Author Ryan White discusses his story, the Song that Changed the World—a look at how Jimmy Buffett's hit 1977 song "Margaritaville" reshaped the Florida folk singer's career. 

Ryan White is a feature journalist and the author of Jimmy Buffett: A Good Life All the Way and Springsteen: Album by Album.

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