Congratulations to Rick for winning the latest Jimmy Buffett Caption Contest!

A week ago we showed you the below picture of Jimmy with Kinky Friedman:

We asked you to come up with your own caption for the photo, and then put the best up in a poll for everyone to vote on. Here was Rick’s winning caption:

“C’mon Jimmy let’s sing the 5 dollar foot long song together”

Rick received 32% of the vote, but Jay wasn’t far behind with 112 votes for “Ok, ok Jimmy. When I am elected governor, we will rename the capital Margaritaville.” View all the results here.

Thanks to everyone who participated and we’ll do another caption contest again soon!

On Friday night Jimmy Buffett performed at his Hawaiian restaurant Jimmy Buffett’s At The Beachcomber along with Jake Shimabukuro, Robert Greenidge, and Mac McAnally.

via @AlohaBruce

via @PaulKlink

The first four Jimmy Buffett tour dates of 2010 have been announced at Margaritaville.com:

Jacksonville, FL
Saturday, February 20th
Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
TicketMaster Link

Columbia, SC
Tuesday, February 23rd
Colonial Life Arena

Orlando, FL
Thursday, February 25th
Amway Arena
TicketMaster Link

Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Saturday, February 27th
BankAtlantic Center

Tickets will go on sale Saturday, January 16th, likely thru TicketMaster. We’ll bring you more ticket details as we get them.

This month marks the 25th anniversary of the opening of the first Margaritaville Cafe, on Duval Street in Key West.

That opening was the beginning of Jimmy Buffett’s business empire, which has expanded over the years to include frozen foods, tequila, rum, beer, footwear, tailgating accessories, and even horse racing. There are now 13 Margaritaville’s open in the U.S. and in Mexico and the Caribbean. The first two Margaritaville’s in Canada will open in the next two years (Edmonton and Calgary).

Learn more about Jimmy’s business empire here.

A not-so-subtle hint was dropped on Jimmy Buffett’s official Facebook and Twitter pages today:

If you happen to be in Honolulu Friday night you may want to stop by Jimmy Buffett’s at the Beachcomber around 8p. We’re just sayin’.

(hat tip to Dean)