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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 reall
by 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 agoAs 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 agoFlorida 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.'