The Press-Register has an article on Buffett’s grandfather’s shipwreck in Mobile:

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Thursday ordered a condo developer to stop digging up the sunken remains of a four-masted schooner once captained by the grandfather of singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett.

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The Hamptons.com has an article comparing Jimmy Buffett and Kenny Chesney, entitled “Buffett and Chesney: Flip-Floppers and Five O’Clock “

One key element in the music of both Chesney and Buffett is the lifestyle they exude from the music and the stage. Buffett played the entire concert in t-shirt, yellow shorts and no shoes. Chesney wore flip-flops, forgoing the traditional Country Music staple footwear, boots. These are the guys you want around in the Keys (or on a beach in the Hamptons), with money to spend and time to spare. The second factor, only from a male perspective, is the quality of female fans that both of these guys attract. I have yet to see that many bikini tops, halter tops, and topless tops in the middle of New York City before.

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Jimmy Buffett is suing Six Flags theme parks over a name dispute:

Buffett claims the Six Flags’s Carrothead Club infringes his trademark on Parrotheads, a name associated with his Hawaiian-shirt-wearing devotees. The move has stunned Six Flags, responsible for 20 theme parks.

Representative Wendy Goldberg tells New York gossip column PageSix.com, “I’m not sure how the concept of children in foam carrot hats is going to be confused with significantly older Hawaiian shirt-wearing, margarita-swilling Parrotheads. Clearly imitation wasn’t what we had in mind!”

Read the entire article here.

Freelance writer Gary Logan writes a piece for the Washington Post entitled “Returning to Margaritaville.” The article follows the writer’s life from when he was first introduced to Buffett in the 70’s, how his life changed over the ensuing 30-plus years, and how Buffett’s music was always a constant.

It’s a good read, check it out here.

Update – Editor Tom Shroder weighs in on the article here.

When I first encountered the manuscript that became “Return to Margaritaville,” the story that begins on Page 14, I said: “We’ll run a story about the deeper meaning of Jimmy Buffett over my dead body.”

Thursday night, during the Southern Mississippi vs. Boise State game, late in the 2nd quarter, Chris Fowler mentioned Jimmy a couple times.
Boise State was winning 28-6 and was at the time dominating the game and Chris mentioned that Jimmy was a graduate of Southern Miss and said, “Southern Miss needs a Change in Latitude or at least a Change in Attitude if they want to stay in this game.”
After the next play which was a running play, he said, “Boise State is having a feeding frenzy out there.”