Speech on Jimmy Buffet
- This is a preview of the essay.
To view the full text you must login!
Jimmy William Buffett was born on Christmas Day, 1946, in the Jackson County Memorial Hospital near Pascagoula, Mississippi. Soon after, his parents James D. Buffett Jr. and Mary Loraine Buffett moved their family to Mobile, Alabama. There, Jimmy's father went to work at the Alabama Dry Docks and Shipyard.
While growing up Jimmy's childhood was influenced by the lure of the ocean.. In addition to his father's maritime occupation, Jimmy's grandfather James Buffett Sr. captained his own ship, the Chicamauga, and sailed the Seven Seas. Jimmy always looked up to his grandfather and would spend countless days listening to tales that took place on the seven seas.
As a teenager Jimmy had a lack of respect for the proper authorities and liked to do things his way..