How many years does Jimmy Have Left?
Moderator: SMLCHNG
-
- Hoot!
- Posts: 2189
- Joined: June 13, 2003 10:15 am
- Number of Concerts: 25
- Location: New Hampshire
Re: How many years does Jimmy Have Left?
One day at a time...like the rest of us.
There are no guarantees. Besides, Jimmy says a lot of things, depending upon where he is and how much "tropical punch" he's had.
(But he was serious about the Great Woods tailgate !!!)
There are no guarantees. Besides, Jimmy says a lot of things, depending upon where he is and how much "tropical punch" he's had.
(But he was serious about the Great Woods tailgate !!!)
We'll party just like Bubba does,
We'll do the Old Man proud!
We'll do the Old Man proud!
-
- Half-baked cookies in the oven
- Posts: 787
- Joined: April 2, 2010 12:09 pm
- Favorite Buffett Song: Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season
- Number of Concerts: 28
- Favorite Boat Drink: Bacardi 8 anos
- Location: Southeast of Disorder
Re: How many years does Jimmy Have Left?
Sounds like a question for a doctor.
I remember back in the 80s or 90s hearing that Jimmy was threatening to retire. Twenty years later, we're still doing this. One of the things I've realized using this website is that we don't know Jimmy Buffett. We don't know his mind--his motivations, thoughts, and feelings. I went to my first Buffett show in the mid-1980s. Since then, I've missed seeing him out on the road only two years. For twenty-five years, a quarter of a century, I've been going to his shows. I haven't had a relationship with Jimmy Buffett. I've had a relationship with his music, with his art. So, the honest answer to your question is that I don't know how many more years Jimmy and the Reefers and the Reeferettes are going to continue doing this. Maybe the answer is carpe diem, seize the day, or, as Jimmy put it, to "love the now." While this has lasted twenty-five years for me, I know it's not going to last forever. That's part of why my girlfriend and I are traveling up from Florida to the Mid-Atlantic this summer to see Buffett at the Susquehanna Bank Center. Seize the day. The only moment I've ever truly owned is this moment right now, and I'm learning to extract every last drop of marrow from it.
See you at the shows,
capnbobby
I remember back in the 80s or 90s hearing that Jimmy was threatening to retire. Twenty years later, we're still doing this. One of the things I've realized using this website is that we don't know Jimmy Buffett. We don't know his mind--his motivations, thoughts, and feelings. I went to my first Buffett show in the mid-1980s. Since then, I've missed seeing him out on the road only two years. For twenty-five years, a quarter of a century, I've been going to his shows. I haven't had a relationship with Jimmy Buffett. I've had a relationship with his music, with his art. So, the honest answer to your question is that I don't know how many more years Jimmy and the Reefers and the Reeferettes are going to continue doing this. Maybe the answer is carpe diem, seize the day, or, as Jimmy put it, to "love the now." While this has lasted twenty-five years for me, I know it's not going to last forever. That's part of why my girlfriend and I are traveling up from Florida to the Mid-Atlantic this summer to see Buffett at the Susquehanna Bank Center. Seize the day. The only moment I've ever truly owned is this moment right now, and I'm learning to extract every last drop of marrow from it.
See you at the shows,
capnbobby
-
- License to Chill
- Posts: 1192
- Joined: August 27, 2007 7:16 pm
- Favorite Buffett Song: Tides
- Number of Concerts: 17
- Favorite Boat Drink: The drink that is in my hand
- Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan
- Contact:
Re: How many years does Jimmy Have Left?
Very well said!capnbobby wrote:Sounds like a question for a doctor.
