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Jimmy Buffett looks at 50 years after his 1st Key West gig
Read full article: Jimmy Buffett looks at 50 years after his 1st Key West gigA profane phone call and Jimmy Buffett’s inability to keep his daily planner organized 50 years ago in Miami set in motion events that changed the music world. Those events made the singer-songwriter one of the most beloved entertainers in America. And one of the wealthiest, with a net worth around $600 million.
Jerry Jeff Walker, Texas singer and songwriter, dies at 78
Read full article: Jerry Jeff Walker, Texas singer and songwriter, dies at 78Jerry Jeff Walker, a Texas country singer and songwriter who wrote the pop song “Mr. Walker died Friday of cancer, family spokesman John T. Davis told The Associated Press. “He had battled throat cancer for many years, and some other health issues,” Davis said Saturday. In 1986, he formed independent music label Tried & True Music and released albums under it. Walker was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2017, undergoing chemotherapy and radiation, he told the Austin American Statesman in 2018.