April 23, 2024

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Florida's quote of the day

| 12/7/2021

"I can be at the Coconut Grove Hotel having an eggs Benedict. Why am I out here on this boat in a storm?"

-- Jimmy Buffett

Perhaps it’s a blessing for performer and fans alike that Jimmy Buffett is really the “son of a son of a sailor” he wrote and sang about way back in 1978.

For a person whose reputation as a performer has kept him one of the music industry’s top touring acts since the 1970s despite the shifting tides of taste and trends, Buffett has learned from a lifetime of sea voyages how to navigate being grounded during the COVID pandemic and righting the touring vessel again.

Buffett, who turns 75 on Christmas Day, finds his way back to the stage with his Coral Reefer Band for his first full-scale concert touring presentation since the pandemic began nearly two years ago. Buffett performs Thursday, Dec. 9, at the iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre near West Palm Beach.

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