Jimmy Buffett Speech
... Jane, Sarah Delaney, and Cameron Marley (adopted son). C. Attended Auburn University, Pearl River Community College, and University of Southern Mississippi where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in history and journalism in 1969. 1. It was during college he learned to play guitar from one of his fraternity brothers. 2. He hoped it would help him overcome his shyness and help him meet women. II. HIS MUSIC A. He has made 30 albums in his career. His first was in 1970, Down to Earth. His all-time best selling album is Songs You Know By Heart. B. He has 6 albums that have gone gold and 8 albums that have gone platinum or multi-platinum. C. He has had 12 songs on the singles charts. 1. Some of these include: Come Monday (1974), Margaritaville (1977), Cheeseburger in Paradise (1978), and It’s Five O’clock Somewhere with Alan Jackson (2003). III. HIS BOOKS A. He has written 2 children’s books with his daughter Savannah Jane. Those books are, The Jolly Mon and Trouble Dolls. B. He has also written 4 novels. They are Where is Joe Merchant?, Tales from Margaritaville, A Pirate Looks at Fifty, and his latest A Salty Piece of Land. 1. June 9, 1998 Jimmy Buffett became the sixth writer to reach the number one spot on both the NY Times fiction and non-fiction best seller’s list. One of the other five writers who had reached that status was Ernest Hemmingway. IIII. HIS CAFÉ’S A. In 1987, he opened th...