"Busking Out: Becoming Jimmy Buffett" Large 45 ¼" x 65" Oil on Canvas Original Painting by Garland Robinette....

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"Busking Out: Becoming Jimmy Buffett" Large 45 ¼" x 65" Oil on Canvas Original Painting by Garland Robinette. A one-of-a-king oil on canvas painting of the legendary singer/songwriter known for "Margaritaville" and "Cheeseburger in Paradise" done by American painter Garland Robinette. And it's nicely framed to an overall 45 ¼" x 65". This is the painting that was the basis for the main poster for the 2011 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

Emerging musicians have drifted to New Orleans from near and far for over a century, earning a living on its streets as they hone their craft - a practice called busking. Many such venturers go unnoticed, but all those who play here in their formative years invariably carry a dash of roux within them forever. That Jimmy Buffett released a tune called "I Will Play for Gumbo" in 1999 - more than three decades after he first came to New Orleans as a budding troubadour - proves the point. To this day, Jimmy's spirit is a presence on the streets of New Orleans and was early to commit to the post-Katrina 2006 Festival, clearing away uncertainty and inspiring others to join in its rebirth.

All in the Gulf South know journalist and broadcaster Garland Robinette, a singularly intelligent voice of reason in a region battered to the limits of endurance by disasters, natural and otherwise. What many don't know is that this Boutte, Louisiana native is an equally accomplished painter. For the 2011 Jazz Festival poster, Garland literally took pages from Buffett's autobiography and imagined what it would have been like to meet the young musician as he played on the streets of New Orleans in 1967.

"I pictured Jimmy at the corner he worked as night melted to dawn, with the musician's trusty Falcon parked nearby," Robinette said. "Flying in the distance is a parrot, prefiguring Buffett's ultimate destination of Key West, FL. And if you look closely on the sidewalk behind the Falcon, you'll see the contemporary Jimmy Buffett walking into the future, glancing over his shoulder at the young man who would eventually catapult him to international acclaim."

Overall, in Very Good Plus condition with handling wear. COA from Heritage Auctions.

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