JimmyDOTcom : The Evolution of a Phan

by Jackson Quigley, Jerry Gontang

While quietly making noise in the early 70s, no one, least of all Jimmy Buffett, had the slightest inkling of the sub-culture his fans would become. His following didn't even have a name until 1985, when he and Timothy B. Schmit coined the term "Parrot head," looking out on a Cincinnati crowd. And the name stuck! When tales of the pre-concert fun leaked out, the corporate types couldn't resist joining in. The original Parrot Heads started dressing even more outlandishly, adorning themselves with more and more parrotphanalia in an effort to put some distance between themselves and this new "Alligator Shirt Wearing" crowd. All hell broke loose in 1993 when the Internet and computers started to band this group together. It was like throwing gasoline on an open flame. Jackson Quigley and his Parrot Head Friends show the world for the fist time what a fun-loving and creative group they are in "JimmyDOTcom." Known as deadheads with a 401K Plan," Parrot Heads from all over the world shared over 5,000 of their prized photographs with Quigley, and he was somehow able to whittle them down to the 1,500 that best represented his friends. As the Parrot Heads, and even Jimmy Buffett himself, have been overheard to say, "Every picture tells a story, just ask a cameraman." This is a book "about" Parrot Heads, "by" Parrot Heads; for only they could tell such a story.

245 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2000