Jimmy Buffett and Alan Jackson won the CMA Award for “Vocal Event of the Year” for the song “It’s Five O’clock Somewhere”. This is the first major award for music that Buffett has ever won.
“It looks like a rocket ship. Wow, thank you Jane Buffett for putting up with me for all of these years, and thank you Alan Jackson, I’m glad I could help your struggling career. It was about 31 years ago that I came to this town to pursue my musical madness, and I’ve never won anything for anything, and it’s great to do it here. Thank you Don Light, Bill Williams, and Buzz Cason and Alan Jackson” — Jimmy Buffett (from his CMA award acceptance speech)