I met Ryan White when he was knee deep in researching his 2017 book "Jimmy Buffett: A Good Life All the Way." I knew White as an Oregonian music critic, and, since I'm not exactly a Parrothead, had to ask:
Was he writing it as a fan, or as a study of Buffett's wild popularity?
More the former than the latter, White told me. In exploring his music, White discovered that Buffett indeed touched people in a fantastical yet relatable way. He always had good bands. He himself could write (hitting the…
