"Spiritually, it's always five o'clock for the legend known as Jimmy Buffett, who's now resting in paradise. But on October 19, 2024, he still found himself onstage at his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Kenny Chesney, along with James Taylor and guitarist Mac McAnally, helped posthumously induct their friend into the organization that evening, as Buffett was a late addition to the inductee class through the Musical Excellence Award."
""We were sitting back there warming up, trying to figure out our parts and stuff, and Mac comes up to me and he goes, 'Look at this,' and it was a small urn," Chesney said. "He had Jimmy's ashes in his coat pocket. So Jimmy's ashes were in Mac McAnally's coat pocket onstage with us as he was getting inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame." Buffett's daughter, Savannah, supported the idea and arranged the secret urn hand-off with McAnally. "So even after he passed," Chesney added, "Jimmy found a way to join the party.""
Jimmy Buffett received a posthumous Musical Excellence Award and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on October 19, 2024. Kenny Chesney, James Taylor and guitarist Mac McAnally performed "Come Monday" and helped induct Buffett. During a Howard Stern interview, Chesney said the group secretly brought a small urn containing Buffett's ashes onstage, with Mac McAnally carrying the urn. Buffett's daughter Savannah arranged the urn hand-off so Buffett could be present symbolically. Chesney said that even after Buffett's death he "found a way to join the party."
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