Jimmy Buffett died in September, and several of his favorite artists honored him with a performance at the CMA Awards on Wednesday. Ahead of the tribute, Mac McAnally, a guitarist and longtime member of Buffett's Coral Reefer band, spoke to Fox News Digital about the late singer-songwriter, even sharing some of his final words.
Every connection I've ever had with Jimmy means something to me, because I wouldn't be here without him,' the guitarist told Fox News Digital. 'But this particular night, when we just put out his last album, which he worked so hard on and put so much joy and labor into… I'm in this tribute with a bunch of people that he loved so much and that — everyone loves Jimmy — but he loved everyone that's involved in this tribute tonight personally.
He didn't want anybody to be sad,' he said, 'although you can't help losing somebody that you look up to to that level, but he didn't want anybody to be sad… we're not going to be sad tonight.' 'We're gonna send some love out with some Jimmy Buffett music, put our hearts up against the microphone and it's gonna work, I got a feeling,' said McAnally.
He was really the character that everybody thought he was… he was smiling at everybody he crossed paths with, every day of his life, including the last one.'
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