James William Buffett grew up at 4623 North Sunset Drive in Mobile, Alabama. He graduated high school from McGill Institute for Boys in 1964. He started playing guitar while attending Auburn University in
Alabama & began his musical career during the late 1960's.
In 1985, Buffett opened the first of the "Margaritaville" resturants in Key West.
Jimmy Buffett has written 3 Number 1 best sellers:
1) Tales from Margaritaville
2) Where is Joe Merchant?
3) A Pirate Looks at Fifty
His third novel, A Pirate Looks at Fifty went straight to No. 1 on the New York Times Bestseller non-fiction list, making him one of seven authors in that list's history to have reached No. 1 on both the fiction & non-fiction lists.
