini (band), 266
“Coast of Carolina,” 286
“Coast of Marseilles,” 198, 311
Cochran, Cydall, 60, 61, 64, 65, 66, 97
Cochran, Vaughn, 60–62, 65, 97–99, 102, 134
Cockburn, Bruce, 289
Cocker, Joe, 168
“Coconut Telegraph,” 35–36, 228
Coconut Telegraph (album), 227–28, 230–31
Coconut Telegraph (newsletter), 245, 263, 292n, 295, 327
Cohlan, John, 270–73, 297–98, 316–17, 320–21, 323
Colby, Paul, 48–49
“Colour of the Sun,” 324
“Come Monday,” 109–10, 116–17, 126, 132, 146, 149, 165, 185, 221, 286
Como, Perry, 45
Conch Republic, formation of, 56
Conky Tonk (album), 284
Cook, Bob, 28
Cooke, Sam, 26
Cooper, Peter, 69, 71, 84, 101, 151, 160, 193
Coral Reefer Band, 115, 127, 133–34, 139–40, 142, 145–46, 151–55, 157, 159, 164, 165, 173, 175, 184, 187–88, 197, 200, 204, 207, 215, 216, 222, 226, 227, 247, 255, 256, 261, 266, 275, 288, 300, 301n, 302, 305–6, 312, 317
Corcoran, Judy, 4, 6, 51, 53, 65, 87, 195, 206, 209–10, 211, 234
Corcoran, Sebastian, 6, 65, 116, 206, 207, 209, 211
Corcoran, Tom, 3–7, 20, 51–53, 58, 65–66, 85, 87, 111, 116, 122, 123, 128, 133–34, 146, 147–48, 152, 158, 160–61, 171, 177–81, 183–84, 186–87, 195–97, 201, 206–15, 217–18, 220, 221, 230–31, 233–34, 245, 247, 260, 262–63, 292, 293, 294, 299, 301, 304, 306–8, 316, 317, 326
Crawdaddy article by, 185, 193, 194–97, 213, 233
Crime Almost Pays, 303
Greatest Hits of the Lesser Antilles, 286, 312
The Mango Opera, 303
“Shoreline,” 312
Cosmic Cowboy Orchestra, 78
“Cotton Eyed Joe,” 225
Country Music Association (CMA) Awards, 280, 305
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, 38, 69, 76
“Cowboy in the Jungle,” 198
Crawdaddy, 185, 193, 194–97, 213, 233
Creason, Sammy, 41, 89, 90, 104–6, 149
Creative Workshop, 37–38, 45, 46, 278
“Creola,” 253
Criteria Recording Studios, Miami, 91, 161, 167, 169, 171, 182
Croce, Jim, 96
Crosby, David, 174
Crosby, Stills & Nash, 127, 168
Crossroads (CMT), 287
Crystals, 186
“Cuban Crime of Passion,” 87–88, 305, 312
Dailey, Harry, 134, 143, 152, 214
Davis, Don, 32–33
Davis, Miles, 223
Davis, Quint, 271
Davis, Sammy Jr., 38
“Death of an Unpopular Poet,” 86–87, 92, 307, 325
Dee, Kiki, 188
“Defying Gravity,” 148
de Leon, Ponce, 54
Denisoff, R. Serge, Solid Gold, 96
de Soto, Hernando, 17
“Desperados Waiting for a Train” (Clark), 88, 103
“Desperation Samba,” 246
Diamond, Neil, 223
Diaz, Jerry, 296
Dickinson, Jim, 91
Diddley, Bo, 131
“Don’t Bring Me Candy,” 34
Dopsie, Rockin’ Jr., 265
Double Tee Promotions, 140
Down to Earth (album), 39, 46, 86, 91, 92, 145, 161
“Dreamsicle,” 220
Drive-By Truckers, 107
Dylan, Bob, 48, 75, 77, 79, 93, 114, 190, 223, 268, 301n, 308, 325
Eagles, 122, 140, 168, 172, 182, 185, 186, 191, 192, 194, 202, 208, 211, 218, 246, 249
Earle, Steve, 77
Ehrlich, David, 241
Ellington, Duke, 113
“Ellis Dee (He Ain’t Free),” 42
Emerick, Geoff, 217
Erickson, Dolores, 126
Escape to Margaritaville (musical), 321
Estrado, Don Juan de, 54
Euphoria (boat), 160–61, 167, 169, 171, 175, 177–81, 183–84, 194–95, 316, 326
Euphoria Tavern, Portland, Oregon, 139–42, 154, 160, 296
Euphoria II (boat), 195–97, 201, 214, 216, 217, 220, 232, 252, 291
