There’s a tequila, a casual dining restaurant chain, a radio station, and a collection of short stories based on the idea held within the song, and that’s just for starters. In 2016 "Margaritaville" was recognized as being culturally significant by the Grammy Hall of Fame which is certainly a feather in Buffett’s cap, but it’s one of many thanks to the brilliance in the way that he’s managed to turn one song into an empire. The single contributed to Buffett earning his first platinum album and it set the bedrock for the rest of his life. I like the first albums, but they don’t have the energy that Changes had. It was a change from that Nashville play-it safe sound. That was one the hit came off of, "Margaritaville." Some of my favorite rocking crazy stuff came off that album. He explains: By the Changes in Latitudes album, the band was good enough and we were enough of a unit that we went to Miami and did it as a band album. Former Jimmy Buffett band member Greg Taylor thinks some of the success of the song is thanks to the fact that the recording was made by guys who'd been playing together for years instead of Nashville studio musicians. "Margaritaville" ended up being much more than a hit song. We’re still talking about "Margaritaville" decades after its release so it doesn’t even matter that the song went to the number one spot on Billboard’s Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks and broke the top 10 in Billboard’s Hot 100, and continued its success around the world. Back in Key West, Buffett once again found himself lamenting the touristy vibe of the area and finished writing a song he titled “Margaritaville.” After downing a few margs at Lung's Cocina del Sur on Anderson Lane (sadly it’s no more) Jimmy and his band knocked out a rough sketch of the song. People have been drinking margaritas for decades, but in the early 1976 the concept of tequila, lime, and little salt was earth shattering for the singer. But the lyrics and melody didn’t come to Buffett until he tried a new (to him at least) drink in Austin, Texas. While hanging out in Key West, he noticed a large influx of tourists in what was essentially a pirate’s cove, and the idea stuck with him. After his initial recordings failed to chart he started playing the southern circuit and found himself in Florida. A talented singer-songwriter, Buffett signed a small recording contract but he didn’t exactly set Nashville on fire. He thought that the best way to get noticed was to head to Nashville. In the late ‘60s Jimmy Buffett was like a lot of young songwriters with stars in his eyes.
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