Wyclef Jean devoted a Hamptons set to his late pal Jimmy Buffett — and even crafted some particular lyrics in his honor.
“I’m a Jimmy Buffett obsessive fan,” Jean mentioned whereas performing on the Surf Lodge in Montauk, with Shaggy and DJ Cassidy.
“Once I carried out right here a number of years in the past, somebody who got here to see me, and [joined] the stage with me was Jimmy Buffett,” Wyclef added.
In a 2018 present, Buffett sang together with Jean and performed the bongos.
“Put a lighter within the air for Jimmy Buffett,” Jean informed the crowd earlier than beginning the track, “No Lady, No Cry.”
“We’re going to ship it to the Buffett household with positivity,” he mentioned. “He’s within the heavens, and I know he loves reggae.”
Wyclef belted out his personal lyrics to the Bob Marley tune, together with, “I bear in mind after I used to sit back / In Jimmy Buffett’s ‘Margaritaville.’”
Buffett was a neighborhood legend within the Hamptons, residing in Sag Harbor, the place he handed away final week on the age of 76 after battling most cancers.
The “Cheeseburger in Paradise” singer recurrently performed quite a lot of native venues, together with the famed Stephen Talkhouse. Over time, he additionally jumped on stage at Surf Lodge throughout performances by Willie Nelson and others.
The hotspot’s proprietor Jayma Cardoso informed us, “Jimmy was all the time form, respectful and humble. You might stroll by, and no person would know it was one of many greatest musical legends of all time. It’s simply how he was. He was a very good human being and made his mark on Montauk and the world.”
Wyclef informed us he devoted the live performance to Buffett. “It was deep,” he informed us. “Once I bought the information, it was a bit of shock. It’s insane respect.”
He added: “I like Jimmy due to how he constructed [hospitality chain] Margaritaville, he’s an entrepreneur.” The musician famous that he desires to work on his personal related undertaking, known as the Carnival.
Shaggy and DJ Cassidy additionally performed some hits, and Wyclef took off his shirt, pulled life-style skilled Valerie Greenberg on stage and had Malibu cocktails in coconuts handed out to the gang.
