Jimmy Buffett and longtime Coral Reefer Band member Mac McAnally have both been inducted into the Mississippi Songwriters Hall of Fame:

Some of the best musicians were supposed to gather this week in Ocean Springs. But, like so many other things, the 2020 Mississippi Songwriter’s Festival was canceled due to COVID-19.

The cancellation didn’t stop the Hall of Fame ceremony though; it went on virtually on Thursday night.

Pascagoula Mayor Steve Demetropoulos, welcomed the city’s famous musician into the esteemed club, Jimmy Buffett.

“It’s been said that Mississippi is the birth place of America’s music, well Jimmy Buffett is America’s music.” said Demetropoulos.

Before performing on some of the world’s biggest stages, Jimmy Buffett called Pascagoula home. In a recorded message, Buffett reflected on how the Mississippi Coast shaped his iconic music career.

“It’s a long way from the Pascagoula run and my early days growing up in Mississippi certainly had an impact on the way I wrote songs and what I wrote about,” said Buffet. “So, thank you Mississippi for that.”

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Have you been keeping up with the ‘Songs You Don’t Know By Heart’ series of videos where Jimmy Buffett performs some of his rarely heard songs?

The series is being directed by Buffett’s daughter Delaney. She talks about the creation of this series on the latest Margaritaville Podcast.

So far Buffett has performed the following songs for the series:

“Captain and the Kid“
“Something So Feminine About a Mandolin”
“Peanut Butter Conspiracy“
“Death of an Unpopular Poet”
“Twelve Volt Man”
“The Night I Painted the Sky”

Watch these videos at Margaritaville.tv

You can listen to Delaney on the podcast here or search for the Margaritaville Podcast wherever you get your podcasts.