Mac McAnally in Nashville

Mac McAnally is an American country singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer, born in Red Bay, Alabama, in 1957. His self-titled debut appeared in 1977, and his catalog includes “Back Where I Come From” and “Down the Road,” which he recorded with Kenny Chesney. He has also written songs recorded by Alabama and Sawyer Brown and received the Country Music Association’s Musician of the Year award repeatedly. Mac McAnally joined Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band in 1998 and spent decades touring with the group in amphitheatres and arenas. That association joined his country songwriting to Buffett’s Gulf Coast sound, and he performed with the band at Keep the Party Going: A Tribute to Jimmy Buffett at the Hollywood Bowl in 2024.