The Miami Herald’s review of Jimmy Buffett’s three-night gig at the Gusman Cultural Center (now Olympia) in downtown Miami that happened Aug. 14-16, 1978. These shows were taped and formed much of the material featured on that 1978 Christmas-season release of the classic two-disc live album: “You Had to Be There.” Miami Herald file
Here are some of the recent Miami Herald headlines and stories about Buffett, including his look back at 50 years of the Key West music scene, where he got his start.
Jimmy Buffett with a manatee. Miami Herald File
Margaritaville Hollywood Beach Resort. Shannon Kaestle
In this file photo from March 28, 2014, Michael Smith (center, with guitar) began the tribute portion of a Flick reunion concert at what is now Titanic Restaurant & Brewery at 5813 Ponce de Leon Blvd., in Coral Gables. The Flick was a 1960s, early-1970s coffeehouse where soon-to-be icons Joni Mitchell, David Crosby, Jimmy Buffett and Tim Buckley performed. Pictured (l-r): Chuck Mitchell, Barbara Barrow, Smith and Coconut Grove folk singer Bobby Ingram. Howard Cohen hcohen@miamiherald.com
The Miami Herald staff photo that ran to accompany a review of Jimmy Buffett’s concerts at the Gusman theater in downtown Miami on Aug. 14-16, 1978. These concerts were recorded and form much of that 1978 Christmas-season’s classic live double-album release of Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band’s “You Had to Be There.” Murry Sill Miami Herald file
Jimmy Buffett and his Coral Reefer Band perform “Fins” during their concert at the iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Florida on Thursday, December 9, 2021. A team of scientists from the University of Miami Rosenstiel School named a new species of a member of a group of crustaceans, gnathiid isopods, the Gnathia jimmybuffetti after the singer-songwriter. MATIAS J. OCNER mocner@miamiherald.com
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