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For 45 years, 1 pistillate has reigned arsenic “Queen of the Parrotheads”: Jane Slagsvol, the beloved woman of Jimmy Buffett. Jane and Jimmy, 76, tied the knot successful 1977 and person gone connected to bask a blessed beingness together. In 2021, Jimmy celebrated their 44th wedding day with a throwback photograph to erstwhile they were enjoying immoderate sun, sand, and surf. “With you, I’d locomotion anywhere,” helium captioned the pic.
However, Jane isn’t the archetypal idiosyncratic Jimmy “walked” with. He was joined erstwhile earlier helium said “I do” to Jane. The “Come Monday” vocalist walked down the aisle with Margie Washicheck, but the matrimony lasted 3 years earlier they went their abstracted ways. Soon, Jimmy met Jane, and the 2 started a travel unneurotic that lasted much than 4 decades. Since becoming antheral and wife, they welcomed 2 daughters – Savannah Jane Buffett, a vigor property connected SiriusXM’s Radio Margaritaville, and filmmaker Sarah Delaney. The mates besides adopted a son, Cameron Marley.
Jimmy and Jane (NINA PROMMER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)
While Jimmy’s euphony is the soundtrack to tropical drinks, sunsets, and gentle waves, determination was occupation successful paradise erstwhile it came to his marriage. Learn much astir Jimmy’s woman and past loves.
Jane Slagsvol
Despite being a celebrated instrumentalist and a billionaire, not overmuch is known astir Jimmy Buffett’s idiosyncratic life. He gave a spot of a rundown, including however helium met and separated from his 2nd wife, Jane, successful his 1998 autobiography, A Pirate Looks At Fifty.
“I flunked retired of college. I learned to play the guitar, lived connected the beach, lived successful the French Quarter, yet got laid, and didn’t spell to Vietnam,” helium wrote, per The New York Times. “I got backmost into school, started a band, got a occupation connected Bourbon Street, graduated from college, flunked my draught physical, broke up my band, and went retired connected the roadworthy solo. I signed a grounds deal, got married, moved to Nashville, had my guitars stolen, bought a Mercedes, worked astatine Billboard magazine, enactment retired my archetypal album, went broke, met Jerry Jeff Walker, wrecked the Mercedes, got divorced, and moved to Key West.”
Jimmy and Jane (Erik Pendzich/Shutterstock)
“I started different band,” helium continues, “worked the road, had my 2nd and past hit, bought a location successful Aspen, started spending summers successful New England, got married, broke my limb 3 times successful 1 year, had a babe girl, made much records, bought a bigger boat, and sailed distant to St. Barts. I got separated from the close girl, sold the boat, sold the location successful Aspen, moved backmost to Key West, worked the road, and made much records. I rented an flat successful Paris, went to Brazil for Carnival, learned to fly, went into therapy, discontinue doing dope, bought my archetypal seaplane, flew each implicit the Caribbean, astir got a 2nd divorce, moved to Malibu for much therapy, and got backmost with the close girl.”
Jimmy fell successful emotion with Jane Slagsvol erstwhile she was a pupil astatine the University of South Carolina, per Daily Mail. Jane was a beardown power connected Jimmy, helping him follow a much nonrecreational attack to his music. She besides influenced his music. While connected tour, helium was spending clip successful his edifice country erstwhile helium missed his woman truthful overmuch that he wrote her a song. That tune would beryllium “Come Monday,” a Top 40 deed for Jimmy. Jane adjacent appeared successful the euphony video.
(The timing of Jimmy and Jane’s romance is unclear. While galore publications database their archetypal gathering successful 1976, Jimmy’s “Come Monday” was a deed successful 1974.)
However, Jimmy’s emotion of partying astir got the champion of him. He and his woman separated successful the 1980s. “I had been with Jimmy since I was a child, done the craziest times,” she said successful 1998, per Showbiz Cheatsheet. “And I didn’t person a hint who I was. So I left. I got sober.” The mates reconciled successful 1991 and person been unneurotic ever since.”
Margie Washichek
Little is known astir Jimmy Buffett’s archetypal wife, Margie Washichek. The 2 were reportedly joined from 1969 to 1971 (or ’72, the day is not clear). The national produced nary children, and Jimmy has been mum astir the experience.
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