Evangeline (band), 266
“Ever Elusive Future,” 322
Exit/In, Nashville, 73, 85, 106, 109, 165
Fajardo, Phillip, 134–35, 141–42, 143, 150–51, 154
Fantasy Fest, Key West, 248, 294
Far Side of the World (album), 283
Farto, Joseph “Bum” (El Jefe), 136–37, 171, 194
Faulkner, William, Mosquitoes, 232
Feeding Frenzy (album), 255
Fisher, Mel, 247–48
“Floridays,” 261
Floridays (album), 253–54
Flying Burrito Brothers, 122
FM (movie), 211–12
Fogelberg, Dan, 122, 166–67, 209–11, 235
“Folksinger in Concert,” 110
“Fool for a Blonde,” 128
Fox, Allie, 254
“Free,” 287
Freeman, Charlie, 91
Frey, Glenn, 140, 182, 188, 191, 192, 194, 218, 246, 321
Frinzi, John, 300, 301–2, 311, 312
F. T. Sebastian’s Leather Co., 133–34, 306
Full Moon Saloon, Key West, 181, 254, 308
Gant, Don, 83–84, 89, 92, 107, 117, 144, 164, 226
García Márquez, Gabriel, No One Writes to the Colonel, 254
Gardner, Michael, 151, 154, 173, 187
Gatlin, Larry, 151
Geddes, John, 55
Gelfand, Marshall, 215
Glancey, Tim, 302–3
Glaser, Tompall, 44, 81–82, 83, 88, 118, 278
“God’s Own Drunk” (Buckley), 85, 104, 107, 142
Golden, William Lee, 144
“Good Fight, The,” 227
Goodman, Steve, 74–75, 89, 127, 144, 170, 231, 234, 237
Gospel Music Association, 68
Graham, Bob, 295
Grammy Hall of Fame, 321
“Grapefruit-Juicy Fruit,” 86
Gray, Gordon Larry “Groovy,” 147–48, 184, 196–97, 208, 244, 252, 262–63
“Great Conch Train Robbery, The” (Silverstein), 234
“Great Filling Station Holdup, The,” 69–70, 92, 107–8, 305
Green, Lloyd, 34
“Green Onions” (Booker T. and the MGs), 89–90
Griffith, Nanci, 284
Grisham, Doyle, 81–83, 89, 97, 102, 110, 116, 129, 145, 238, 275, 308, 312
“Growing Older but Not Up,” 228
Guthrie, Arlo, 74
Guthrie, Woody, 268
Guy, Buddy, 91
“Gypsies in the Palace,” 246
“Gypsy Songman” (Walker), 79
Halen, Van, 283
Hall, Rick, 166
Hall, Tom T., 76
Hamburger Award, 196
Handy, W. C., 163
Hang-Out Gang, 47
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 261
Harding, Richard, 74
Harding, Warren G., 300
Harrison, George, 223
Harrison, Jim, 3–4, 8, 57, 59, 111, 193, 234, 239, 251, 321, 324
A Good Day to Die, 4, 94–95, 122
Hartford, John, 39
Harvey, Alex, 127
Hastings, Thomas, 300
Havana Daydreamin’ (album), 133, 146–48, 198, 234, 275, 318
“Havana Daydreamin’,” 181
Hawaii Five-0 (TV), 322
Heart, 153
Hemingway, Ernest, 1, 57, 94, 151, 179, 292, 327
Hemisphere Dancer (seaplane), 257, 265, 274, 297, 313
Hendrix, Jimi, 142
Henley, Don, 182, 192, 205, 218
“He Went to Paris,” 88, 103, 188, 255, 289, 325, 328
“Hey, Good Lookin’,” 284
High Cumberland Jubilee (album), 46–48, 103, 170
“High Cumberland Jubilee/Comin’ Down Slow,” 47
Hoekstra, Dave, 41–42, 74, 170, 229
Holiday, Billie, 223
Honeycomb Records, 33–34
“Honey Do,” 237
Hood, Patterson, 107
Horton, Johnny, 114
Hotel California (Eagles), 168, 182, 185
Houston, David, 81
Howie’s Lounge, Key West, 5, 58, 306
Hubbard, Ray Wylie, 78–79, 80–81, 112, 118, 225–26
Huskey, Junior, 34
Hydraulic Banana Jug and String Band and Kazoo Ensemble, 97
“I Bet Mel Blanc Has Money in the Bank,” 111
“I Don’t Know (Spicoli’s Theme),” 232
“If It All Falls Down,” 254
