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I’ve also seen and been impressed with the opposite. I think the singer, Jimmy Buffet, is a really good example. He created a few albums that became hits (or sl

I’ve also seen and been impressed with the opposite. I think the singer, Jimmy Buffet, is a really good example. He created a few albums that became hits (or sleeper hits maybe) and then he rode the wave well into retirement. In a way, he did quit, I guess. For years he didn’t make new songs, just singing and merchandising the ones that were hits. I have a lot of respect for someone who took a single album hit and turned it into a life-long career. I realize that I may be mistaken about his career. Maybe he continued to make songs, but this is what his career feels like to me. Edit: I changed the word “money” to “songs”, which was my original intent. I realize he’s merchandised those early songs into an amazing franchise. I’ve been to two Jimmy Buffet concerts in Vegas and will be at a third in a couple months. Parrotheads are crazy.

pjmorris 4y ago
Would you believe Jimmy Buffett has made more money than Bruce Springsteen and is well on his way to being a billionaire? I love his early albums, but he really hit his stride as a businessman, merchandising the 'Margaritaville'/'Parrothead' lifestyle, and providing all kinds of supplies for which to practice it, ranging from t-shirts to luxury hotels.
- munificent 4y ago
  As someone who has lived in Florida, yes, I absolutely 100% would believe this. Unless you've been around it, it's easy to not realize how huge the whole Parrothead thing is. Buffett realized that there's a million aging Boomers pining for some illusory lifestyle of leisure in the tropics and figured out how to get them to part with their money to buy a slice of that idea. I put Buffett and Harley-Davidson in the exact same category: They exist primarily to sell a dream to Boomers.
  - pjmorris 4y ago
    Florida native here. Can confirm. Been around the block with all things Buffett for a long time. Favorite memory: I've heard 'The Sauce Boss', a much smaller Florida institution, plays Margaritaville as a blues number (think 'Heartbreak Hotel') replacing the line 'smell of shrimp they're beginning to boil' with 'smell of shrimp they're beginning to spoil.'

pjmorris 4y ago

Would you believe Jimmy Buffett has made more money than Bruce Springsteen and is well on his way to being a billionaire? I love his early albums, but he really hit his stride as a businessman, merchandising the 'Margaritaville'/'Parrothead' lifestyle, and providing all kinds of supplies for which to practice it, ranging from t-shirts to luxury hotels.

munificent 4y ago
As someone who has lived in Florida, yes, I absolutely 100% would believe this. Unless you've been around it, it's easy to not realize how huge the whole Parrothead thing is. Buffett realized that there's a million aging Boomers pining for some illusory lifestyle of leisure in the tropics and figured out how to get them to part with their money to buy a slice of that idea. I put Buffett and Harley-Davidson in the exact same category: They exist primarily to sell a dream to Boomers.
- pjmorris 4y ago
  Florida native here. Can confirm. Been around the block with all things Buffett for a long time. Favorite memory: I've heard 'The Sauce Boss', a much smaller Florida institution, plays Margaritaville as a blues number (think 'Heartbreak Hotel') replacing the line 'smell of shrimp they're beginning to boil' with 'smell of shrimp they're beginning to spoil.'