![]() ![]() Muscular acoustic and electric guitar join Wurlitzer piano and Jim Mayer’s bass to showcase each and every carefully-crafted composition. ![]() Yet this state of simply ‘being’ is buttressed with a musical backdrop designed to elicit uncontrollable foot-tapping, which seems his raison d’être. ![]() Fall into the lively first track with its rollicking rhythm, killer chorus and the state of being alive in 2021. Yet, his personal growth as a songwriter has also been influenced by his role as producer – a title earned from recording projects he’s helmed for Skaggs, Chris LeDoux and even Little Feat.Ī true storyteller, McAnally exudes a warmth to his work like few other Nashville songwriters. He’s spent the 20+ years touring as part of Buffet’s Coral Reefer Band. As a player, he’s rubbed shoulders in sessions for Linda Ronstadt, Roy Orbison, Dolly Parton, Ricky Skaggs and Mary Chapin Carpenter. Nashville was the first to respond as his work earned the attention of Randy Travis, Reba McEntire, Sawyer Brown, Jimmy Buffet, Charley Pride and Alabama. Never confident as a singer, McAnally writes around his guitar playing, which may account for the appeal of his particular writing style. Becoming a session musician for Muscle Shoals didn’t hurt as he learned the ropes and made the most of his potential, formulating his path as a full-fledged singer-songwriter. Writing his first song (“People Call Me Jesus”) at age 15, McAnally got the bug, after growing up playing piano and singing in the Belmont First Baptist Church. Was it because of their ability to deliver the song? Or was it the quality of the songwriting itself? You be the judge – but only after immersing yourself into his solo catalogue of 15 releases. ![]() Many of them have made a lot of money (if not fame) for a Who’s Who of musical performers. And the Alabama-born McAnally has written so many top songs and hit singles as to more than recommend him. Without quality songs, there really wouldn’t be much to listen to. Such is the fate of so many of the most important people in the music business: the songwriter. is also known as Mac McAnally – not that you’ve likely heard of either one of them. Mac McAnally - Once In A Lifetime (Mailboat Records) ![]()
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