His self-titled debut album produced the single "It's a Crazy World" which reached No. 37 on the Billboard Hot 100. The producers there encouraged him, and by 1977 he was signed to Ariola Records. During a session break, McAnally began to perform original material. From there, he went on to become a session musician in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. As a child, he began playing piano and singing in church at the Belmont First Baptist Church in Belmont, Mississippi, and by age fifteen, he had composed his first song. 3.5 Songs written or co-written by Mac McAnallyīiography Early life and career.
Throughout the 1990s, McAnally also found work as a session musician, playing guitar on several artists’ albums, in addition to joining Buffett’s road band.
His second and final release for MCA, 1994’s Knots, failed to produce any chart singles, although Linda Davis charted that year with "Company Time", which he wrote. Also that year, he produced Sawyer Brown’s album The Dirt Road, and continued to produce almost all of their subsequent albums, in addition to co-writing several of the band’s singles between then and the late 1990s, including the Number One "Thank God for You", as well as the Top Five hits "All These Years", "Cafe on the Corner", "The Boys and Me", and "This Time". McAnally’s seventh studio album, Live and Learn, followed in 1992, producing three low-charting singles. 70 "Down the Road", and by year’s end, he exited Warner Bros.’ roster. Also in 1990, Steve Wariner released a McAnally co-write, the Top Ten hit "Precious Thing." The only other single from Simple Life was the No. 14 "Back Where I Come From." Kenny Chesney would also record McAnally’s "Back Where I Come From" for his 1996 album Me and You. This album produced his first Top 40 country hit in the No. Records, releasing Simple Life that year. He and Walt Aldridge co-wrote Ricky Van Shelton’s 1987 single "Crime of Passion". 41 on the Billboard Hot 100, and Finish Lines) being issued in 19, respectively. Mac became the first artist to sign with Geffen Records during this period with two albums ( Nothin’ but the Truth, which included the single "Minimum Love" which reached No. McAnally continued to record even while writing for Buffett. However, he found success as a songwriter for Jimmy Buffett, in addition to co-writing Alabama’s Number One hit "Old Flame". These latter two albums produced no chart singles. A second album, No Problem Here, was issued a year later, followed in 1980 by Cuttin’ Corners on RCA Records. His self-titled debut album produced the single "It’s a Crazy World" which reached No. He began playing piano and singing in church at the Belmont First Baptist Church in Belmont, Mississippi as a child, and by age fifteen, he had composed his first song. Musical Event of the Year - "Down the Road"īest Country Collaboration with Vocals - "Down the Road" He has also produced for Sawyer Brown and Restless Heart, written several singles for other artists, and is a member of Jimmy Buffett’s backing band, The Coral Reefer Band. His ninth chart entry came in late 2008-early 2009 as a guest vocalist on Kenny Chesney’s Number One cover of his 1990 single "Down the Road". Two of his singles were hits on the Billboard Hot 100, and six more on the Hot Country Songs charts. In his career, he has recorded ten studio albums and eight singles. ( born Jis an American country music singer-songwriter, session musician and record producer.
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