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The Birmingham News has an interview with Mac: “Mac McAnally regards his CMA win with humor, humility”

Hey, Mac, will you have any specific responsibilities to fulfill during your reign over the next 12 months, like Miss America does?

“Well, I don’t have to wear a tiara or anything,” McAnally says, laughing. “But I get to play music every day, and I’d still be playing music, anyway, even without the award. I guess I’ll play harder next year.”

“I’m honored,” he says. “I was happy to be named in that pile of players. I’m a jack of a few trades, going back and forth between playing and record producing and other things. Most of the ones nominated for this award are full-time pickers. When I won, I didn’t understand it. I thought it was a typo.”

Continuing his collaboration with Buffett is a given, McAnally says, and he’s become an honorary member of Strait’s studio band, nicknamed the Critters. There’s another “Mac record” on the horizon, as well.

“The songs are all written,” McAnally says. “I just have to record them.”

McAnally’s joshing, of course, and later admits that he takes performing music, and enjoying music, very seriously. Always has, always will.

“I haven’t played yet as CMA Musician of the Year,” he says. “We’ll see what kind of face I make.”

written by phjim