Author: ryanwwhite
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Signed books make good gifts
I got a text from a friend the other day saying how much he enjoyed Jimmy Buffett: A Good Life All the Way despite that fact that he doesn’t care at all for Buffett’s music. Perhaps you do enjoy Jimmy Buffett’s music. Maybe you love it. Maybe you love it but you have a friend who […]
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Q&A: ‘Jimmy Buffett: A Good Life All the Way’
Jimmy Buffett: A Good Life All the Way is available now from Touchstone. Over on the A Good Life All the Way Facebook page, I asked if anyone had any questions. A few did, and they were good ones and, with reactions to the book now rolling in (thank you everyone who’s reached out to say […]
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A Good Life All the Way: The time Bob Liberman met the icy gusts of Key West
Got a nice note about the book from Bob Liberman the other day. If you’ve read Jimmy Buffett: A Good Life All the Way, you know Bob as Jimmy’s former tour manager and a hell of a storyteller. If you haven’t read the book (yet?), you might know Bob as his alter ego, Lip Balm, shouted […]
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Reader mail uncovers the price of Schlitz and pizza in N.C. in 1975
One of the benefits of writing about artists like Bruce Springsteen and Jimmy Buffett — artists whose success has spanned decades — is that after you do so, you hear more stories. Stories from fans whose lives have been soundtracked by songs and albums and careers. It’s fun. Since Jimmy Buffett: A Good Life All the […]
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Get a ‘Jimmy Buffett: A Good Life All the Way’ bookmark
Jimmy Buffett: A Good Life All the Way, the story of Margaritaville and the man who sang it into existence is available now from Touchstone. If you’re like me, you can’t just sit down and read a book cover to cover. There are distractions: kids running around, chores to do, snacks to get and other unforeseen […]
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Signed copies of ‘Jimmy Buffett: A Good Life All the Way’
Is Mother’s Day early this year? It’s a week from Sunday. That feels early. And then Father’s Day isn’t too far behind. You know what moms and dads like? Books about Jimmy Buffett and Margaritaville, about beaches and bars and the way the world keeps turnings. My mom and dad ordered a couple of copies […]
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A Good Life All the Way: A Playlist, Part II
When we ended Playlist the First, “Margaritaville” was about to be released. That covers roughly the first half of Jimmy Buffett: A Good Life All the Way, out May 9 from Touchstone. In the next week or two I’ll knock out some Buffett playlists, but these are Buffett free. These are the songs you’ll find tucked […]
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‘Get Off on … A1A’ and the early struggle to sell Jimmy Buffett to the world
Jimmy Buffett: A Good Life All the Way will be out May 9 on Touchstone Books. It’s about Jimmy Buffett and Margaritaville and the way time passes and the world changes. It’s about middle class yearning and the dream of something more beyond the Bed, Bath & Beyond. Among other things. So the thing you hear […]
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A lunch date with Lip Balm (Or: The time Buffett signed a dog)
Jimmy Buffett: A Good Life All the Way will be released May 9 by Touchstone Books. Patterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers says it “manages to go well beyond the mythology and legends while still giving them their just place in the grand design. An excellent read.” The day I had lunch with Bob Liberman, I […]
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A Good Life All the Way: A Playlist, Part I
Today’s Tuesday, April 11. That means you’ve got six days to get your taxes done, and in exactly four weeks, Jimmy Buffett: A Good Life All the Way will be released. I’ll be updating this space with much more regularity, sharing a few stories, a few more deleted scenes and music. There’s a lot of music […]
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