| Jimmy Buffett is a singer/songwriter that is best | | | | about legendary baseball player Ty Cobb). The theme |
| known for his musical collection that includes such hits | | | | song to a short lived 1993 CBS series called Johnny |
| as "Margaritaville" and "Come Monday." What many | | | | Bago can also be counted among his lesser known |
| more casual fans do not realize is that Jimmy Buffett | | | | credits in the film and television industry. Reports have |
| has numerous appearances and contributions in | | | | confirmed that Jimmy was also offered a cameo spot |
| television and film to go along with his island-centric | | | | in the highly successful 2003 "Pirates of the Caribbean: |
| musical style. | | | | The Curse of the Black Pearl" movie but turned down |
| Buffett, born on Christmas Day in 1946, has developed | | | | the offer. Buffett is often associated with the |
| a legion of devoted fans over four decades that are | | | | Caribbean and pirate culture as he keeps a home |
| affectionately known as "Parrot Heads." These devout | | | | there and has ownership interests in hotels and |
| followers can be identified by the facts that many of | | | | restaurants around the Caribbean. His biography "A |
| them literally travel the country following the great | | | | Pirate Looks at Fifty" was a New York Times |
| Jimmy Buffett around on his US tours (which are quite | | | | Bestseller. |
| frequent for a man his age) and by their singing along | | | | An interesting piece of Buffett movie trivia is that the |
| with every song during his lively concerts. Somewhat | | | | award winning musician actually wrote the Spicoli |
| surprisingly many of the loyal Parrot Heads do not | | | | theme song which was played when Sean Penn's |
| know the full scope of the impact Buffett has had on | | | | character (the long haired surfer dude Jeff Spocoli) |
| movies and to a lesser extent television. | | | | appeared in the 1982 classic film "Fast Times at |
| Long before Jimmy Buffett released 28 albums and | | | | Ridgemont High." The tune is actually track number 13 |
| sold over 30 million records during a 40+ year music | | | | ("I Don't Know (Spicoli's Theme)" on the movie |
| career he grew up in Alabama and graduated from | | | | soundtrack. |
| the University of Southern Mississippi (commonly | | | | Despite more film and television appearances than |
| shorted to Southern Miss). Eventually that young man | | | | most people have in a lifetime Jimmy Buffett will |
| would go onto become synonymous with the laid back | | | | always be best known as a musician first and a |
| Caribbean island lifestyle that he made famous and | | | | businessman second. The Southern Miss graduate put |
| even make some film and television cameo | | | | the degree he received in 1969 to use and has an |
| appearances. | | | | empire of business interests that are related to his |
| The movies "Hook" and "Congo" released in 1991 and | | | | musical philosophy including the restaurant chains |
| 1995 are two of the better known movies that he has | | | | Cheeseburger in Paradise and Margaritaville Cafe, |
| appeared in briefly. Lesser known titles include "From | | | | each of which are named and styled after a couple of |
| the Earth to the Moon" (HBO miniseries released in | | | | his most famous songs. |
| 1998) and "Cobb" (1994 Tommy Lee Jones movie | | | | |