The Songland mentor opens up about writing hits for Kacey Musgraves, Miranda Lambert and more
“[Producers] were like, ‘Blake, you have 10 seconds.’ And he goes ‘Send it to Gwen.’ And again, this is one of the scariest things ever is you don't know if someone's just being nice … But I sent it to Gwen and I said, ‘This is going to sound crazy, but Blake just told me to send this to you because I don't have his number, and so here's the song.’”McAnally waited for months with no response — “and then of course, Blake and Gwen called me on FaceTime and were like, ‘Can we cut this song?’” he says.
“I was always trying to make a guitar part sound like a whole arrangement.
He is married to his longtime partner Michael Baum. He has written and produced songs for Walker Hayes, Kacey Musgraves, Kelly Clarkson, Sam Hunt, Kenny Chesney, Reba McEntire, Jake Owen, Luke Bryan, The Band Perry, Lady Antebellum and Miranda Lambert. “When that happened, everything sort of took off.”McAnally calls Miranda Lambert’s No. Propelled by Eric Darken’s percussion, McAnally accompanies himself on guitar – with the lively rhythms adding a joyful spirit to the track.
Once in a Lifetime captures every aspect of his musical vision.“I generally write whatever comes to me,” he says. The song emerged from an art project, where novels were given to songwriters and visual artists, who would then create a piece based on their response to the book. He is married to his longtime partner Michael Baum. And that's how that song started.”McAnally and Musgraves have developed a strong bond over the years and written several albums-worth of songs together—and his children were even in her wedding! The couple has been married for five years now and their relationship is still going very well. You'll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications. It really changed things for me. In McAnally’s case, Harrison Scott Key’s memoir, The World’s Largest Man, sparked vivid snapshots from his own youth. Princess Diana died when Harry was just 12 years old Based on some online reports, his estimated net worth said to be $10 million at present. But now McAnally is in the spotlight thanks to the NBC reality competition The Grammy winner recently opened up to PEOPLE about some of the most meaningful tracks he’s written over the years.“It's hard to forget how a song was written when it's special because you usually had something happen that you're like, ‘I'll remember this,’” McAnally, 45, says. Text us for exclusive photos and videos, royal news, and way more. It seems he is doing best job without harming others and has been a straight person in his life, for which he has not been in any controversy yet.Moving towards his body measurements, he has Blond hair and his eye color is brown. He composed six songs for the soundtrack of 2007 independent film Shelter. “There’s obviously some Buffett influence on a few of the things and I’ve been playing country music and gospel music all my life, so there’s that influence, too.”As for the title track, its cheerful message and buoyant melody wouldn’t be out of place on today’s country radio. For his new album, Once in a Lifetime, Mac McAnally is indeed doing something he’s never done before.