CMA’s reigning Musician of the Year and Coral Reefer Band member Mac McAnally made a surprise appearance on Tuesday when he joined Kenny Chesney on stage for Chesney’s “Austin City Limits” taping.

They played “Down The Road”, their recent number one hit collaboration, and “Back Where I Come From”.

“Any time you can put the focus on the songs, it’s a good thing,” Chesney says. “And to be able to do that with Mac… well, it just takes these songs to a whole other level. I was honored that he’d do this with us, and I hope we’ll get to see him out on the road when he can get away from his own stuff.”

The show will air sometime in early Fall on PBS.

Read more at ChesneyWorld.

The new single by Mac McAnally entitled “You First” is now available as a digital download.

From Country Standard Time:

Show Dog Nashville singer Mac McAnally will donate all his artist royalties from his debut single You First, released on April 27, to the Wounded Warriors Project, which helps wounded soldiers.

The single, which is available through all digital music retailers, is prelude to a full album expected to be completed in June as McAnally works recording into his touring schedule. A longtime member of Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefer band, McAnally has been on the road much of this year.

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Coral Reefer Mac McAnally recently signed a record deal with Toby Keith’s Show Dog Nashville label and as we reported earlier this week he has released a new single entitled “You First”.

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Coral Reefer Mac McAnally has a new single out:

Mac McAnally, musician, songwriter and singer, is out with his first single for ShowDog Nashville “You First”. The song is the first from his upcoming debut CD for the label.

Last month, McAnally, a member of Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band, had a number song he wrote for Kenny Chesney, Down the Road. He sang on the track with Chesney, his sixth number one as a writer and his first as a recording artist.

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Coral Reefer Band member Mac McAnally won his first CMA Award on Wednesday night for Musician of the Year.

The award was announced prior to the live airing of the CMA Awards on ABC at 7 pm CT on Wednesday night. Other nominees in the category were Jerry Douglas, Paul Franklin, Dann Huff, and Brent Mason. Mac was also nominated last year for Musician of the Year but did not win.

McAnally is currently on the country music charts with Kenny Chesney for their collaboration on Mac’s song “Down The Road”.

Congrats to Mac!