Laughter is no enemy to learning.
Walt Disney
In college a couple drinking buddies loved Jimmy Buffett. Could never understand why.
A few years later, at the University of Idaho, i had a bartending job.
The radio only played country music because Moscow, Idaho didn’t have a Rock station.
The owner had two cassette tapes. Can’t recall what the second one was, but the first one was “Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes”.
Before i became a Country music fan, Buffett’s tape was the go-to playlist. Constantly, it seems in retrospect. Etched in my soul i guess.
Fell in love with the vibe.
Buffett’s songs reminded me of Florida, palm trees, the ocean, and sunshine.
Next thing you know, i’m in a Washington State University (WSU) (Go Cougs) record shop and went to the album bin that started with B and found a couple Jimmy Buffett albums.
Don’t recall which album was my first, but i quickly wore it out, playing it constantly and being mesmerized by Buffett’s style.
Before you know it, i owned everything he released. In 1983 that was 10 albums.
Note: We lived on WSU’s campus in an all-women dorm. Cheryl was a Residense Hall Director and lived on-site. It’s where we lived a year before and a year after we married. Eight miles across the state line, i attended University of Idaho and worked at a novel hot-tub rental business with a beer and wine bar.
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