{"id":1308264,"date":"2019-04-10T07:18:31","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T13:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1805225"},"modified":"2019-04-10T07:18:31","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T13:18:31","slug":"what-soty-shane-mcanallys-parent-still-ask-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/what-soty-shane-mcanallys-parent-still-ask-him\/","title":{"rendered":"What SOTY Shane McAnally\u2019s Parent Still Ask Him"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Alison Bonaguro<\/a><\/span> 3m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

There\u2019s probably no higher honor for a country songwriter than being named the ACM Awards songwriter of the year. But even then, it doesn\u2019t mean you parents will understand your job any better.<\/p>\n

After Shane McAnally won the SOTY award out in Las Vegas over the ACM Awards weekend, he came backstage during the broadcast to talk to reporters about what the win means to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI grew up loving country music,\u201d McAnally explained of his early life in Mineral, Wells Texas, \u201cbut I didn\u2019t know that writing songs was a job. And didn\u2019t know that the songs I loved were written by people besides the singers. A lot of people still don\u2019t know that.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know, my parents don\u2019t understand how it works. They\u2019re asking me, \u2019Did you sell songs today?’\u201d<\/p>\n

And as a songwriter, publisher, producer, collaborator, that\u2019s exactly what McAnally does every day. Now. But there was a time when he had his sights set on being an artist<\/a>. In 2000, he released his first (and last) album, a self-titled debut from Curb Records. He recalled working really, really hard chasing that dream for a long time.<\/p>\n

Having literally been there and done that might be what makes him so good at all his other jobs. \u201cGoing on a radio tour, playing to crowds that don\u2019t know you, trying to win people over one person at a time,\u201d he said, \u201cthat is a change in country music. It is still the grassroots genre, and people fall in love and then they stay in love.\u201d<\/p>\n

(A quick search of McAnally\u2019s songwriting and composing repertoire<\/a> reveals that he has been a part of at least 707 songs.)<\/p>\n

And even after about 25 years in the music business, McAnally\u2019s still not over the fact that this is his job: that country stars sing the words he wrote for millions of people. So when Miranda Lambert took the ACM Awards stage to sing a medley of her hits, one of which was \u201cMama\u2019s Broken Heart,\u201d McAnally was moved by it, eight years after it landed on Lambert\u2019s Four the Record<\/em> album.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never, ever get tired of that. It was like I\u2019d never heard it before,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd my mom\u2019s in the audience, and she inspired the song, which tells you a lot about my mom. It really is one of those things that happen and I look around and I look at (my husband) Michael and I\u2019m like, \u2019How is this happening? How is this our life?’\u201d<\/p>\n

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Thank you @ACMawards<\/a> for acknowledging songwriters. I am truly honored and beyond grateful to make a living doing what I love. pic.twitter.com\/crBLLt6qjv<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Shane McAnally (@shanemcanally) April 7, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Alison makes her living loving country music. She’s based in Chicago, but she’s always leaving her heart in Nashville.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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