Jimmy Buffett

James William Buffett is a singer-songwriter, musician, author, actor, and businessman from the United States. He is well known for his songs, which frequently depict a lifestyle of "island escapism." Buffett has recorded popular songs with his Coral Reefer Band, including "Margaritaville" (number 234 on the Recording Industry Association of America's "Songs of the Century") and "Come Monday." His "Parrotheads" is a committed group of supporters.

Buffett's music, according to The Associated Press in 2020, is a "unique Gulf Coast combination of country, pop, folk, and rock, capped by Buffett's undulating voice." Few musicians can seamlessly combine steelpans, trombones, and pedal steel guitar." Buffett's music has been characterized as "mixing Caribbean, country, rock, folk, and pop music into a good-natured concoction variably categorized as "trap rock" or "Gulf and western" by the DC Metro Theatre Arts magazine in a review for Buffett's musical Escape to Margaritaville.

Buffett is a popular songwriter and was engaged in the development of two restaurant chains named after two of his most well-known songs; he presently owns the Margaritaville Cafe restaurant chain and co-developed the now-defunct Cheeseburger in Paradise restaurant chain. With a net worth of $600 million, Buffett is one of the world's best rockstars.

Born: December 25, 1946, Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States