“If the Phone Doesn’t Ring, It’s Me,” 246
Iguanas (band), 266
“I Have Found Me a Home,” 8, 93
“I Heard I Was in Town,” 231
“I’m Gonna Hang with Jimmy Buffett” (Toussaint), 329, 331
“Incommunicado,” 228
International Space Station, 327
“Into the Mystic,” 287
Introducing Jimmy Buffet (documentary short), 95, 245
“Island,” 227
Island Life (album), 46
“It’s Always Saturday Night,” 309
“It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere,” 278–79, 281, 300–301, 326
“I Will Play for Gumbo,” 312n
Jackson, Andrew, 28
Jackson, Stonewall, 114
Janus Records, 170
Jenkins, Jeri, 167–69
Jennings, Waylon, 44, 77, 81, 84, 118, 134, 225, 281, 325
“Joe’s Blues,” 268
Johnny Cash Show, The (TV), 40n, 75–76, 224
Johnson, Cindy [O’Dare], 167–69
Jolly Mon (children’s book), 261
“Jolly Mon Sing,” 246
Joynt, Steve, 16
Jubal, 89
Judds, 37
Jurassic World (movie), 322–23
KC and the Sunshine Band, 185
Keith, Toby, 280, 283, 284, 287–88
Key West:
Buffett’s arrival in, 7–8, 9, 49, 53, 57–58, 60, 82, 97, 161, 308
drugs in, 95–96, 135–37, 141, 156–57, 291–92, 306
Key West Citizen, 5, 6, 137, 180, 240, 245, 259, 306
Key West Police Department, 296
“Kick It in Second Wind,” 143
Kick It in Second Wind (album), 144–46
Kimbrough, Will, 284–86, 287, 288–89, 329
King, B. B., 271
King, Freddie, 80
King of the Road Motor Inn, 40, 102, 105, 106
Kingston Trio, 116
“Knee Deep,” 287
Knight, Robert, 38
Kokomo, 260
Koons, Jeff, Tulips, 325
Kouth, Russell T., 315–16
Krekel, Tim, 187
Kristofferson, Kris, 40, 48, 75–77, 81, 91, 93, 150, 163, 166, 223, 235, 268
KWKH, 113–14
LaBounty, Bill, 231
“Lady I Can’t Explain,” 221, 230
Lady of the Waters (seaplane), 256–57
Lafitte, Jean, 27–28
“Landfall,” 171
Landreth, Sonny, 283
LandShark Lager, 298, 316–17, 319, 326
“Last Line, The,” 198
Last Mango in Paris (album), 245–46, 247, 248, 252, 266
“Last Resort, The” (Henley), 182
Latham, Vic, 7, 64, 125, 135, 181
LaTona, Michael, 242
Lavinthal, Dennis, 133
Led Zeppelin, 109
Lee, Amy, 266
Lee, Brenda, 38
Lee, Ed, 11
“Left Me with a Nail to Drive,” 117
Leiken, David, 140
Leonard, Dan, 273
Le Select, St. Barts, 197–98, 215, 228, 252
Lewis, Jenny, 321
Liberman, Bob, 190, 197, 199–201, 202–4, 228, 236–37, 247
License to Chill (album), 286, 288
“Life Is Like a Tire Swing,” 128
Light, Don, 68–73, 80, 82, 84, 88, 92, 96, 101–2, 118–19, 130, 131–32, 133, 134, 140, 144, 151, 152, 153, 160, 164, 165, 191, 192, 193, 213, 215, 226
Living and Dying in 3/4 Time (album), 104–5, 108, 109, 117, 129–30, 165, 318, 326
Livingston, Howard, 313
“Livingston Saturday Night,” 117, 145, 198, 212
“Livingston’s Gone to Texas,” 47, 103
Lofgren, Nils, 168
Logan’s Lobster House, Key West, 135, 145, 306
Loggins, Dave, 117, 220, 224–25, 227
“Lone Palm,” 298
Lopate, Phillip, “Against Joie de Vivre,” 309
Lost Cause Minstrels, 16
Lost Gonzo Band, 78–79, 130–31, 153
Louie’s Backyard, Key West, 64, 66, 293, 313
“Love in Decline,” 238
“Love Potion No. 9” (Alpert), 126n
Luckenbach, Texas, 80–81
Maher, Brent, 37
“Makin’ Music for Money,” 127
Maloney, Walter C., 55–56, 121
Mann, Herbie, 155
Mansfield, Jayne, 27
