Paul McCartney, Sheryl Crow, Snoop Dogg, and Zac Brown performed at the Jimmy Buffett tribute concert at the Hollywood Bowl.
“I had the great pleasure of knowing Jimmy,” McCartney told the audience. “And like everyone else on the bill tonight has said, this is one great man. He was generous, he was funny, he’d done just about everything in his life.”
He added, “I was on holiday with him and I forgot to bring my guitar, so he had his own guitar strung left-handed for me. And then the next time I saw him he’d had one custom made left-handed for me.” He explained that he sang several songs for Buffett during the last week of his life and wanted to perform one of them for the concert. McCartney, who was introduced byThe concert, “Keep the Party Going: A Tribute to Jimmy Buffett,” also featured Brandi Carlile, Kenny Chesney, Jon Bon Jovi, and. The musicians, including McCartney, came together at the end of the show to perform “Margaritaville” with Buffett’s own Coral Reefer Band.
Elsewhere during the tribute concert, Coral Reefer Band, Brown, and Grohl teamed up for a cover of Van Morrison’s “Brown Eyed Girl,” while Brown took the opportunity to debut a new song, “Pirates and Parrots,” which will officially be released on April 19.RFK Jr. Campaign Fires Staffer Who Said the Quiet Part Out Loud, “He had a most amazing lust for life and a beautiful sense of humour. When we swapped tales about the past his were so exotic and lush and involved sailing trips and surfing and so many exciting stories that it was hard for me to keep up with him.
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