I remember back in the 80s or 90s hearing that Jimmy was threatening to retire. Twenty years later, we're still doing this. One of the things I've realized using this website is that we don't know Jimmy Buffett. We don't know his mind--his motivations, thoughts, and feelings. I went to my first Buffett show in the mid-1980s. Since then, I've missed seeing him out on the road only two years. For twenty-five years, a quarter of a century, I've been going to his shows. I haven't had a relationship with Jimmy Buffett. I've had a relationship with his music, with his art. So, the honest answer to your question is that I don't know how many more years Jimmy and the Reefers and the Reeferettes are going to continue doing this. Maybe the answer is carpe diem, seize the day, or, as Jimmy put it, to "love the now." While this has lasted twenty-five years for me, I know it's not going to last forever. That's part of why my girlfriend and I are traveling up from Florida to the Mid-Atlantic this summer to see Buffett at the Susquehanna Bank Center. Seize the day. The only moment I've ever truly owned is this moment right now, and I'm learning to extract every last drop of marrow from it.
See you at the shows,
capnbobby
Having jumped on this ride only 3 years ago I am just enjoying this madness. I'm not even thinking about how many tours will be left. I'm just enjoying the moment.
Liz Ulrich and guide dog Princess Hope
http://www.facebook.com/elizabeth.ulrich1
Here we are, maybe it's because in spite of all the work we do
It's the child in us we really value
Here we are, with our fins up and our feathers flashing
Here we are, with our coconut shell brassieres chanting
http://www.facebook.com/elizabeth.ulrich1
Here we are, maybe it's because in spite of all the work we do
It's the child in us we really value
Here we are, with our fins up and our feathers flashing
Here we are, with our coconut shell brassieres chanting
-
- Last Man Standing
- Posts: 42078
- Joined: March 3, 2004 6:50 pm
- Number of Concerts: 0
- Location: South Georgia
Re: How many years does Jimmy Have Left?
ScarletB wrote:3 words that come with my favorite song.....
BUT NOT YET!!!!!
Love to hear those words!
-
- On a Salty Piece of Land
- Posts: 11015
- Joined: January 20, 2006 3:38 pm
- Favorite Buffett Song: OPH BEST...SONG...EVER!!
- Number of Concerts: 12
- Favorite Boat Drink: Chill the rose
- Location: A PO Box and a 4 way stop
Re: How many years does Jimmy Have Left?
I know, I even sing them when it's on in the car or on my iPod at home!!dnw wrote:ScarletB wrote:3 words that come with my favorite song.....
BUT NOT YET!!!!!
Love to hear those words!
GW - 7/19
Great Northern MOTM - 7/20-21
Hershey Labor Day Weekend Show - 8/29
MOTM - Oct 28
Great Northern MOTM - 7/20-21
Hershey Labor Day Weekend Show - 8/29
MOTM - Oct 28
-
- At the Bama Breeze
- Posts: 4730
- Joined: February 20, 2007 11:04 pm
- Number of Concerts: 0
- Location: The Lone Star State
Re: How many years does Jimmy Have Left?
Best part of any concert!!!ScarletB wrote:I know, I even sing them when it's on in the car or on my iPod at home!!dnw wrote:ScarletB wrote:3 words that come with my favorite song.....
BUT NOT YET!!!!!
Love to hear those words!
-
- At the Bama Breeze
- Posts: 4181
- Joined: June 6, 2006 9:36 pm
- Favorite Buffett Song: Come Monday
- Number of Concerts: 16
- Favorite Boat Drink: skinny pirate
- Location: St. Thomas, but not the one in U.S.V.I....Canada!!!
Re: How many years does Jimmy Have Left?
I was listening to the live concertand posting here about a year or 2 ago and he didn't say "but not yet" and you should have seen the reactions. I think 3 people died and the rest of us peed our pants and passed out!ScarletB wrote:I know, I even sing them when it's on in the car or on my iPod at home!!dnw wrote:ScarletB wrote:3 words that come with my favorite song.....
BUT NOT YET!!!!!
Love to hear those words!
