Mac McAnally

Lyman Corbitt McAnally Jr. (; born July 15, 1957), known professionally as Mac McAnally, is an American singer-songwriter, session musician, and record producer. In his career, he has recorded ten studio albums and eight singles. Two of his singles were hits on the Billboard Hot 100, and six more on the Hot Country Songs chart. His ninth chart entry came in late 2008-early 2009 as a guest vocalist on Kenny Chesney's cover of his 1990 single "Down the Road".

In addition to his work as a solo artist, McAnally has written number-one singles for Alabama and Shenandoah, as well as songs for Sawyer Brown and T.G. Sheppard among others. He also holds a number of credits as a session musician, and has produced for Sawyer Brown, Restless Heart, and Jimmy Buffett. McAnally was also a longtime member of Buffett's backing band, the Coral Reefer Band, until Buffett's death in 2023, and has led the band since Buffett's death.

Biography Early life and career Lyman Corbitt McAnally Jr. was born in Red Bay, 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.

A second album, No Problem Here, was issued in 1978, followed in 1980 by Cuttin' Corners on RCA Records. These latter two albums produced no chart singles. However, he found success as a songwriter for Jimmy Buffett, in addition to co-writing Alabama's Number One hit "Old Flame". the debut release of Canadian musician John Lefebvre.

Kenny Chesney covered McAnally's 1990 single "Down the Road" on his 2008 album Lucky Old Sun, as a duet with McAnally. This rendition, released in late 2008 as its second single, became McAnally's first Top 40 country hit since "Back Where I Come From" in 1990. In February 2009, it became his first Number One as a singer. One month later, McAnally signed to Show Dog Nashville, a label owned by Toby Keith. His first single release for the label is "You First". His first album for the label, Down by the River, debuted at No. 56 on the Top Country Albums chart, becoming his first chart entry on that chart since 1990.

In 2011, Mac McAnally released the new album Live in Muscle Shoals on Mailboat Records, recorded in July 2010 at the W. C. Handy Music Festival in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Appearing with him were the Coral Reefer Band’s bassist Jim Mayer and drummer Roger Guth.

In 2024, McAnally provided the voice of Terrence "Shaker" in the Country Bear Musical Jamboree at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom. Additionally, McAnally helped arrange the songs for the show.

McAnally lives in a home in the River Bluff section in Sheffield, Alabama, on the Tennessee River.

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Result 2007 Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Inducted to Hall of Fame 2008 Country Music Association Awards Musician of the Year 2009 Musical Event of the Year — "Down the Road" 2010 52nd Grammy Awards Best Country Collaboration with Vocals — "Down the Road" Country Music Association AwardsMusician of the Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2017 2018

Discography Albums Year Album US Country Label 1977 Mac McAnally — Ariola 1978 No Problem Here — 1980 Cuttin' Corners — RCA 1983 Nothing but the Truth — Geffen 1988 Finish Lines — 1990 Simple Life 63 Warner Bros. 1992 Live and Learn — MCA 1994 Knots — 1999 Word of Mouth — DreamWorksNashville No Problem Here (re-release) — 2004 Semi-True Stories — Mailboat 2006 Cuttin' Corners (re-release) — Magic 2009 Down by the River 56 Show Dog 2011 Live: In Muscle Shoals 72 Mailboat 2015 A.K.A. Nobody — 2017 Southbound: The Orchestra Project — 2020 Once in a Lifetime — "—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles Year Single Chart Positions Album US Country US US AC CAN Country CAN CAN AC 1977 "It's a Crazy World" — 37 10 — 64 — Mac McAnally 1978 "Opinion on Love" — — 47 — — — No Problem Here 1983 "Minimum Love" — 41 7 — — 5 Nothin' but The Truth 1990 "Back Where I Come From" 14 — — 18 — — Simple Life "Down the Road" 70 — — 73 — — 1992 "Live and Learn" 62 — — 98 — — Live and Learn "The Trouble with Diamonds" 72 — — — — — 1993 "Junk Cars" 72 — — 87 — — "Not That Long Ago" — — — — — — 2009 "You First" — — — — — — Down by the River "—" denotes releases that did not chart

Guest singles Year Single Artist Chart Positions Album US Country US CAN 2008 "Down the Road" (re-recording) Kenny Chesney 1 47 57 Lucky Old Sun

Music videos Year Video Director 1990 "Back Where I Come From" 1992 "The Trouble with Diamonds" Michael Salomon 1993 "Not That Long Ago" John Lloyd Miller 1994 "Down the Road"

Songs written or co-written by Mac McAnally Title Co-writer Cover Artist Peak Chart Position "All These Years" Not Applicable Sawyer Brown No. 3 Billboard Country Singles Chart "Back Where I Come From" Not Applicable Kenny Chesney No. 14 Billboard Country Singles Chart "The Boys and Me" Mark Miller Sawyer Brown No. 3 Billboard Country Singles Chart "Cafe on the Corner" Not Applicable Sawyer Brown No. 5 Billboard Country Singles Chart "Crime of Passion" Walt Aldridge Ricky Van Shelton No. 7 Billboard Country Singles Chart "Down the Road" Not Applicable Kenny Chesney No. 1 Billboard Country Singles Chart "I'm Gonna Hurt Her on the Radio" Tom Brasfield David Allan Coe No. 52 Billboard Country Singles Chart "I'm Gonna Love Her on the Radio" Tom Brasfield Charley Pride No. 13 Billboard Country Singles Chart "It's My Job" Not Applicable Jimmy Buffett No. 57 Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart "It's a Crazy World" Not Applicable Self-Recorded No. 37 Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart "Minimum Love" Jerry Wexler Self-Recorded No. 7 Billboard Adult Contemporary Singles Chart "Old Flame" Donny Lowery Alabama No. 1 Billboard Country Singles Chart "One Owner Heart" Walt Aldridge & Tom Brasfield T.G. Sheppard No. 4 Billboard Country Singles Chart "Opinion on Love" Not Applicable Self-Recorded No. 47 Billboard Adult Contemporary Singles Chart "Precious Thing" Steve Wariner Steve Wariner No. 8 Billboard Country Singles Chart "She Put the Sad in All His Songs" Robert Byrne Ronnie Dunn No. 59 Billboard Country Singles Chart "Southbound" Not Applicable Sammy Kershaw No. 27 Billboard Country Singles Chart "Thank God for You" Mark Miller Sawyer Brown No. 1 Billboard Country Singles Chart "This Time" Mark Miller Sawyer Brown No. 2 Billboard Country Singles Chart "Two Dozen Roses" Robert Byrne Shenandoah No. 1 Billboard Country Singles Chart "You're My First Lady" Not Applicable T.G. Sheppard No. 2 Billboard Country Singles Chart

Theme parks Year Title Role Note 2024 Country Bear Musical Jamboree Terrence