Jimmy’s Note:

A1A is the beach access road that runs occasionally on and off U.S. 1. It can take you to some of the prettiest beaches in Florida east of St. Augustine, right through the middle of “Wrinkle City”, better known as Miami Beach, and ending suddenly 90 miles north of Havana and four blocks from my house.

Peter Whorf came to Key West to talk about my ideas for the cover. After several hard skull sessions at Louie’s Backyard, we chose our name and started up A1A to Miami. So the cover was the trip and the trip was a cover, and there is also a record inside. I hope you like them both.

– Jimmy Buffett, Key West, Florida. August 1974

Contributing Artists

• Jimmy Buffett – Vocals and Guitar
• Roger Bartlett – Acoustic Lead and Road Band
• Steve Goodman – Acoustic Lead Guitar
• Reggie Young – Electric Lead Guitar
• Doyle Grisham – Pedal Steel Guitar
• Greg “Fingers” Taylor – Harmonica
• Tommy Cogbill – Bass
• Mike Utley – Piano, Organ
• Ferrel Morris – Percussion
• Sammy Creason – Drums
• Buzz Carson, Bergen White, and Don Gant – Background Vocals