Buffett Buffet Top Ten: The Pascagoula Run (#10)

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Top ten time! Just in time for the first full day of winter! Jimmy Buffett’s music can warm you up on a cold day. Thankfully, it’s not cold here right now. But Buffett sounds good anytime, anywhere. Here’s the first song on the top ten list. #10: The Pascagoula Run Heck, I’m just going on 15 But with the help of my finaglin’ uncle I get snuck in For my first taste of sin (Roger Miller, “Chug-a-Lug”) That’s basically what we have here. Buffett’s “black sheep uncle” Billy shows up and takes the youth to the State Line Bar. Now, technically, if Uncle Billy had a “red convertible ‘65,” that would’ve made Buffett 18 or 19. HOWEVER, here’s a little history lesson for you: Mississippi didn’t get the “repeal of the 18th Amendment” memo in 1933. Alcohol was still illegal in Mississippi after 1933…and all the way until 1966! So it’s possible that the eponymous trip is to a bar about 15 miles away in Alabama. See what you get with a song with me? That’s why people stay away from the subject of music with me: I’ll bore the daylights out of you!! If you’re a fan of ballads, then rest assured that this is the only non-ballad in the top ten. A couple of midtempo songs, but this is the only upbeat, boogie tune. The Pascagoula Run Written by Jimmy Buffett and Jay Oliver From Off to See the Lizard, 1989 What do the ladies say?