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Jimmy Buffett / Music / Topsail Tuesday

#132 – Tampico Trauma

This month we are stepping back in time to 1977, to a signature album in Jimmy’s life and career, an album that perhaps altered the entire outcome of Jimmy’s career as a singer, songwriter, and entertainer. And the song we are featuring is a little song of adventure and fun that leads to a little trouble and exile. At least exile from one Mexican city. Tampico Trauma is our shining star song for this month.

“I left for Tampico last July, I jumped off that boat, I almost died, There to greet us, were pretty senoritas, I swore that I would not go home then…”

“I must look a mess I must admit, But I have be

Jimmy Buffett / Music / Topsail Tuesday

#131 – Dreamsicle

The world feels really complicated, the last several months certainly, but especially the last couple of weeks, and I actually had the thought that, instead of last month, I should have saved Apocalypso for this month, as we are in the midst of an intense eclipse cycle and the world feels like it’s on fire, literally as well as figuratively. The feeling of countering that complicated intense energy felt like the medicine needed and one of Jimmy’s light, carefree and more playful songs immediately came to mind. Dreamsicle! How can we go wrong with a song that is like a creamsicle of dreams. We can’t go wrong with it!

“Dreamsicle, big dill pickle, High school honeys sure were fickle, I’ll be damned country ham, takes me back to Alabam…”

Jimmy Buffett / Music / Topsail Tuesday

#130 – Apocalypso

Inspiration struck last night, as I gazed upon a nearly full moon, high in the southern sky, bright and burning a deep, dark orange. There are fires burning in Canada and the haze and smoke has been drifting south for days and days. Not beneficial if you want to see Montana’s famous blue skies, but the haze does lend an intense glow to the night sky beacons. And turns the rising sun into a deep, red ball of fire. Both last night, and again this morning, I was struck by the idea or concept of the apocalypse, and the melody and lyrics for Apocalypso drifted softly through my mind.

Jimmy Buffett / Music / Topsail Tuesday

#129-Mailbox Money

The end of June can mean many things to many people, but to me, the final day of June has become representative of an important date in my mom’s life. Her retirement date. When I realized that the final day of June this year happened to be the final Tuesday of the month, I immediately knew what song I was going to pick. A song that represented the mail, by making money though receiving mail, or making money while delivering the mail. Mailbox Money does both, the perfect song for June’s offering of Topsail Tuesday music.

Jimmy Buffett / Music / Topsail Tuesday

#128 – Close Calls

We have all had close calls, you know, near misses that make us stop and say whoa! The Cambridge dictionary defines a close call as “a situation in which something bad, unpleasant, or dangerous almost happens, but you manage to avoid it,” and Mirium-Webster sums it up even more succinctly as a noun that means a “a narrow escape.” The Oxford English dictionary reports that it was first used in print in 1861 in Portage, Wisconsin. While I am unsure of its specific use, it’s been a part of American lingo for at least one-hundred and sixty-five years. It also has the distinction of being the title of a Jimmy Buffett song.

Jimmy Buffett / Music / Topsail Tuesday

#127 – Defying Gravity

The last week has been full of challenges, such as a freak winter weather storm, resulting in two power outages within ten hours, the second of which lasted three days. And when things like that happen, all you can do is the best you can within the circumstances you have to work with and move forward despite the challenges. And afterward, you can look back and appreciate what was accomplished and what was overcome. Defying gravity is a term that means overcoming, resisting, or rising above limitations or challenges, even defying constraints and breaking boundaries, and soaring up and above, against all odds, and is tied to empowerment and personal freedom. Considering the lead up circumstances to this post, Defying Gravity seems like the perfect Jimmy Buffett song to focus on.

Jimmy Buffett / Music / Topsail Tuesday

#125 – Sea Of Heartbreak

February always seems like a month that is tied to the concept of romance, most likely because of Valentine’s Day, which is mostly connected to romantic love, deep love, to falling in love, or how we express ourselves in love. Valentine’s Day has become a holiday tied to flowers, chocolates and overpriced greeting cards, which we then use to express our attention or admiration to those we love. But with love, there is always the chance of heartbreak. I would argue that some of the greatest songs in the world evoke the emotion of heartbreak, rather than love, and those are the songs that touch our souls so deeply. Sea Of Heartbreak is absolutely one of those songs.

Jimmy Buffett / Music / Topsail Tuesday

Topsail Tuesday

As 2025 was drawing to a close, and the new year was approaching, I wasn’t sure the direction this blog was going to take. It felt like it might be time to let the road conclude, and yet, there is still so much music and stories to share. Jimmy left us with a lot of material, and in many ways, it didn’t feel like the path was quite complete.