“Margaritaville,” 69, 151–53, 169, 172–76, 182–83, 184, 185–88, 193, 194, 208, 211, 212, 225, 232, 233, 235, 249, 251, 253, 263, 264, 265, 275, 283, 288, 292, 301, 307, 309, 315, 317–18, 321–22, 324, 326–27, 330
branded products, 242–43, 249, 265, 297–99, 309–10, 319–21, 320
licensed facilities, 243–46, 249, 258–60, 265–66, 272–75, 295, 297–98, 304n, 309–10, 316, 319–20, 325–26, 329
trademark lawsuit, 241–42, 248–49
Margaritaville Holdings, 273
Margaritaville Records, 266–69
Margaritaville: The Movie (plans), 239–41
Marley, Bob, 239
Marshall, Gene, 28
Marshall Tucker Band, 73
Matthiessen, Peter, Far Tortuga, 148
Maugham, W. Somerset, 233, 236
Max’s Kansas City, New York, 97–99, 102, 131
McAnally, Mac, 229–30, 239, 244, 253, 262, 275, 279, 281, 284, 286, 299, 305, 309, 323–24
MCA Records, 77, 226, 237–38, 266, 271
MCA/Universal Studios, 212, 272
McBride, Martina, 38, 280, 284
McClure, Tommy, 91
McColl, Deborah, 67, 191, 199, 200–201, 214, 217, 218–19, 228
McDonald, Country Joe, 109
McDonell, Terry, 240
McGuane, Tom, 3, 8, 57, 58–59, 63, 93–95, 110, 111, 117, 125, 145, 149, 159, 234, 239, 287
McLendon, James, Papa: Hemingway in Key West, 94
McMurray, Alex, 265
McMurtry, Larry, 298
“Me and Bobby McGee” (Kristofferson), 75–76
Meeting of the Minds, 294, 296, 299, 301–2, 304, 310
“Meet Me in Memphis,” 253
Mercer, Archibald “Archie,” 273–74
Millsap, Ronnie, 40
Mingus, Charles, 45
Minor, Charlie, 174
Miranda, Carmen, 92
“Missionary, The,” 43
“Miss You So Badly,” 171
Mobile, Alabama, 15–21
Mobile Press-Register, 10–11, 39, 41
Monk, Thelonious, 223
Montserrat, recording in, 216–22
Moore, Scotty, 90
Morgan, Craig, 311
“Morris’ Nightmare,” 208
Morrison, Jim, 109
“Mr. Bojangles” (Walker), 4, 7
Murphey, Michael, 77–78, 79, 112, 118
Murphy (Teresa Clark), 4–5, 6, 7, 53, 183
Muscle Shoals, Alabama, 91, 166, 226–27
“My Generation (Part 2),” 268
“My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink, and I Don’t Love Jesus,” 144
“My Lovely Lady,” 93
Nash, Graham, 174
Nashville, 72–77
recording in, 34–35, 71, 81–82, 88, 91, 102–4, 144, 166, 198, 212, 227, 252–53, 266, 278
Nashville Songwriters Association, 69
Nashville Sound, 6, 72, 75–77, 81, 89
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), 256–57
Nelson, Ricky, 38
Nelson, Willie, 77, 78, 113, 118, 225, 281, 326–27
Neon Philharmonic, 83–84
Nesmith, Mike, 236
Neville Brothers, 244
New Orleans, 25, 27–31, 30, 265
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, 271
New Riders of the Purple Sage, 165
New York Times, 86, 188, 262, 264
Ninety-two in the Shade (movie), 94, 125
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, 4
“Nobody Speaks to the Captain No More,” 254
“No Plane on Sunday,” 253
“Notices of Key West” (Whitehead), 53–54, 55
Oates, Warren, 117
Odetta, 32
Off to See the Lizard (album), 255, 257, 258, 261–62
Old Anchor Inn, Key West (aka Snake Pit), 5, 59, 65, 306
Oldham, Spooner, 226
“One Particular Harbour,” 20, 236, 237, 243, 326, 327
One Particular Harbour (album), 237, 239
“Ooby Dooby” (Orbison), 89, 246
Operation Conch, 135–36
