Mac McAnally

Singer, songwriter, and producer Mac McAnally (born Lyman Corbitt McAnally Jr., 1957) has recorded a string of albums and singles. His singles made the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Country Songs lists, often exploring themes related to family or place. A native of Red Bay, Alabama, McAnally grew up in Belmont, Mississippi, and began playing piano and singing in church. As a teenager, he worked as a studio musician in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, before becoming a respected singer-songwriter in Nashville. More confident as a guitar player than a singer, McAnally wrote hit songs recorded by major country music acts ranging from Kenny Chesney (“Back Where I Come From”) to Alabama (“Old Flame”). Between 1977 and 2020, he released more than 15 albums. McAnally was a guitarist in Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band and, while pursuing his own music projects, collaborated with Buffett in recording and songwriting. The Country Music Association has repeatedly named him Musician of the Year.