Buffett was only 27 when this song was released, but it's not about him. He wrote it about Phil Clark, one of the more colorful characters he met when he first came to Key West, Florida, in the early '70s. Clark was a modern-day pirate, described in various accounts as a smuggler, a mercenary, a drug runner and an adventurer. Buffett got to know him, and wrote this song based on their conversations. Clark was approaching 40 and wasn't sure his profession would be around much longer.

A Pirate Looks At 40

My Old Friends deals with the premise that Music from the 50s, 60s, and 70s is more meaningful than the music of today. From the days of playing it live with My Old Friends (you know who you are!), to many years later, just re-listening to the artists (who are also Our Old Friends)that have colored our lives and memories with the old classics from the genres of those years, I have been blessed. I hope you are too!

My Old Friends

Some Politician said, “We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America.” Well, as we know sometimes change is not for the good. This song is about some of those changes that are ruining our country.

Things Are Changing

Ron Oates, piano; Dan Jacobs, trumpet at N.A.S. Pensacola, 1966

Angel Eyes

This is the title song of my CD, "Arizona Princess."

10 Track 10 Arizona Princess

08 Track 8 Before You Accuse Me

This is Black Pearl at our 1989 Reunion in Aspen. 

06 Track 6 Nadine

This is a studio recording by a blues band I was with in '05-'06 - "Key to the Highway." It is off a CD we put together for a demo. I am on bass. I just like the mellow feel of the arrangement.

03 Track 3 Key to the Highway

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