Overview
- Guitarist Mac McAnally kept a small urn with Buffett’s ashes in his coat pocket during the induction performance.
- Savannah Buffett gave McAnally some of her father's ashes for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony.
- Chesney, James Taylor and McAnally honored Buffett at the October 2024 event, where he entered the Hall in the Musical Excellence category.
- Chesney said the moment felt fitting for Buffett, noting that “Jimmy found a way to join the party.”
- Buffett died on Sept. 1, 2023 at age 76 after a battle with skin cancer.