![]() ![]() Garth Brooks, Jimmy Buffett, Ricky Skaggs, George Strait, and many others have also recorded songs off these 3 releases.īorn in Belmont, Mississippi, Mac's songs speak the truth and revolve around stories of the South as well as realities of the world. For example, Mac had a top 10 pop hit in the 80s with Minimum Love, Country group Sawyer Brown took All These Years to #1 in the 90s and today Kenny Chesney features Back Where I Come From on his Greatest Hits CD. All songs were written or co-written by McAnally and each contains hits either recorded by Mac or by others. These albums contain songs influenced by rock, jazz, country, and gospel featuring Nashvilles A-session players. This year Mac has re-mastered 3 of his best releases which are: Nothing But The Truth, Simple Life, and Live & Learn. Jimmy also recorded Mac's song, Its My Job which appears on Buffett's '81 release, Coconut Telegraph. Mac was the first artist ever to be signed by David Geffen for Geffen Records the next couple of artists Geffen signed were John Lennon and Elton John.Īrtists such as Roy Orbison, Hank Williams Jr., Amy Grant, Travis Tritt, Linda Rondstadt, Nanci Griffith, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Reba McEntire, Dolly Parton, Alabama, Patty Loveless, etc., have hired Mac for his guitar playing or vocal harmonies.Īs a member of Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band, Mac has written a number of songs with Buffett, including two songs from Jimmy's upcoming record: Coast of Carolina and the title track, License to Chill. He has produced records for Little Feat, Sawyer Brown, Jimmy Buffett, Ricky Skaggs, and more. ![]() Over 30 national recording artists have recorded songs written by Mac. ![]() He has recorded 10 studio albums all on major record labels, and has written multiple #1 records for the Country Music charts as well as others that roamed the top 40 Pop charts. Singer/songwriter veteran, Mac McAnally, is also a producer, session player, publisher, band member, studio owner, comic, story teller, and so on, a basic modern day William Faulkner living in the music industry.
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