>>>
>>> TIME
>>> TIME TO ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE WHERE PEOPLE
COME TO GET AWAY FROM IT ALL
AND STAY TO FIND SOMETHING THEY
NEVER EXPECTED.
NEVER EXPECTED. JIMMY BUFFETT ESCAPES TO
MARGARITAVILLE, FEATURES SOME
OF THE BELOVED SONGS AND
ORIGINAL ONES, PLAYING ALL THIS
WEEK AT THE NATIONAL THEATER.
I HAD A CHANCE TO CATCH IN WITH
THE KING OF COOL OF VIBES TO
FIND OUT ALL ABOUT THE SHOW AND
WHAT HE HAS BEEN UP TO.
>> WELCOME TO MARGARITAVILLE.
>> CONGRATULATES AND WELCOME TO
D.C.
D.C.
D.C. >>
D.C. >> IT'S NICE TO BE BACK HERE.
>> OF COURSE, BRINGING SOME
JOYS, SOME LAUGHS?
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. THE TOWN COULD USE A LAUGH OR
TWO.
TWO.
TWO. >>
TWO. >> YES, WE COULD USE AN ESCAPE
TO MARGARITAVILLE.
TO MARGARITAVILLE. AND TIMING IS EVERYTHING.
YOU'RE A SMART MAN.
I KNOW WITH YOUR UPBRINGING
WITH YOUR MOM IN THE THEATER,
SHE LOVED THE THEATER.
WHEN YOU GOT TO SEE THEM AROUND
THE COUNTRY, THAT HAD TO BE A
FULL CIRCLE MOMENT?
>> YES, IT ABSOLUTELY WAS.
THEY LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO SEE
ME WITH A LITTLE BIT OF
SUCCESS.
SUCCESS.
SUCCESS. AND I WAS SUPPOSE TO FOLLOW THE
NAUTICAL HERITAGE OF THE
BUFFETT FAMILY.
BUFFETT FAMILY. I DID IT IN SONGS, BUT I WOULD
STILL SAIL AROUND BY MYSELF.
BUT YES, IT WAS A PRETTY
AMAZING THING AND I STILL
ALWAYS KNEW THE ROAD IS WHERE
THE SHOW WOULD WORK BECAUSE
WE'VE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE
TOURING FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS.
A PART OF THE PROCESS TO SLOW
DOWN A LITTLE BIT, SO WE'RE NOT
GOING TO AS MANY CITIES AS WE
USED TO DO IN ONE TIME.
>> YOU JUST FINISHED A TOUR.
THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF THE
SMALLER VENUE TOUR.
>> I MEAN YOU'RE NEVER NOT ON
TOUR, BUT WE JUST GOT BACK FROM
EUROPE AND WE WOULD DO ENGLAND,
FRANCE, WHICH WE DO EVERY YEAR.
>> WHAT IS IT LIKE IN EUROPE?
>> THEY ARE IF NOT JUST MORE
ENERGETIC THAN HERE, BUT THERE
ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE BECOMING A
BUCKET LIST ITEM FOR SURE.
AND THERE IS A GREAT KIND OF
CONNECTION BETWEEN PEOPLE WHO
ARE FANS TO EACH OTHER AND MORE
ABOUT THAT.
ABOUT THAT. I LIKE THE FACT THERE'S A
COMMUNITY OUT THERE.
>> YOU HAVE BUILT THIS
COMMUNITY AND I WAS CURIOUS,
I'M FROM FLORIDA.
WE ARE ALWAYS ON THE BOAT,
PLAYING THE SONGS, WE'RE OUT
THERE WITH THOSE TROPICAL
SHIRTS.
SHIRTS.
SHIRTS. BUT IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO GO AND
SEE THEM COME OUT AND GET
EXCITED WHEN YOU HEAR THAT
MUSIC.
MUSIC.
MUSIC. >>
MUSIC. >> THIS IS ALWAYS A VERY, VERY
MAJOR PART OF THIS WHOLE
PROCESS.
PROCESS.
PROCESS. WHEN I MADE IT TO THE POINT,
THAT WAS A HUGE MOVE AT THAT
TIME IN MY CAREER AND WE BECAME
GREAT FRIENDS.
GREAT FRIENDS. AS I SAID TO A LOT OF PEOPLE,
HE WAS THE FIRST ONE PUTTING
THE BUG IN MY EAR ABOUT DOING A
MUSICAL.
MUSICAL.
MUSICAL. BUT I ACTUALLY DID DO THAT AND
JACK WAS THE ONE PLANTING THE
IDEA AND HE PASSED AWAY LAST
YEAR AND ALWAYS A GREAT FRIEND.
SEEING SOMETHING IN ME THAT LET
ME GET ON THAT STAGE, YOU KNOW,
IT STARTED HERE.
>> HOW MUCH CREATIVE CONTROL
DID YOU HAVE IN THE WHOLE SHOW?
>> WHAT WAS MOST IMPORTANT WAS
TO FIND WRITERS WHO UNDERSTOOD
THE CULTURE.
THE CULTURE. AND NOT JUST THE STUDY, BUT
THEY HAD TO BE AND IRONICALLY
ENOUGH ONE OF THE RIVALS FROM
D.C. IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT THEY
KNEW THE MATERIAL AND THE FACT
THAT IT WAS A PART OF THE FUN
IN THEIR LIVES.
ONCE YOU'RE OUT THERE, YOU
KNOW, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THAT,
BUT THEY LONG TO YOU.
SO THEY'RE EXPERIENCES WERE
MUCH MORE IMPORTANT.
>> BUT IT STILL HAD TO BE FUN
AND I NEVER THOUGHT THAT SONG
WOULD GO WITH IT HAD STORY
LINE.
LINE.
LINE. >>
LINE. >> IT HAPPENS A LOT OF THE
TIMES.
TIMES.
TIMES. >>
TIMES. >> JIMMY BUFFETT ESCAPES TO
MARGARITAVILLE AT THE NATIONAL
THEATER IN DOWNTOWN DC THROUGH
OCTOBER 13.
OCTOBER 13. SO BE SURE TO GET YOUR TICKETS.
FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE
VISIT THEIR WEBSITE.
UP NEXT WE TALK TO THE BOOK
WRITERS FOR THE MUSICAL AND
FIND OUT WHAT IT WAS