Escape to Margaritaville 'Parrot Heads' celebrate the many joys of Jimmy Buffett.(Suburban Living)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), September, 2005 by McCoppin, Robert

Byline: Robert McCoppin Daily Herald Staff Writer One thing Susi O'Neil can't stand is being compared to a Deadhead. As social director of the Chicago Parrot Head Club, O'Neil is a devoted Jimmy Buffett fan. Like Deadheads, she wears a certain style of clothes to go to a show; she likes the camaraderie of sharing a common musical vibe, and she likes to party.

But the similarities, she says, end there. Unlike people who overindulge at Grateful Dead and Buffett shows, she said, club members try to keep their heads. "We are not all those drunken, falling-down people you ...