ETSU to Margaritaville: Jimmy Buffett memories One of the worst things about aging is when entertainers you’ve enjoyed for years begin dying. During the past couple of years, sadly, several of my favorite artists have left life’s stage. September started with the loss of the favorite singer of my adult life - Jimmy Buffett. It hit me hard when I woke a week ago to the news he’d passed away. Here was a man whose music dominated the soundtrack of my life for years. Decades, actually, since I discovered Jimmy Buffett while I was in college. In the fall of 1972, I was a freshman at East Texas State University in Commerce. It was a time for new experiences and to sample new things, such as music. One of my new experiences was going to ETSU coffee shop shows. The folks responsible for keeping students entertained during off-hours presented a coffee shop most weekends with touring musicians. It actually was a student union building room with a few bistro tables and chairs, plus a small port
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