Music Video: Jimmy Buffett From Live By The Bay in 1985 - We are the people are parents warned us about

Almost as surprising to people who are mystified by my love of rap is their shock when they discover that I am a tried and true Jimmy Buffett fan. An unapologetic Parrothead to the nth degree.

Now,Mr. Buffett probably was never suited for the medium of music video— and has likely got a bit commercialized as the years go by— but I am a sucker for his music. Once it gets to be springtime, or even in the midst of some blizzards, I get fiending for some JB. At one point, before it was impossible to get tickets, I would go to all five tour dates at Great Woods in Mansfield, MA.

Like many, I was only exposed to the one album “Songs you know by heart,” Jimmy’s greatest hits— and I was none too thrilled. But, once I got into some of his lesser-known music, I got hooked. My favorite Buffett songs include “Boat Drinks,” "The Weather is Here, I Wish You Were Beautiful," "Love and Luck," "Miss You So Badly," “Fruitcakes,” “Frank and Lola,” “Take Another Road,” “Incommunicado,” “Changing Channels,” “Knees of my Heart,” “Who’s the Blond Stranger,” “Coconut Telegraph,” and “We are the People…” (per the video above)…. to name a few.

In fact, between you and me, the book “Where is Joe Merhcant?” by Jimmy Buffett is one of my all-time favorite books. And, the Herman Wouk book “Don’t Stop the Carnival,” which I was led to because Buffett turned it into a musical, is another favorite of mine.

Although, I was never able to convince my friend Brian Campbell, co-member of the now defunct rap group Civil Disobedience, to sample “Margaritaville,” for a song I penned, working title: “Wasting away again in 40-ville.”

So, Jimmy Buffett- “We are the people our parents warned us about,” with me, painting with the windows open in the summer heat.