He is the son of Mary Lorraine ( née Peets) and James Delaney Buffett Jr. "He hasn't confined himself to any parameters.Buffett was born on Christmas Day 1946, in Pascagoula, Mississippi, and spent part of his childhood in Mobile, Alabama. "He's probably just singing from his heart and have fun," Finch says. "I would never try to predict what he's going to do." Might Buffett nowl continue his jaunt into country? "People knew that was going to be a fun song and it was." "It really goes back to "It's 5 O'clock Somewhere," Finch says. In Finch's 24 years in the radio business, Buffett has always had a catalog with hits like "Come Monday" and "Margaritaville," Finch says. While there are 16 songs on "License to Chill," eight contain country performers, and Finch says requests are beginning to trickle in at WTRS for songs on the album other than "Hey Good Looking."īoth Finch and Steele point out that although this album is considered country, there are numerous ways it has been "Buffettized." Traditional Buffett sounds such as the steel drum are evident on the album.īuffet is no stranger to country stations. 8 on the Billboard country singles chart.
1."Īs of Friday, "Hey Good Lookin' " had climbed two notches to No. Now, three decades later, Big Red believes "Hey Good Lookin' " "has a really good shot at being No. Indeed, born in Alabama, Buffett originally sought a country career in Nashville in the '70s. Radio personality Big Red, music director at Gainesville's K-Country, WOGK-FM, says "the response (to "License to Chill") has been very good. "This particular song has received a couple hundred spins, which is a good popular song average," says Finch. The first single off the album is a cover of Hank Williams' "Hey Good Lookin'." The song re-teams Buffett with Alan Jackson (they played "It's Five O'clock Somewhere" together) and also features country megastars Toby Keith, Kenny Chesney, Clint Black and George Strait.Īccording to Shane Finch, operations director for Thunder Country 102.3 and 104.9 WTRS, the song has propelled Buffett playing time on the radio station from about 10 times a week to 30 times a week. It will probably just add new fans," Steele says. Augustine, believes Parrotheads will relish the new album, and he expects to hear fans playing it a bunch this weekend despite its new country direction. Steele, who will be attending a charity event for Alzheimer's disease this weekend with the Jacksonville A1A Parrothead Club in St. "An album usually takes a few listens to get into, but I liked about six songs off this one right off the bat," Steele says. Steele grew up in Key West and has been a Buffett fan, or Parrothead, for as long as Buffett has crooned about beaches and margaritas - and he likes the new album's different direction. "It's just amazing he's never done it until now," says James Steele, an herb farmer in Melrose and member of Buffett fan clubs in Ocala and Jacksonville. Meantime, his devout fans in and around Gainesville couldn't be more delighted. "License to Chill" sold 239,000 copies in its first week in the stores.
After three decades recording over 30 albums in the music industry, Jimmy Buffett has a first with his new album "License to Chill."īy going back to his Nashville roots and recording a country album with some traditional Buffett spin, the singer who's thought of so fondly by North Floridians has topped the Billboard Music Chart with his first-ever No.
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