Current:Home > NewsJimmy Buffett honored with tribute performance at CMAs by Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, more -InfinityFinance
Jimmy Buffett honored with tribute performance at CMAs by Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, more
View
Date:2025-04-13 05:47:06
It was a celebration of Jimmy Buffet's life at the 57th Annual Country Music Association Awards as Kenny Chesney, Mac MacAnnally, Zac Brown Band and Alan Jackson took the stage to pay tribute with a medley of the late singer's hits.
Buffett, known as the king of tropical rock, died on Sept. 1 in New York. His popular songs, like "Margaritaville," "It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere" and "Come Monday," encourage a beachy, easy-going lifestyle on the ocean with a drink in hand.
So it's no surprise Wednesday night's tribute during the awards show in Nashville, Tennesse, captured Buffett's enthusiasm for the tropics, with a rowdy audience that sang along to the lyrics, and chanted and hollered as colorful lights flashed onstage.
Of course, rainbow parrots and palm trees decorated the stage.
Review:Jimmy Buffett swings from fun to reflective on last album 'Equal Strain on All Parts'
Chesney and MacAnally started off their tribute with an acoustic cover of Buffett's "A Pirate Looks At Forty," both playing guitar on a smaller stage in front of the main stage.
A picture of Buffett was shown on the screen behind the stage with blue lights that washed over the performers.
"Yes, I am a pirate, two hundred years too late / The cannons don't thunder, there's nothin' to plunder," the two sang together.
More:Tracy Chapman becomes first Black woman to win CMA Award 35 years after 'Fast Car' debut
Afterward, the curtain opened up to the bigger stage behind and Zac Brown Band and Alan Jackson played the classic "Margaritaville." A slideshow of Buffett played in the background, where pictures showed him grinning and sun-kissed, sitting on a sailboat.
During the celebratory performance, Zac Brown wore beachy shorts (and no shoes) in classic Buffett fashion, and Jackson rocked his sunglasses inside.
Jackson and the band sang, "Wastin' away again in Margaritaville / Searchin' for my lost shaker of salt" and the crowd chanted "Salt, salt, salt!" And as they finished out the chorus, they sang, "Some people claim that there's a woman to blame / But I know it's nobody's fault," and the audience danced and smiled, honoring Buffett with their exuberance.
CMA Awards 2023 full winners list:Lainey Wilson, Luke Combs, Chris Stapleton and more
Buffett died at his home in Sag Harbor on Long Island, New York, from skin cancer, according to an obituary posted to his website in September.
He had been battling Merkel cell skin cancer for four years, which the National Cancer Institute describes as a rare carcinoma which usually appears as a single painless lump on sun-exposed skin and tends to metastasize quickly. It is second to melanoma as the most common cause of skin cancer death.
He kept performing while undergoing treatment, and Buffett’s last show was a surprise 45-minute appearance at a July 2 Mac McAnally show in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, where he brought the crowd to its feet screaming when he walked out.
Buffett “passed away peacefully,” a statement announcing his death read, “surrounded by his family, friends, music and dogs."
"He lived his life like a song till the very last breath and will be missed beyond measure by so many."
'He lived his life like a song':Jimmy Buffett, 'Margaritaville' singer and mogul, dies
Contributing: Kim Willis, USA TODAY
veryGood! (84)
Related
- 'No Good Deed': Who's the killer in the Netflix comedy? And will there be a Season 2?
- Stellantis to offer buyout and early retirement packages to 6,400 U.S. nonunion salaried workers
- High blood pressure? Reducing salt in your diet may be as effective as a common drug, study finds
- Stephen A. Smith says Aggies should hire Deion Sanders, bring Prime Time to Texas A&M
- Skins Game to make return to Thanksgiving week with a modern look
- Travis Kelce Gets the Ultimate Stamp of Approval From Taylor Swift’s BFF Abigail
- Jana Kramer and Fiancé Allan Russell Reveal Meaning Behind Baby Boy’s Name
- Bruce Willis' Wife Emma Heming Shares Why She Struggles With Guilt Amid His Health Journey
- Justice Department, Louisville reach deal after probe prompted by Breonna Taylor killing
- Patrick Mahomes confirms he has worn the same pair of underwear to every single game of his NFL career
Ranking
- Trump issues order to ban transgender troops from serving openly in the military
- Harvest of horseshoe crabs, used for medicine and bait, to be limited to protect rare bird
- Which grocery stores are open Thanksgiving 2023? What to know about Kroger, Publix, Aldi, more
- Video purports to show Israeli-Russian researcher kidnapped in Iraq
- 'Malcolm in the Middle’ to return with new episodes featuring Frankie Muniz
- Stephen A. Smith says Aggies should hire Deion Sanders, bring Prime Time to Texas A&M
- Man, 40, is fatally shot during exchange of gunfire with police in southwestern Michigan
- Kids love it, parents hate it. Here's everything to know about Elf on the Shelf's arrival.
Recommendation
A Mississippi company is sentenced for mislabeling cheap seafood as premium local fish
Milwaukee Bucks forward Jae Crowder to undergo surgery, miss about 8 weeks
The Excerpt podcast: Thousands flee Gaza's largest hospital, others still trapped
Defense to call witnesses in trial of man accused of attacking Nancy Pelosi’s husband with hammer
Have Dry, Sensitive Skin? You Need To Add These Gentle Skincare Products to Your Routine
Coast Guard searching Gulf after man reported missing from Carnival cruise ship
More than 20 toddlers sickened by lead linked to tainted applesauce pouches, CDC says
Horoscopes Today, November 13, 2023