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Jimmy Buffett Uncut: 60 Minute Special [TV-PG-D] Show Time
Mon., Mar. 6 8:00 PM ET/PT
With never-before-seen footage from a recent in-depth interview with
60 Minutes correspondent Steve Kroft, Jimmy Buffett discusses his
life and career, including growing up in Mobile, Ala., the
inspiration that drew him to music, his early days in Key West, Fla.,
personal time with wife Jane, country superstar Alan Jackson and of
course, Parrotheads.
When he first set out on his musical career, Jimmy Buffett didn't
make it in Nashville, so he drifted to Key West, wrote a hit
called "Margaritaville" and built a legion of frozen-drink-sipping
fans, affectionately called "Parrotheads." Now, more than 30 years
later, in a revealing interview with Steve Kroft for Jimmy Buffett
Uncut: 60 Minutes Special, Buffet tells how he was able to bring his
career full circle.
On the exclusive CMT special, Buffett tells Kroft he has no plans to
slow down.
"Well, I always said that I wouldn't use a teleprompter," he
explains, "and if I start to sing real flat, I'll hang it up. ... I'm
having fun now [and] as long as that continues ... ."
The past year has been a big one for Buffett, whose newest CD,
License to Chill, debuted at the top of both the pop and country
charts and was the first No. 1 record of his career. The collection,
which features duets with Alan Jackson, Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith,
George Strait Martina McBride and others, spent 15 weeks in the Top
10 of the Billboard country albums chart and has been certified
platinum by the RIAA.
Additionally, Buffett's latest novel, A Salty Piece of Land, was
released Nov. 30, 2004. The New York Times said it "is very possibly
Buffett's best work to date." With Buffett's three previous No. 1
bestsellers, he is one of only six authors in the history of the New
York Times Bestseller List to have reached No. 1 on both their
fiction and non-fiction lists.
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Jerry