Orbison, Roy, 83, 84, 89, 114, 163, 246, 321
Order of Myths (Double-O Ms), 15–16
O’Rourke, P. J., 178, 209, 210, 239
Owens, Buck, 72
“Parrot Head,” 311
Parrot Head Clubs, 295–97, 301, 307, 310
Parrot Heads, 247–48, 260–61, 264, 275, 279, 280, 282, 283, 287, 288, 294–99, 301, 304, 308, 310–11, 313, 318, 321
Patchen, Kenneth, 86
Paycheck, Johnny, 279
Peacock, Dave, 317
“Peanut Butter Conspiracy,” 92
“Peddler Not a Pusher,” 111
Peltz, Nelson, 270
“Pencil Thin Mustache,” 70, 92, 103, 151
Penn, Sean, 232
“Perrier Blues,” 208
Perry, Frank, 110
Peryam, Bob, 61
Pickens, Slim, 263
Pickett, Wilson, 226
“Piece of Work,” 286, 289, 329
“Pirate Looks at Forty, A,” 125–26, 129, 132, 140, 193, 194, 243, 248, 254, 289, 308, 312
“Playin’ the Loser Again,” 284
“Please Come to Boston” (Loggins), 117, 224
“Please Take Your Girlfriend Home,” 145, 146, 235
“Polk Salad Annie” (White), 75, 90, 224
Porter, David, 56
Powell, Jim, 257
Prather, Colt, 278
Pratt, Andy, 98
“Presents to Send You,” 128, 146
Preservation Hall, New Orleans, 30, 111–12, 133, 325
Preservation Hall Jazz Band, 112, 325
Presley, Elvis, 24, 27, 32, 37, 38, 74, 75, 89, 114, 163, 165–66, 231, 233, 238
Price, Ray, 72
Pride, Charley, 72
Pusser, Buford, 106–7, 128, 149
Putnam, Norbert, 38, 163–67, 164, 169, 171–76, 192, 198, 205, 207, 208–11, 215, 216, 217, 221–22, 223–27, 231, 233, 236, 238, 280
Quadraphonic Sound Studios, 166, 225
Quiet Knight, Chicago, 67, 73–74, 88
Radio Margaritaville, 156, 282, 297, 300–301, 303, 308, 313, 323
Ragsdale, Jeff, 114–16
“Railroad Lady,” 70–71
“Rainy Night in Georgia” (Utley), 90
Ramsey, Willis Alan, 103–4, 112
Rancho Deluxe (movie), 110–11, 117, 125, 130, 145, 149, 170, 245, 262–63, 322
Randall, Elliott, 155
Rawlings, Dave, 315
Reagan, Ronald, 72
Rebirth Brass Band, 265
Record Plant, Sausalito, 70, 105, 109, 127, 130
Redding, Otis, 253
“Redneck Mother” (Hubbard), 80–81
Reinhardt, Django, 113, 128, 143
“Richard Frost,” 42
Riddles in the Sand (album), 238–39, 245–46, 281
“Ringling, Ringling,” 103
Ritter, Tex, 114
Robbins, Marty, 92
Roberts, L. Craig, Mardi Gras in Mobile, 16
Robicheaux, Coco, 265
Robinson, Chris, 60, 62–65, 121, 123, 125, 136, 189, 206, 293–94, 300, 301, 307, 308, 313
“Rockefeller Square,” 47
“Rocky Mountain High” (Denver), 189
Rolling Stone, 49, 172, 192, 194, 202, 206, 207, 212, 215, 222, 261, 284
Rolling Stones, 30, 40, 109, 165, 226, 319, 321
Rolling Thunder Revue (Dylan), 190
Rollins, Don, 277–80
Rubinstein, Jerry, 149, 152, 153, 160, 192, 213
“Rum Is the Reason” (Keith), 288
Russell-Cason Music Co., 39
“Sailboat for Sale,” 288
Sailing Week, Antigua, 201–2, 218
Salas, Juan P., 54–55
Sam the Cleanup Man, 62–63
Sanborn, David, 168
Saturday Night Live (TV), 207
Saussy, Tupper, 83–84
Save the Manatee Club, 295
“Scarlet Begonias,” 286
Schmit, Timothy B., 218, 246, 247
Schutt, Roger (Captain Midnight), 44
Scrivenor, Gove, 134
Sebastian, John, 128
Sedaka, Neil, 73–74
“Sending the Old Man Home,” 221
Shaver, Billy Joe, 77, 81, 118
Shelton, Blake, 282–83
Shepherd, Thom, 300–301, 308–9, 310–11
“She’s Going Out of My Mind,” 239
Shrimper Dan Band, 312
