Jimmy Buffett
Artist

Jimmy Buffett

Jimmy Buffett wasn’t just a singer-songwriter—he was a lifestyle. A Southern boy who started his career trying to break into Nashville, Buffett eventually made his way to Key West, Florida, where he became synonymous with the shoes-off, feet-up image of island life. His music—a blend of folk, country and tropical sounds sometimes called “gulf and western”—has an escapist quality, but a useful, reassuring one too. It’s rife with good party jokes and Zenlike wisdom: a philosophy his fans continue to live by. For a guy whose best-known song, “Margaritaville", captures the pleasures of not doing all that much, Buffett was also a tremendously hard worker, parlaying the world of his music into nightclubs and restaurants, clothing lines and video games, best-selling novels and Broadway musicals. He also had one of the industry’s most consistently busy touring schedules—what the perennially understated Buffett once called “a great summer job”, Buffett passed away in 2023 at the age of 76.

Albums of This Artist

2024

  • Volcano
    Volcano

2023

  • Equal Strain On All Parts
    Equal Strain On All Parts

2020

  • Songs You Don't Know By Heart
    Songs You Don't Know By Heart
  • Life on the Flip Side
    Life on the Flip Side

2017

  • Buried Treasure, Vol. 1 (Deluxe Version)
    Buried Treasure, Vol. 1 (Deluxe Version)

2016

  • 'Tis the SeaSon
    'Tis the SeaSon

2013

  • Songs From St. Somewhere
    Songs From St. Somewhere

2009

  • Buffet Hotel
    Buffet Hotel

2006

  • Take the Weather with You
    Take the Weather with You

2004

  • License to Chill
    License to Chill

2002

  • Far Side of the World
    Far Side of the World

1999

  • Beach House On the Moon
    Beach House On the Moon

1998

  • Don't Stop the Carnival
    Don't Stop the Carnival

1996

  • Banana Wind
    Banana Wind
  • Christmas Island
    Christmas Island

1995

  • Barometer Soup
    Barometer Soup

1994

  • Fruitcakes
    Fruitcakes

1993

  • Before The Beach
    Before The Beach

1989

  • Off to See the Lizard
    Off to See the Lizard

1988

  • Hot Water
    Hot Water