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Jimmy Buffett Falls Off Stage and Into Concert Mishap Fraternity [VIDEO]

By Steven HofferJan 27th 2011 – 2:05PM

Roughly 40 years into his music career, Jimmy Buffett completed a painful rite of passage when he tumbled off the stage after closing a recent show in Sydney, Australia. The "Margaritaville" singer, who shocked his audience when he suffered a large gash on the head from the fall, is reportedly recovering and "doing well"...

Jimmy Buffett Falls Off Stage: 5 Offbeat Facts About the 'Margaritaville' Singer

By Mary Phillips-SandyJan 26th 2011 – 1:28PM

Some people claim that there's a woman to blame, but it may have been the lighting director's fault when Jimmy Buffett fell offstage during a Wednesday performance in Sydney, Australia. It seems Buffett may have been temporarily blinded by a flash of light during the show's finale, causing him to lose his footing and fall...

Report Makes It Official: Beach Most Screwed by Oil Spill Belongs to Alabama

By Dana ChivvisJul 28th 2010 – 3:00PM

(July 28) -- There's plenty of bad news to go around in this year's annual beach report from the Natural Resources Defense Council. The document, released today, has a special section on stretches of coast affected by the BP oil spill, and one in particular captures the sad story of the disaster's impact on the gulf....

Around the Minicamps: Fins to the Left, Land Sharks to the Right

By Dan GrazianoMay 3rd 2009 – 10:10AM

The goofy NFL news of the day Saturday was the renaming of the home of the Miami Dolphins after Jimmy Buffett's beer company. "Land Shark Stadium" will be the fifth different name this building has had since it opened in 1987.The stadium has an interesting history. Its $115 million construction cost was completely...

Welcome to Land Shark Stadium, Home Of the Miami Dolphins

By Adam GretzMay 2nd 2009 – 5:30PM

Remember the good old days when our football teams played in Three Rivers Stadium, Veterans Stadium, Candlestick Park and The Pontiac Silverdome? Yeah, those days are gone. While it's true we already knew that, it seems as if each new corporate sponsorship name gets a little more, well, bizarre than the one before....

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Jimmy Buffett Talks About His Return To The Gulf Coast

May 22nd 2012 - 11:35AM

America's poet laureate of shiftlessness sounds downright determined when he talks about bringing his come-as-you-are kingdom to the benighted shores of Biloxi, a childhood haunt now scarred by recession, oil and wind.

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Gonna Take An Elemental Journey: A Conversation With Sonny Landreth, Plus Getting To Know J.D. Shelburne

May 16th 2012 - 12:09AM

Sonny, your new album is called Elemental Journey , as in, "Gonna take an elemental journey," kicking off with "Gaia Tribe," as in "diatribe."

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Ed Crego, George Muoz and Frank Islam: The Buffett Rule

By Ed Crego, George Muñoz and Frank Islam Apr 25th 2012 - 11:27AM

The Buffett Rule, as put forward by President Obama, was an attempt to raise the minimum tax paid by a person earning more than a million dollars a year to a minimum of 30 percent.

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  • 05/31/12 CEFCU Center Stage at the Landing summer lineup Source: PJStar - Peoria IL Summer Camp Music Festival brought an incredible lineup to central Illinois last weekend.
  • 05/24/12 Timothy B. Schmit of The Eagles and Poco to perform at... Source: Go! Timothy B. Schmit has an impressive resume of musical groups, serving as bass guitar player and vocalist for Poco and Ringo Starr's All Star Band, as well as being a recording session musician for, or touring with, the likes of Bob Seeger, Boz Scaggs, Crosby Stills and Nash and Jimmy Buffet.
  • 05/23/12 Aristocrat's Oasis 360(TM) System Continues to Win... Source: Broadcast Newsroom LAS VEGAS, NV -- (Marketwire) -- 05/23/12 -- Aristocrat's Oasis 360 is by far the most widely used casino management system in North America, and now Oasis 360 has been chosen to monitor all games at the new Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville Casino & Restaurant in Biloxi, Miss. Oasis 360, recently voted Best Player Tracking System in the 2012 Goldman Sachs Slot Manger Survey, will monitor all 820 games at the 60,000 square foot casino.
  • 05/22/12 Jimmy Buffett's casino in Biloxi, Miss., to open today Source: American Gaming Association (AGA) Jimmy Buffett says he knows how to put on a show.
  • 05/18/12 Miss. commission certifies Buffett's Margaritaville... Source: American Gaming Association (AGA) Jimmy Buffett told gambling regulators Thursday that next week's opening of his new Margaritaville Casino and Resort will be exciting, but creating jobs along his native Mississippi Gulf Coast has been a rewarding experience in itself.

Background on jimmy buffett

James William "Jimmy" Buffett (born December 25, 1946) is an American singer–songwriter, film producer, businessman, and author.

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