Siegel-Schwall blues band, 73
Silver Bullet Band, 278
Silverman, 67
Silverstein, Shel, 6, 81, 144, 146, 234, 307
Simon, Paul, 122
Simon & Garfunkel, 173
Simonton, John, 55
“Simply Complicated,” 284
Slagsvol, Jane, 98–99, 109, 111, 143, 146–48, 157, 178, 179, 184, 186–87; see also Buffett, Jane Slagsvol
Sledge, Percy, 226
Sloppy Joe’s, Key West, 1–2, 5, 57, 64
Smith, B. J., 244–45
Smith, Donna Kay “Sunshine,” 244–45, 258, 260, 263, 295
Snider, Todd, 267–70, 281, 284, 289, 311, 318
Solares Hill (newspaper), 53–54
“Someone I Used to Love,” 284
“Something So Feminine About a Mandolin,” 148
“Somewhere Over China,” 232
Somewhere Over China (album), 231–33, 235, 275
Songs for the Daily Planet (album), 268
Songs from St. Somewhere (album), 288, 324
Songs You Know by Heart (album), 248
“Son of a Son of a Sailor,” 199, 208, 243, 289
Son of a Son of a Sailor (album), 191, 197–99, 205–6, 215, 220
“Southbound Jericho Parkway” (Orbison), 84
“Southern Nights” (Toussaint), 330–31
Spar Recording Studios, 34–35, 37, 39, 43, 45
Spellman, Benny, 31
Spradlin, J. D., 303
Springfield, Buffalo, 78
Springsteen, Bruce, 72, 156, 249, 284, 304n, 319
Steely Dan, 155
Stevens, Ray, 44–45
Stills, Stephen, 168
Stock Island, 60–61, 85, 97, 122, 146
“Stories We Could Tell,” 128
“Stranded on a Sandbar,” 220
Strong, John, 55
Suncoast Surfing Syndicate, 156, 159
“Sunday Morning Coming Down” (Kristofferson), 75, 76
“Surfing in a Hurricane,” 288
“Survive,” 220–21
“Sweet Home Alabama” (Swampers), 227
Sykes, Keith, 62–63, 145, 158, 198, 212, 216–17, 219–20, 222, 267, 268, 301n, 311, 313
Taj Mahal, 91
“Take Another Road,” 262
Take the Weather with You (album), 288
Talbert, Andrew, 299
“Talkin’ Seattle Grunge Rock Blues,” 268
“Tampico Trauma,” 170
Tarpon (movie), 111, 130, 245, 251, 324
Taylor, Fingers, 63, 89, 97, 98, 103, 117, 118, 134–35, 143, 145, 171, 186, 199, 200, 203, 214, 219, 260
Taylor, James, 122, 174, 178, 181, 211, 217, 219, 221, 260
Tenney, Phil, 293
Terracino, Captain Tony, 1, 2, 292
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (movie), 128
Texas Connection, The (TV), 27
“There’s a Place in the World for a Gambler,” 211
“There’s Nothing Soft About Hard Times,” 42
Theroux, Paul, The Mosquito Coast, 254
“They Don’t Dance Like Carmen No More,” 92
“This Hotel,” 144–45
Thompson, Cindy, 124, 136, 146, 245, 273, 308
Thompson, Hunter S., 178, 181n, 189, 191–92, 206–7, 228, 269, 294
Thompson, John Edd, 34
Thompson, Juan, 178, 179, 189, 194, 228
Thompson, Steve, 123–25, 129, 136, 245, 308
Thompson O’Neal Shrimp Co., 92
Three Dog Night, 116
Tijuana Brass, 126
“Tin Cup Chalice,” 82–83, 92, 129, 151, 230
’Tis the SeaSon (album), 321
“Too Drunk to Karaoke,” 288
Toussaint, Allen, 29, 31, 126n, 185, 329–31
“Travelin’ Way of Life” (Walker), 79
Travis, Randy, 275
“Treat Her Like a Lady,” 220
“Trip Around the Sun,” 284
Trop Rock Music Association, 299–300, 312
“Truck Stop Salvation,” 46–47
“Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season,” 129, 132, 143
Tubb, Ernest, 33
Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays (album), 255, 274
Tull, Jethro, 145
