{"id":481120,"date":"2019-01-20T15:02:51","date_gmt":"2019-01-20T22:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=781968"},"modified":"2019-01-20T15:02:51","modified_gmt":"2019-01-20T22:02:51","slug":"watch-jimmy-buffett-deliver-mic-drop-after-singing-national-anthem-at-nfl-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/watch-jimmy-buffett-deliver-mic-drop-after-singing-national-anthem-at-nfl-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Jimmy Buffett Deliver Mic Drop After Singing National Anthem at NFL Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/GettyImages-1097088218.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/jimmy-buffett\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jimmy-buffett\" data-tag=\"jimmy-buffett\">Jimmy Buffett<\/a> capped off his rendition of the National Anthem before Sunday\u2019s NFC Championship game in New Orleans with an emphatic mic drop.<\/p>\n<p>Buffett, a lifelong Saints fan, delivered a straightforward, near-recited rendition of \u201cThe Star-Spangled Banner,\u201d but it was the \u201cMargaritaville\u201d singer\u2019s actions after \u201cAnd the home of the brave\u201d that made him go viral: With microphone still in hand, Buffett lifted his right arm and dropped the mic near the 50-yard line.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.9051094890511\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">????<br \/>wonderful honor \u2013 thank you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Saints?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">@saints<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">@nfl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8NBXwBySwn\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/8NBXwBySwn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jimmy Buffett (@jimmybuffett) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jimmybuffett\/status\/1087092303267737600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">January 20, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Buffett\u2019s mic drop comes a week after Faith No More\u2019s Mike Patton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/mike-patton-nfl-playoffs-national-anthem-778396\/\">canceled<\/a> his National Anthem performance ahead of last week\u2019s Los Angeles Rams game.<\/p>\n<p>The winner of today\u2019s game between the Rams and the Saints will proceed to Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta, where they will witness <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/gladys-knight-national-anthem-super-bowl-liii-780922\/\">Gladys Knight sing the National Anthem<\/a>, as well as a halftime show <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/big-boi-super-bowl-halftime-show-778455\/\">headlined<\/a> by Maroon 5 and featuring Travis Scott and Outkast\u2019s Big Boi.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.344262295082\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">after all the years of hearing people perfectly sing the national anthem, i\u2019m ready for more performances like jimmy buffet. bring in danny devito for the super bowl. america is ready.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Foster The People (@fosterthepeople) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fosterthepeople\/status\/1087079439987499008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">January 20, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/jimmy-buffett-mic-drop-national-anthem-781968\/\" target=\"_blank\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jimmy Buffett capped off his rendition of the National Anthem before Sunday\u2019s NFC Championship game in New Orleans with an emphatic mic drop. Buffett, a lifelong Saints fan, delivered a straightforward, near-recited rendition of \u201cThe Star-Spangled Banner,\u201d but it was the \u201cMargaritaville\u201d singer\u2019s actions after \u201cAnd the home of the brave\u201d that made him go [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-481120","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 20:53:16","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481120\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}