![]() ![]() Many, including former Monkee Michael Nesmith, have tried turning the tune – about a guy dealing with heartbreak and physical woes at a beach resort – into a movie or TV series. In the decades since, that song and its title have become integral to Buffett’s empire it’s the name of his restaurant chain and hotels, his former indie record label, and his retirement-community developments. I thought, ‘This is a pretty good song.'” I wasn’t wasting away – I was working my ass off. ![]() “I was a bit hung over, but I started writing the song on my guitar case at the Austin airport. “It was a hot day and I had a couple of margaritas,” he recalls. More than 40 years later, Jimmy Buffett can still recall the moment he wrote “Margaritaville.” Buffett had played a show in Austin and was on his way back home to Key West. ![]()
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