“Turn the Page” (Seger), 141
Twain, Mark, 28, 127, 205, 236, 283, 323
“Twelve Days of Christmas,” 321
Twitty, Conway, 72
“Under the Boardwalk,” 288
Universal Orlando, 273–74, 274
University of Southern Mississippi, 27, 31
USA Weekend, 254–55
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 321–22
Usher, 310
“USS Zydecoldsmobile,” 283
Utley, Michael, 17, 89–91, 93, 102, 104, 110, 114, 145, 150, 152, 153, 159, 169, 173, 215, 218, 220, 235–37, 238, 246, 247, 253, 260, 263, 266, 268, 273, 303, 308, 311, 312, 327
Valdene, Guy de la, 92, 111, 202, 251
Valli, Frankie, 45
Vassar, Phil, 282
Vaughn, Steve, 131, 142, 143, 150, 153, 173, 186, 187, 191, 199
“Volcano,” 219–20
Volcano (album), 216, 219–22, 226
Wagoner, Porter, 72
Walden, Phil, 73
Walker, Jerry Jeff, 4, 6–7, 27, 41, 53, 62, 67, 69, 73, 77–79, 80, 86, 91, 112, 113, 116, 118, 130–31, 153, 182, 285, 308, 321
Gypsy Songman: A Life in Song, 70–71
Walking Tall (movie), 107
Walter, Eugene, The Untidy Pilgrim, 17
Warner/Chappell Music, 277
Washichek, Margie, 25, 32; see also Buffett, Margie
“Wastin’ Away Again,” see “Margaritaville”
Waters, Muddy, 113
Watt, J. J., 321
“We Are the People Our Parents Warned Us About,” 308
“Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful,” 228
Weisberg, Steve, 192
Wells, Junior, 91
West, Tinker, 156
“West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown,” 193
Wharton, Bill, 312
“What If the Hokey-Pokey Is All It Really Is About?,” 283
“When the Coast Is Clear,” 253
“When the Morning Comes,” 128
“When the Wild Life Betrays Me,” 238
“Where’s Bum Farto?,” 137
“Where’s the Party,” 231
“Where the Boat Leaves From,” 287
Whipped Cream & Other Delights (Alpert), 126
White, Bergen, 46
White, James “Sunny Jim,” 312–13
White, Josh, 32
White, Tony Joe, 41, 75, 89, 90, 166, 224–25
Whitehead, William Adee, 53–55, 56
White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean, A (album), 88–89, 92–94, 97, 102, 107, 129, 160, 174, 189, 287, 304, 305–7, 318
Whorf, Peter, 126
“Who’s the Blonde Stranger?,” 239
“Why Don’t We Get Drunk,” 88, 92, 107–8, 109, 130, 188, 307
“Why You Wanna Hurt My Heart,” 237
Wilkinson, James, 18
Williams, D. Vincent, 277
Williams, Ed “Lump,” 89
Williams, Hank, 114, 239, 284, 287
Williams, Tennessee, 57
Willie Sugarcapps, 289
Wills, Bob, 239
Wilson, Jackie, 235
Winchester, Jesse, 148, 170–71, 289, 325, 329
Wine & Dine Under the Stars cruise, 157, 158–60
“Wings,” 288
“Wino and I Know, The,” 104
Withers, Bill, 284
WKWF Key West, 121–22, 158, 212
Wolkowsky, David, 2, 58, 248, 259
Womack, Tommy, 287
“Woman Goin’ Crazy on Caroline Street,” 144, 146, 234, 307
“Wonder Why We/You Ever Go Home,” 145, 146, 149, 170, 188
Wood, Gerry, 46
Woodland Sound Studios, 102, 117, 126
Woolery, Chuck, 116
Woop-Wap Band, 219–20
Wouk, Herman, Don’t Stop the Carnival, 255–56
Wright, Marva, 265
Wylie, Ray, 118
You Had to Be There (album), 210, 211, 213, 214
“You Never Even Called Me by My Name” (Goodman), 74
“You Never Used to Need a Reservation at the Preservation Hall,” 111–12
Youngblood, Johnny, 26, 31, 166
Your Hit Parade (TV), 116