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Old 09-02-2023, 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Pairadocs View Post
Loved buffet. When I heard of his death this morning, I thought of the very first time we saw and heard him. No "coral reefers" at that time. Neighbors at the time had been up to the Alabama beaches, said there was a guy from the area who sang in some of the beach bars there and was really great. They said his music was very different than what was thought of as "Caribbean" genre. They were excited and called us... said this local Alabama guy was going to be the entertainer at the local mall (Sunrise Mall for any of you who may also be from south east Florida) that weekend. The mall back then usually had live entertainment on weekends, much like that on our squares here. No band, just him, thought he was great and "might go somewhere"....LOL ! Never considered ourselves parrot-heads, but went to many of his concerts over the years. Sorry the "Chillers" are also gone from the Villages, they were as close to Buffet's original arrangements as any "tribute band" we've heard.
We too greatly miss the Caribbean Chillers at the squares. Was our favorite “happy” music. Buffet wasn’t the greatest singer but he may have been the greatest mood setter entertainer of all time. Have a wonderful eternity in that one particular harbor Jimmy.
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