Veteran Coral Reefer Band member Mac McAnally has been nominated by the Country Music Association for Musician of the Year. Here are the other nominees in the category:

• Jerry Douglas (guitar)
• Paul Franklin (steel guitar)
• Dann Huff (guitar)
• Brent Mason (guitar)

McAnally was also nominated in 2007 for Musician of the Year, but did not win.

Be sure to watch the CMA Awards on Wednesday, November 12th on ABC!

Good luck to Mac!

The 41st Annual CMA Awards were held Wednesday night in Nashville, and Jimmy did not win the award in the sole category that he was nominated in: Musical Event of the Year for “Hey Good Lookin’,” with Alan Jackson and George Strait.

Taking home the prize in that category were Tracy Lawrence, with Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw for “Find Out Who Your Friends Are.” See the full list of winners here.

Coral Reefer Band member Mac McAnally was nominated as Best Musician, but Jerry Douglas took home that award.

Buffett has been nominated 6 times for CMA Awards, but has won just once, for Vocal Event Of The Year with Alan Jackson for the 2003 hit “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere.” Watch Jimmy’s acceptance speech from 2003.

The 41st Annual CMA Awards will air live tonight from the Sommet Center in Nashville at 8/7c on ABC.

Jimmy Buffett is nominated with Alan Jackson and George Strait in the “Musical Event of the Year” category for “Hey Good Lookin'”, the live version, from the 2007 album “Live At Texas Stadium.”

Here are the other nominees in the category:

Reba McEntire with Kelly Clarkson
“Because of You”

Tracy Lawrence featuring Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney
“Find Out Who Your Friends Are”

Alison Krauss and John Waite
“Missing You”

Vince Gill with Guest Vocalist Alison Krauss
“The Reason Why”

View all the nominees in all the categories here.

Jimmy Buffett was inducted into the Mohegan Sun Walk Of Fame on Thursday, just hours before taking the stage to play for a sold-out crowd at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, CT.

During the induction ceremony Buffett said “I kept hearing about this great place Mohegan Sun and so I had to come out and check it out for myself, so I came, and I keep coming back, here’s to many more great shows!”

Read the entire press release here.

Jimmy Buffett, along with George Strait and Alan Jackson, has earned a CMA Award nomination for the live version of “Hey Good Lookin'” from the Live at Texas Stadium album.

Here are the other nominations for Music Event of the Year:

“Because of You”
Artists: Reba McEntire With Kelly Clarkson

“Find Out Who Your Friends Are”
Artists: Tracy Lawrence Featuring Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney

“Missing You”
Artists: Alison Krauss and John Waite

“The Reason Why”
Artists: Vince Gill With Guest Vocalist Alison Krauss

See all nominees here, and be sure to watch the CMA’s on November 7th on ABC.

Update – Mac McAnally has also been nominated for a CMA! He gets the nod for Musician of the Year for guitar.