Re: How many years does Jimmy Have Left?
caly wrote:I was listening to the live concertand posting here about a year or 2 ago and he didn't say "but not yet" and you should have seen the reactions. I think 3 people died and the rest of us peed our pants and passed out!ScarletB wrote:I know, I even sing them when it's on in the car or on my iPod at home!!dnw wrote:ScarletB wrote:3 words that come with my favorite song.....
BUT NOT YET!!!!!
Love to hear those words!
He actually did not say IT at a couple of the recent shows...he was being cute and saying his hair "is Arctic Blonde." I know he said that in Paris.
Re: How many years does Jimmy Have Left?
I'll bet the logistics of NOT touring would be pretty difficult...or do y'all think there is a clause or something with the Coral Reefers that he has the option to just call it quits when he wants to? Or do they even have contracts? Also wondering about all the OTHER people who keep them all on the road. I'm sure he considers all the folks who would be out of their summer jobs!!
Just too much to think about...so he'll play 4-ever!
Just too much to think about...so he'll play 4-ever!
-
- I Love the Now!
- Posts: 1543
- Joined: February 29, 2008 11:14 pm
- Number of Concerts: 12
- Location: North of Philly
Re: How many years does Jimmy Have Left?
uuhhh...I think that had a little bit more to do with the jello shots...just a guess...caly wrote:I was listening to the live concertand posting here about a year or 2 ago and he didn't say "but not yet" and you should have seen the reactions. I think 3 people died and the rest of us peed our pants and passed out!ScarletB wrote:I know, I even sing them when it's on in the car or on my iPod at home!!dnw wrote:ScarletB wrote:3 words that come with my favorite song.....
BUT NOT YET!!!!!
Love to hear those words!
-
- We are the People our Parents Warned us
- Posts: 381
- Joined: June 14, 2001 8:00 pm
- Favorite Buffett Song: A pirate looks at 40
- Number of Concerts: 6
- Location: London,England
- Contact:
Re: How many years does Jimmy Have Left?
Jimmy loves doing concerts, thats all there is to it, so he won't just hang up his towel. He gets a massive buzz when he does live shows and he can't live without that Buzz..I love riding motorbikes and i won't stop 'til I can no longer physically ride them, and Jimmy is probably just the same...
"We got Parrotheads in England,i can see ya,yeah". (Jimmy Buffett. West Palm Beach 02/24/2001)
-
- Party at the End of the World
- Posts: 8095
- Joined: August 4, 2006 10:26 am
- Favorite Buffett Song: Tin Cup Chalice
- Number of Concerts: 64
- Favorite Boat Drink: Painkiller
- Location: Charleston SC
Re: How many years does Jimmy Have Left?
Sounds like you need a tropical "state of mind".......xj911 wrote:I'm a long way off from retiring but that sounds like it will be fun. Hell I'd love to attend a show somewhere more tropical than Texas.stingray wrote:I retire from NYPD next year and planned on following Jimmy around for a tour. So net yet please!!
I can't help with how long he's going to do this for..........my crystal ball is out for servicing......but I'll keep praying that Jimmy doesn't grow bored and remains a very healthy man.....
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Pinot Noir in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO"
-
- License to Chill
- Posts: 1192
- Joined: August 27, 2007 7:16 pm
- Favorite Buffett Song: Tides
- Number of Concerts: 17
- Favorite Boat Drink: The drink that is in my hand
- Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan
- Contact:
Re: How many years does Jimmy Have Left?
I really can't picture Jimmy totally stopping. Sure, the full scale summer tours may eventually go at some point. I can picture him just showing up unexpectedly at one of his many Margaritavilles or somewhere with a guitar and just playing. In the meantime, I'm enjoying what we have, and as long as he still loves it, that is great.
