More than 40 years later, Jimmy Buffett can still recall the moment he wrote "Margaritaville." Buffett had played a show in Austin and was on his way back home to Key West. "It was a hot day and I had a couple of margaritas," he recalls. "I was a bit hung over, but I started writing the song on my guitar
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