Mac McAnally

Mac McAnally
McAnally (left) with Jimmy Buffett in June 2009
Background information
Birth name	Lyman Corbitt McAnally, Jr.
Born	(1957-07-15) July 15, 1957 (age 59) Red Bay, Alabama, U.S.
Origin	Belmont, Mississippi, U.S.
Genres	Country
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, record producer
Instruments	Vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, mandola, piano, keyboards, harmonica, ukulele, percussion
Years active	1977–present
Labels	Ariola, Geffen, RCA, Warner Bros., MCA, DreamWorks Nashville, Mailboat, Show Dog Nashville
Associated acts	Jimmy Buffett, Sawyer Brown, Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith, Mockingbird Sun

Lyman Corbitt "Mac" McAnally, Jr. (/ˈmækənæliː/; born July 15, 1957) is an American country music 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 charts. 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". 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.

McAnally was born July 15, 1957 in Red Bay, Alabama. 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. From there, he went on to become a session musician in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. During a session break, McAnally began to perform original material. The producers there encouraged him, and by 1977 he was signed to Ariola Records. His self-titled debut album produced the single "It's a Crazy World" which reached No. 37 on the Billboard Hot 100. A second album, No Problem Here, was issued a year later, 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".