As a child, he began playing piano and singing in church at the Belmont First Baptist Church in Belmont, Mississippi, and by age fifteen, he had composed his first song.
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3.5 Songs written or co-written by Mac McAnallyīiography Early life and career.^ "Kenny Chesney Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)".^ "Kenny Chesney Chart History (Canada Country)".^ "Kenny Chesney Chart History (Hot 100)".^ "Kenny Chesney Chart History (Hot Country Songs)"."The Singles Guy 12.10.08: I'm Bored, I'm Bored, Come On Let's Get High!". "Kenny Chesney & Mac McAnally - "Down the Road" ". ^ "The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards Nominees List" Archived at WebCite,, December 2, 2009.^ "Mac McAnally Chart History (Hot Country Songs)".^ " Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1283." RPM."Story Behind the Song: The Gift of Christmas Past". ^ a b Conaway, Alanna (April 20, 2009).The duet version reached number one on the country chart dated for February 28, 2009, giving Chesney his sixteenth Number One and McAnally his first, and to date, only Number One. It is McAnally's second Top 40 country chart entry, eighteen years after his previous one, the number 14 "Back Where I Come From" in 1990. It fell from the charts the next week, then re-entered at number 38 for the week of November 15.
McAnally's writing provides solid, believable, sympathetic characters which allows the listener to connect to the song emotionally." Chart positionsĬhesney's version of the song made its chart debut at number 59 on the country charts dated for November 1, 2008. Jacob Crogie of 411 Mania gave the Chesney version a four-out-of-five rating, saying "This re-recording is a classic example of good country! It's got some solid musicality and is acoustic based to suit the subject matter. Critic Jim Malec said that the song "provid him a comfortable pocket from which he can weave a tale" and added, "'Down The Road' brings together the best of Chesney with the best of McAnally, a songwriter whose greatest strength is his ability to breath life into characters that seem unquestionably real, and which help us discuss life’s essential and often bittersweet truths." He also said that it was Chesney's "best vocal performance in years". Reception CriticalĬhesney's rendition received a "thumbs-up" rating from The 9513. Chesney and McAnally's vocals range from B3-C ♯5. It has a moderate tempo and a main chord pattern of E-B-A-B. The Chesney and McAnally duet version is set in cut time in the key of E major. Chesney and McAnally were nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals on December 2, 2009. According to McAnally, the song "was not supposed to be a duet", but he agreed to record it as a duet on Chesney's album. Unlike McAnally's original which is accompanied by electric guitar, Chesney's rendition is more acoustic in nature, featuring only accompaniment from two steel-string acoustic guitars and congas. Chesney's version features guest vocals from McAnally, who sings the second verse and chorus. In 2008, Kenny Chesney covered the song on his album Lucky Old Sun. It features McAnally performing the song on a porch while playing electric guitar.
McAnally's rendition also features a music video, directed by John Lloyd Miller. McAnally later released it on his 1994 album Knots. It peaked at No. 70 on the Hot Country Songs charts. Mac McAnally's original version is the second single from his 1990 album Simple Life, his only album for Warner Bros. He then explains that he has the same expectations that the parents in the first verse had, but he will still let her go down the road.Īccording to Country Weekly magazine, McAnally was inspired to write the song one Christmas morning after thinking about what his two daughters' lives would be like in the future (he has since had a third). In the second verse, the narrator is now an adult, and his daughter has a love interest who lives down the road. Eventually, the narrator proposes to marry her, only to find out the expectations her parents have of him. In it, the male narrator describes his childhood love interest - a girl who lives down the road from him.
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