Episode #144 – Mac McAnally

Mac McAnally is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and inductee in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. A respected recording artist, he’s released more than a dozen albums. He’s won the CMA Musician of the Year award 9 times now, tying him with the late Chet Atkins for most wins in that category. Mac McAnally is also a record producer and has produced for such acts as the band Sawyer Brown and Jimmy Buffett. His good friend Jimmy Buffett is one of his most frequent songwriting collaborators and McAnally has been a member in Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band for the last 20 years. The songs of Mac McAnally have been recorded by a great variety of artists from Alabama, Jimmy Buffett, Charley Pride, Steve Wariner, Reba McEntire, Ricky Van Shelton, Randy Travis and Kenny Chesney.This interview was recorded backstage at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center in Roswell, Georgia back in 2009. The taped interview was broadcast in a 3-part radio special entitled “Mac McAnally: A Retrospective.” It’s a pleasure to present an in-depth interview with the legendary, but very humble Mac McAnally. It’s only on The Paul Leslie Hour.