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From the Country Standard Time: "Nashville Songwriters honor Hank Jr., Lester Flatt, Bob DiPiero, Mac McAnallay, Dottie Rambo" |
Bob DiPiero, Mac McAnally, Hank Williams, Jr., Flatt & Scruggs and gospel singer Dottie Rambo will be inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. DiPiero and McAnally were named for the songwriter category. The five new inductees will officially at the 38th Annual Hall of Fame Dinner and Induction Ceremony on Oct. 14.
Raised in Belmont, Miss., McAnally was a guitar and piano prodigy who was performing in clubs by age 13. By age 18, he was a session guitarist in Muscle Shoals. He began his recording career in 1977 and has released 10 albums. He wrote hits for Alabama ("Old Flame"), Shenandoah ("Two Dozen Roses"), Steve Wariner ("Precious Thing"), Ricky Van Shelton ("Crime of Passion") and T.G. Sheppard ("One Owner Heart"). He has produced artists from Ricky Skaggs to Chris LeDoux to Sawyer Brown (for whom he also penned the hits "Café on the Corner," "All These Years," "The Boys and Me" and "Thank God For You"). McAnally is a longtime member of Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefer band, has produced Buffett records and has co-written Buffett songs "It’s My Job" and "License to Chill."