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Podcast: What the Riff Next Gen
Episode: 1978 - February: Jimmy Buffett — “Son of a Son of a Sailor”
Description: This podcast goes out to all the Parrot heads out there. Son of a Son of a Sailor is the eighth studio album by Jimmy Buffett, and is the follow-up to his breakout album “Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes.” This is Buffett's highest charting album of the 70's, peaking at number 10 in the U.S.
Jimmy Buffett was born on Christmas Day, 1946, in Pascagoula, Mississippi. He lived in Mobile and Fairhope, Alabama growing up, and began playing guitar at Auburn. He recorded a country album and went to work at Billboard Magazine in Nashville briefly after college...