Our old friend Mac McAnally. http://www.macmcanally.com/
You can see my ticket stub from 1978. Mac opened that show for John Prine. I remember that show like it was last night. I was standing in a plastic chair with steel legs with my elbows on the stage during the whole performance. At the time I was just getting started in school at Mississippi State University in Starkville. I remember also attending a Jimmy Buffett show where Mac performed so I was getting used to hearing his name. Why am I telling you all this? Well read on, Mac is making quite a splash in Nashville.
The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Foundation (NaSHOF) is pleased to announce this year’s Hall of Fame inductees: from the Songwriter category, hit country tunesmiths Mac McAnally and Bob DiPiero; and from the Songwriter/Artist category, iconic bluegrass duo Flatt & Scruggs and country/Southern rock superstar Hank Williams, Jr. A tie during the voting process resulted in two inductees from the Songwriter/Artist category instead of one. In recognition of her extraordinary career achievements, gospel music legend Dottie Rambo will be honored with special induction at the direction of the NaSHOF board.
The five new inductees will officially join the elite songwriting fraternity at the 38th Annual Hall of Fame Dinner and Induction Ceremony on October 14 at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel.
“We extend to all of these fine writers and artists our heartiest congratulations,” said Roger Murrah, Chairman of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Foundation. “They have honed their craft to perfection. For a writer who is connected to the Nashville music community, there is no higher honor than induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.”
There are 162 current members of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Hank Williams, Sr. and Hank Williams, Jr. are the only father/son members, and Hank Williams, Sr. was inducted in the charter group of 1970. Flatt & Scruggs are the fourth artist duo to be inducted, joining the Delmore Brothers, the Louvin Brothers and the Everly Brothers. Dottie Rambo is the tenth woman to join the prestigious group.
Congratulations to our friend Mac McAnally!