Liz Ulrich and guide dog Princess Hope
http://www.facebook.com/elizabeth.ulrich1
Here we are, maybe it's because in spite of all the work we do
It's the child in us we really value
Here we are, with our fins up and our feathers flashing
Here we are, with our coconut shell brassieres chanting
http://www.facebook.com/elizabeth.ulrich1
Here we are, maybe it's because in spite of all the work we do
It's the child in us we really value
Here we are, with our fins up and our feathers flashing
Here we are, with our coconut shell brassieres chanting
-
- Gypsies in the palace
- Posts: 477
- Joined: March 3, 2003 8:59 pm
- Favorite Buffett Song: ~~^~~ Fins ~~^~~
- Number of Concerts: 34
- Favorite Boat Drink: I Don't Know anymore.
- Location: 14.24 miles from Great Woods
Re: How many years does Jimmy Have Left?
The Jimmy Buffett Trio will be performing for a 3 week engagement at the Salt Shaker Lounge of the Margaritaville Hotel this summer! Book your rooms now!
"Reading departure signs in some big airport
Reminds me of the places I've been.
Visions of good times that brought
so much pleasure
makes me want to go back again."
Reminds me of the places I've been.
Visions of good times that brought
so much pleasure
makes me want to go back again."
-
- Chewin' on a Honeysuckle Vine
- Posts: 6357
- Joined: October 14, 2009 9:38 pm
- Favorite Buffett Song: Last Mango in Paris
- Number of Concerts: 7
- Favorite Boat Drink: Mojito
- Location: Lititz PA
Re: How many years does Jimmy Have Left?
stingray wrote:I retire from NYPD next year and planned on following Jimmy around for a tour. So net yet please!!
WHOA - did you follow a Dead tour before starting the NYPD job? BTW - congratulations and thanks for the service! That's a tough job!
If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane ...
-
- At the Bama Breeze
- Posts: 4823
- Joined: July 26, 2002 5:23 pm
- Favorite Buffett Song: A Pirate Looks at 40
- Number of Concerts: 10
- Favorite Boat Drink: Old Fashioned or an IPA
- Location: North of that DFW Metromess
Re: How many years does Jimmy Have Left?
i figure he's gonna hang around until he can pass the torch to Cameron Marley. Kinda like the Dread Pirate Roberts.
Hank Hill : Just in case I'm incapacitated for some reason, do you know how to start a man's heart with a downed power line?
Bobby: No.
Hank : Well, there's really no wrong way to do it.
Bobby: No.
Hank : Well, there's really no wrong way to do it.
-
- Party at the End of the World
- Posts: 8057
- Joined: November 6, 2004 12:44 am
- Favorite Buffett Song: La Vie Dansante
- Number of Concerts: 15
- Favorite Boat Drink: Tecate
- Location: Green Cove Springs, Fl.
Re: How many years does Jimmy Have Left?
I've always thought a plane crash is the only thing that could force Jimmy's retirement.
"It's crazy and it's different, but it's really bein' free"
-
- Chewin' on a Honeysuckle Vine
- Posts: 6357
- Joined: October 14, 2009 9:38 pm
- Favorite Buffett Song: Last Mango in Paris
- Number of Concerts: 7
- Favorite Boat Drink: Mojito
- Location: Lititz PA
Re: How many years does Jimmy Have Left?
My crystal ball says this is Jimmy in 25 years
If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane ...
-
- On a Salty Piece of Land
- Posts: 11015
- Joined: January 20, 2006 3:38 pm
- Favorite Buffett Song: OPH BEST...SONG...EVER!!
- Number of Concerts: 12
- Favorite Boat Drink: Chill the rose
- Location: A PO Box and a 4 way stop
Re: How many years does Jimmy Have Left?
Don't think that doesn't cross my mind once in a while.sonofabeach wrote:I've always thought a plane crash is the only thing that could force Jimmy's retirement.
GW - 7/19
Great Northern MOTM - 7/20-21
Hershey Labor Day Weekend Show - 8/29
MOTM - Oct 28
Great Northern MOTM - 7/20-21
Hershey Labor Day Weekend Show - 8/29
MOTM - Oct 28