
Jimmy Buffett guitarist recalls singer's final hours: 'What a hell of a ride ... keep the party going'
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Jimmy Buffett's longtime guitarist Mac McAnally spoke to Fox News Digital about his final moments with the legendary singer-songwriter and his fondest memories of him.
"I saw him 24 hours before he was gone," McAnally said, "and he was smiling wider than his head and saying, ‘What a hell of a ride, keep it going, keep the party going,’ and it's our intention to do that." Emily Trainham is an entertainment editor for Fox News Digital.
"I didn't know what to say," he admitted of that final visit with Buffett, "and I didn't know if I could talk without crying, but I picked up a guitar and played, and we told a couple of tour stories and laughed. And he made sure that I knew that he wanted nobody to be sad, and everybody to keep the joy that he started rolling, rolling."