Jimmy Buffett Scrapbook

Buffett calls his legions of devoted fans who dress up and act up at his concerts Parrott Heads. He calls paradise “Margaritaville.” Parrot Heads know the words to every Buffett song, but even they may not know how a Catholic altar boy in Mobile, Alabama, came to dream of Tahiti and the tropics; Buffett’s Believe It or Not! family connection to the legendary mutiny on the Bounty; why Buffett loved New Orleans but loathed Nashville; how Buffett was influenced by the screwy Spike Jones and the square Mitch Miller; the saga of the infamous Old Anchor Inn, where Buffett wrote “Margaritaville”; and Buffett’s transformation from self-proclaimed “professional misfit” to environmentalist, entrepreneur, and bestselling author.