Chanteur
Country US né Lyman Corbitt McAnally Jr. le 15 juillet 1957 à Red Bay (Alabama).
A prolific
Nashville singer/songwriter who authored hits for
Jimmy Buffett,
Alabama, and
Steve Wariner, Mac McAnally was born
July 15, 1957, in Red Bay, AL. Singing in church throughout childhood, at age
eight he began taking piano lessons and within five years was performing
professionally; McAnally later took up guitar and at 15 composed his first song,
"People Call Me Jesus." After quitting high school he went to work as a session
player at Muscle Shoals' Wishbone Studios; one night, during a break in a
Hank Williams Jr. date, McAnally
began playing some of his own original material, so impressing producers Terry
Woodford and Clayton Ivey that they convinced
Williams to record the tune "I Need
You Tonight." Signing to Ariola, in 1977 McAnally issued his self-titled debut
album, scoring a crossover hit with the single "It's a Crazy World" and touring
in support of Randy Newman.
Acclaimed for the richly literary appeal of his songcraft, McAnally returned in
1978 with No Problem Here, followed two years later by Cuttin' Corners;
neither sold as well as his debut, but he remained one of Nashville's most
sought-after writers, penning material for
Buffett ("It's My Job") and
Alabama (the chart-topping "Old Flame").
In the wake of 1983's Nothin' but the Truth, McAnally did not release
another new LP until Finish Lines five years later, in the interim
penning hits for Buffett ("When the
Coast Is Clear") and Ricky Van Shelton
("Crime of Passion"); with 1990's Simple Life, he returned to the charts
with "Back Where I Come From," and a year later authored the
Wariner smash "It's a Precious Thing."
After 1992's Live and Learn (which generated the minor hits "The Trouble
With Diamonds" and "Junk Cars"), McAnally resurfaced two years later with
Knots, remaining silent until releasing Word of Mouth in mid-1999.
http://www.myspace.com/macmcanally
Talents : Guitar, Vocal, Producer
Style musical : Country-Pop, Country Folk
IT'S MY JOB
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Années en activité :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Single
| 04/2009 | DI SHOW DOG (US) | You First |
Albums
| 1977 | LP 12" ARIOLA 50019 (US) |
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MAC McANALLY - It's A Crazy World / Bad Boy / Alive / Samuel Arisin' / Can That Alone Be Love / People Call Me Jesus / Real People / Let Him Go / Barney / Packed Up And Left / We Can Be Strong Together |
| 1980 | LP 12" RCA VICTOR AFL1-3519 (US) |
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CUTTIN' CORNERS - It's My Job / Holdin' On / Cuttin' Corners / Miracle / Second Fiddle / It's Easy / Tryin' To Make The Yellow Lights / Til' The New Wears Off / Party / California Is A Mental State / Run My Life |
| 1980 | LP 12" GEFFEN GHS-24191 (US) |
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FINISH LINES - Finish / Be With Me / Remote Control / Hush Money / History / Alien / Desiree / E = (Mc) 2 (She Picked You Up) / Little Blue Pill / Everything's All Right |
| 1983 | LP 12" GEFFEN GHS-2033 (US) |
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NOTHIN' BUT THE TRUTH - How Cool / Middle Man / On The Line / Minimum Love / Lookin' For The Good Life / Like Your Mother / The City / Nothin' But The Truth / Other People Say / Dark Ages |
| 02/1990 | CD WARNER BROS. 2-26136 (US) |
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SIMPLE LIFE - Back Where I Come From / Simple Life / Same Old Heart / She's All I've Got Going / Down The Road / Back Where I Come From (reprise) / The Invisible Man / Mobile Home / Just That Way / She's Going Out Of My Mind / Company Time / Southbound |
| 1992 | CD MCA MCAD-10543 (US) |
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LIVE AND LEARN - Only Passing Through / Weight Of The World / All These Years / The Trouble With Diamonds / Live And Learn / Still Life / Socrates / Junk Cars / It's All Over Now / Not That Long Ago / Somewhere Nice Forever |
| 09/1994 | CD MCA 10992 (US) |
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KNOTS - Down The Road / No Sign Of Weakness / Take It Ways (All I Know About Love) / Good For Nothing / Wide Open Spaces / The Knot / There I'll Be / Ordinary Girl / Something Of Myself / Miracle |
| 06/1999 | CD DREAMWORKS 50106 (US) |
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WORD OF MOUTH - Looking Back / Cold Day In Hell / Things To Do Today / The Ass And The Hole / Pop Top Hop / Better Than The Good Old Days / Out The Window / The Way It Goes / Just On Forever / Against The Odds |
| 1999 | CD DREAMWORKS 50202 (US) |
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NO PROBLEM HERE - Opinion On Love / Funeral / Driving Away My Pain / It's Only Love / She's A Doll / The Lord And The Devil / Lazy In Love / Country Boy / Catherine / No Problem Here |
| 06/2004 | CD MAILBOAT 2006 (US) |
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SEMI-TRUE STORIES - Meanwhile / Last Man Standing / The Far Side Of Heaven / The Opposite Of Love / Hard Way To Go / Semi-True Stories / Come On If You're Comin' / When Trouble Comes Around / Stephon [The Alternative Lifestyle Reindeer] / Home Again |
| 08/2009 | CD SHOW DOG 26 (US) |
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DOWN BY THE RIVER - Blame It On New Orleans / Down By The River / If You Hang Around Long Enough / On Account Of You / (Nothing Like A) Sunny Day / Over And Out / You First / Unresolved / Bound To Get Down / Big Disappointment / Until Then |
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