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Mac McAnally

Mac McAnally

American singer-songwriter and session musician

Jul 29, 2026

13:11
All the way to Antarctica, I guess.
13:13
Yes, absolutely.
13:14
I've repeated this a time or two, but we did a charity thing for Alan Toussaint, and they got James Carville to introduce Jimmy, and I thought he gave the best introduction of Jimmy that I've ever heard.
13:29
It said, well, I'm from LSU, and he's from Southern Miss, and we both graduated 4.0 blood alcohol.
13:38
And he said, and the reason you know who Jimmy Buffett is is because of everything you've ever dreamed of doing, he's done it and figured out a way to make money doing it some more.
13:48
Nice.
13:48
That's a pretty good intro of Jimmy Buffett.

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48:50
mean how did you get to this this point you know well what advice would you have for someone who's not in their shoes but you know looks up aspiring yeah absolutely
2:34
Wow.
2:34
And, uh, and Jim- Jimmy was, like, 11 years older than me, so Jay just said, "This kid's from Mississippi, like you.
2:41
He's a storyteller, like you.
2:43
He sorta reminds me of you.
2:45
I just wanted you to have this record." And I, I, I knew who Jimmy was.
2:49
I knew he was from my home state, and I looked up to him because he's a, you know, he's somebody from where I came from that did well.
2:56
And, uh, and I'd already learned how to play Pirate Looks at Forty on the guitar, and I knew that was a really fine song.

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21:49
... you offered there.

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