Rest in paradise… Jimmy Buffett, My first concert in my life, with my best friend and his sister. The drive in the old Honda Accord, blasting Buffett all the wall to the World Music Theatre. Seeing my first ever tailgate in that parking lot, the costumes, grass skirts, sea shell bikinis, the decorations…it was extraordinary.

Parrot Heads dancing in the isles, the smells, the music thundering across the parking lot and then the show. It was the first time in my life where I realized that music can be lived across generations. I loved that feeling and that night has lived with me ever since. Oh, and the naked guy’s dancing by himself at the top of the lawn living his best life.

“With a tin cup for a chalice, fill it up with good red wine” JB

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