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===Charity performances=== [[File:Musician Jimmy Buffett performs for members of Joint Task Force Haiti behind the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 3, 2010 100303-N-HX866-005.jpg|thumb|right|Buffett performing for members of the [[Joint Task Force Haiti]] behind the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince following the [[2010 Haiti earthquake]]]] Buffett enjoyed playing for U.S. troops; he played at the [[Guantanamo Bay Naval Base]] in 2002.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.starnewsonline.com/story/news/2002/12/08/guantanamo-parrotheads-are-buffetted/30502353007/ | title=Guantanamo Parrotheads are Buffetted | first=Carol | last=Rosenberg | work=[[Star-News]] | date=December 8, 2002}}</ref> Buffett performed at several hurricane relief concerts including the Surviving the Storm hurricane relief concert in November 2004, which raised funds to support relief efforts for the four major hurricanes that year: [[Hurricane Charley]], [[Hurricane Frances]], [[Hurricane Ivan]], and [[Hurricane Jeanne]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://top40-charts.com/news.php?nid=10693&cat= | title=Jimmy Buffett Surviving The Storm Benefit Auction}}</ref> and a hurricane relief concert in November 2017 with [[Kenny Chesney]] and [[Toby Keith]].<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2017/10/27/jimmy-buffett-kenny-chesney-toby-keith-hurricane-relief-concert-sells-out-11-minutes/807513001/ | title=Jimmy Buffett, Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith hurricane relief concert sells out in 11 minutes}}</ref> In January 2008, Buffett performed a concert in Hong Kong that raised funds for the [[Foreign Correspondents' Club (Hong Kong)|Foreign Correspondents' Club]] Charity Fund to support needy children.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.unilad.com/celebrity/news/jimmy-buffett-dies-aged-76-tributes-408832-20230902 | title=Jimmy Buffett dies aged 76 leaving behind '$1bn fortune' as heartfelt tributes flood in for legendary star | first=Gregory | last=Robinson | work=[[UNILAD]] | date=September 2, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media | url=https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4860k | title=Jimmy Buffett Hong Kong concert interview Part 1 | via=[[DailyMotion]] | date=January 31, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.scmp.com/article/617488/placido-domingo-gulf-and-western-jimmy-buffett | title=From Placido Domingo to 'gulf and western' with Jimmy Buffett | first=Andrew | last=Sun | work=[[South China Morning Post]] | date=November 29, 2007 | url-access=subscription}}</ref> On July 11, 2010, along with [[Jesse Winchester]] and [[Allen Toussaint]], Buffett, a Gulf Coast native, performed a free concert for 35,000 people on the beach in [[Gulf Shores, Alabama]] to draw tourism to the area in the aftermath of the [[Deepwater Horizon oil spill]].<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.al.com/live/2010/07/jimmy_buffett_hopes_to_boost_g.html | title=Jimmy Buffett hopes to boost Gulf spirits with Sunday concert | work=[[The Birmingham News]] | date=July 6, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jimmy-buffett-concert-draws-crowd-on-oil-coast/ | title=Jimmy Buffett Concert Draws Crowd on Oil Coast | work=[[CBS News]] | date=July 11, 2010}}</ref> Buffett changed some of the lyrics of his songs to reference the [[environmental disaster]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/travel/la-tr-gulfshores-20100718-story.html | title=Along the Gulf Coast, trying to survive the oil spill | work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] | date=July 18, 2010 | url-access=subscription | archive-date=September 3, 2023 | access-date=September 3, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903162735/https://www.baltimoresun.com/travel/la-tr-gulfshores-20100718-story.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>
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