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The CMA Awards paid tribute to Jimmy Buffett with an awesome medley of his best songs

The CMA Awards paid tribute to the late Jimmy Buffett with this awesome medley.

The CMA Awards paid tribute to the late singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett with a medley of some of his best-known songs.

Buffett, who died in September, had one of the most prolific music careers of anyone in his era.

A number of notable country music stars, including Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Zac Brown Band and Mac McAnally, tipped their hats to Buffett’s legacy during the awards show on Wednesday night in Nashville.

You can watch Chesney and McAnally team up to perform Buffett’s “A Pirate Looks at Forty” and Jackson and Brown team up to perform Buffett’s “Margaritaville” and “Son of a Son of a Sailor” below.

If you’re a major Parrothead or just a casual fan, there was plenty to enjoy in this special tribute to one of the most beloved musicians of his generation.

This was the kind of awesome multi-artist performance that helps make a music-oriented awards show like the CMA Awards special.

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Peyton Manning and Luke Bryan hysterically roasted the Jets with a CMA Awards joke involving Taylor Swift

Jets fans might want to avoid this one.

During Wednesday night’s CMA Awards, hosts Peyton Manning and Luke Bryan brought a little NFL-related humor to the audience at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena.

The show’s opening monologue featured Bryan joking that he and Manning were hosting the show because “Travis and Taylor weren’t available,” referencing the recent romance between Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift.

The two country music awards show hosts also got in a brutal dig in at the New York Jets by Manning setting up a joke about how the difference between Swift and the Jets.

Bryan’s answer: “Taylor can sell out a stadium.” Ouch!

You can watch the full monologue below.

Manning joked after Bryan’s punchline about how he’s glad he didn’t have to deliver that joke so he wouldn’t get in trouble.

Even if country music isn’t your cup of tea, this was a pretty great joke to get the CMA Awards kicked off… unless you’re a Jets fan, of course.

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Peyton Manning will co-host the CMA Awards tonight (Nov. 8) on ABC

Peyton Manning will co-host the CMA Awards on ABC tonight.

Peyton Manning and Luke Bryan will co-host the 2023 CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on Wednesday, Nov. 8.

The awards show will air live at 8ET/6MT on ABC. Country music/Peyton Manning fans can stream the three-hour show on fuboTV (try it free).

Manning and Bryan are returning this fall after previously hosting the CMA awards in 2022. Check out the teaser for the 2023 awards show:

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Here are some of Manning’s highlights from last year’s event:

Artists set to perform at the 2023 CMA Awards include Kelsea Ballerini, Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney, Luke Combs, Dan + Shay, Jordan Davis, HARDY, Alan Jackson, Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson, Little Big Town, Mac McAnally, Ashley McBryde, Megan Moroney, Old Dominion, Carly Pearce, Post Malone, K. Michelle, Chris Stapleton, Tanya Tucker, The War And Treaty, Morgan Wallen, Lainey Wilson and Zac Brown Band.

Manning, 47, retired from the NFL after winning Super Bowl 50 with the Denver Broncos in 2016. He has remained active in retirement, switching from athlete to television host and entertainer over the last seven years.

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Peyton Manning to co-host CMA Awards on Nov. 9

“To have the chance to stand among so many incredibly talented artists is an absolute honor,” Peyton Manning said.

Peyton Manning certainly stays busy in retirement.

Manning has stayed closely connected to the Denver Broncos, and he’s filmed multiple commercials in recent years, and he’s been working with ESPN on various projects, and he produced a game show this year.

Now he’s been booked to co-host the Country Music Association Awards show this fall. Manning and his friend, country music star Luke Bryan, will co-host the CMA Awards show on ABC on Nov. 9.

“I am such a huge fan of country music, so to have the chance to stand among so many incredibly talented artists is an absolute honor,” Manning said in a statement Monday.

Manning joked in an Instagram post that one of his recent on-stage performances with Bryan was his “audition tape” for co-hosting the awards show.

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Manning has also made appearances at Kenny Chesney concerts in the past, and he’s made it well-known that he’s a big country music fan.

A two-time Super Bowl champion and a five-time NFL MVP, Manning retired after winning Super Bowl 50 with the Denver Broncos in 2016.

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