Chords for Jimmy Buffett Full Spontaneous Interview from Jazz Fest on AXS TV

I am lucky enough to not only be in one of my favorite places in [C] New Orleans, but be with one of my favorite people, my family.
[G] My dad, the man, the reason we're in [D] Margaritaville.
Hi, Dad.
Hi, it's been a pleasure.
Or Jimmy [Bb] Buffett, for those of you who don't know who my dad is.
Oh, yeah, sometimes I forget who I am.
But I always remember [Eb] that I have [Bb] daughters and a son.
That's true.
And, you know, I love it that this is kind of the second year of the tradition that you're not working Jazz Fest,
[Gm] but you're just here to hang out and have a good [Bb] time.
I am.
I mean, that's, it [Ebm] kind of follows the flow.
It's [G] like the last time we actually [Eb] played, it was an emergency [Bb] event.
Remember when Eddie Vedder had a surfing accident [F] and I got a panic phone call [C] from Gwen,
and we filled in and did the acoustic [Bb] show.
And I thought, well, how many people will come on _ a week, three days [D] notice?
Right.
I'm sure a few people showed up.
Yeah, [F] we had, and it was [G] one of [C] the _ fondest memories I have of a long [G] time,
when you said to me [Ab] today, [N] 45 years of Jazz Fest, and I started doing the math,
[Am] and I went, oh my God, [D] I was in the first.
45 years ago.
I was 18 years old, and [Bb] I was working the summers on Bourbon Street out of college.
It was at Armstrong Park, and Quint had a head shop.
I know, that's right, people [A] don't know that about Quint Davis, but he ran a head shop.
I [C] want [B] to say, it was the Environmental [C] Circus, or it was some weird hippie name like [G] that that it had.
But he had a head shop, and he ran the festival.
And what was the [Bbm] first festival like?
Clearly it was a [A] bit smaller than it is today.
There were about 500 people.
[Bb] _
Not as many as there [A] are now.
It was at Armstrong Park, [G] and it was just like, it was a local event.
And then it went from that to, they had a love fest at Audubon Park, and we started [B] playing,
and that was the summer of [Gb] my life.
_ [C] The beginning of your misspent [Db] youth?
Misspent youth.
_ [C] _ _ [D] I think I'm youthful, but when I come here, I really am.
[G] _ And it's great, and I got asked today [Db] what some of my [G] favorite memories were of Jazz Fest.
It's [Gb] all family oriented, and one of my favorite [E] memories was when you and I, I don't know if you remember this,
we watched Stevie Wonder in the [B] pouring rain [Bb] on the side of the stage.
Do you have any other particular moments that really stand out?
I know it's hard because there's so many.
[C] The most touching moment was after the hurricane, _ [G] when there was so [F] much that went [A] into whether they were going to [Eb] have a Jazz Fest or not.
It _
[C] was pretty emotional, it was kind of thought out, but when I got on stage, I [D] didn't know what to say.
[B] _ _ [C] There are times that doing this you go, okay, something will happen.
[Bb] And what I said was, [F] more for local people, was that for all [E] of our lives, we've always [Gm] wanted to go to Jazz Fest.
And the people [A] that came today knew that they had [D] to come.
It really [Eb] revitalized the city.
Truly, [Bb] when you look back [C] retrospectively, [A] music saved the city.
I have no doubt about that.
And putting that festival on that year, against all odds, and the people that supported it, [Em] was the [G] rebirth of New Orleans.
It's true, that was [B] a really, really, really amazing and special year.
Yes.
And then we made a memory last night, which is we got to see Charles Bradley, which is pretty awesome.
Well, that's the thing [F] about, _ [Bm] it's [Bb] just between [N] your insight into what's cool and new.
I'll go on record saying that I turned down Maroon 5.
_ It's okay, it's okay.
I'm going to have a [Bm] drink on that.
_ _ _ But that's the truth. _
But she has an insight into music [F] that I have listened to since that day.
[A] But last night she said, you've got to go see Charles Bradley.
_ And she was so right, because I went [Bb] away thinking, I [G] miss James Brown.
Right.
[F] The more James Brown's in the world, the Charles Bradley gift is, the better the world can be.
But what a genuine, [Gb] beautiful soul he is.
_ _ [Bbm] _ And he does the splits.
[D] I mean, he really, he's a dancer, that is for sure.
[B] Alabama Shakes and Preservation [C] Hall.
_ I know, we [F] can't make a mistake.
And the cool thing is, [Bb] we're at Margaritaville, we're up here at the Tire Swing Bar, which is truly, it really is one of my favorite bars in New Orleans.
I'm not just trying to plug our family business here.
I love this bar.
Go ahead and plug it.
Well, I love Margaritaville.
Cheers at the [G] Landshark.
But no, the funny thing is, people think, [Bb] you really do come to this one.
This one particularly, [N] I know has been a labor of love for you, to keep it open through the [Bb] storm.
This is where you grew up.
This [D] is your place.
Well, it is.
As you know, in our family history, my grandfather was [Bb] a ship captain.
He always brought his clothing to Governor Nichols [C] Street Wharf.
When I was a kid, we'd come over and meet [Dm] the ship.
When he'd come to town, that was a [Bb] big deal.
He'd [Bb] take us all, we'd go to Two Jacks and have dinner.
So that was my heritage here.
So when we got this spot, it was so [Dbm] funny.
I was talking to [Bb] my landlord last night, Taylor Heitford, who, a lot [C] of great people have been associated with this [Bb] part of the French Quarter.
And I live right up the street, so _ it's either by accident or by fate that I've always been down in this section of the French Quarter.
Governor Nichols Street Wharf is still over there, and I remember those memories.
I'm glad, Margaret.
[Eb] Yeah, and we've had some [B] great parties here.
You've played here [C] during Jazz Fest.
I think people wonder, do you really go to Margaritaville's and you really hang out?
And it's true, you really [Bb] do.
Let's think of the people we've had to play here.
Joni Mitchell played here.
[D] Well, let's see.
Iguanas were here.
Alan played.
[D] Teddy, Ed Bradley, [Bb] our buddy.
Zachary Richard.
[D] _ We've had great musical moments here, and to this [A] day, the tradition is that we [Bb] keep live music in [E] the front bar.
All the time, right?
You can always come and see [F] live music at Margaritaville.
And it's an early stop.
It's like when you're getting out of [Bb] the fest, and this weekend, if you want to come [B] by, there's always someone in the [Bb] front bar singing songs.
And you can get a drink.
And on the earlier side of the night, for those who may be not going out all night like me. _
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