Comments on: Kenny Chesney & Mac McAnally – “Down The Road”

By: Brady Vercher

Brady Vercher — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:09:00 +0000

That’s what I was going for. And if you connect “Down the Road” with the yellow brick road…

By: Chris N.

Chris N. — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:58:16 +0000

If the “Tin Man” joke was on purpose, you’re a genius.

By: Brady Vercher

Brady Vercher — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:21:55 +0000

At least we know we’ve got the lion and the tin man ready to go if anyone ever decided to make the Wizard of Oz featuring country artists.

By: poncho

poncho — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:38:47 +0000

guy,
do you know kenny… how do you know he knows it. did you ever think as to why all these wonderful people are working with him. they for sure see something in him that you don’t. I have a hard time believing that Dave Matthews, Mac, Willie Nelson, Jimmy buffett, George Strait and others would have worked with him if they didn’t respect him and think he was talanted. You obviously have some sort of ax to grind.

By: Guy

Guy — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:23:20 +0000

“Down the Road” has been around for years as a signature Mac McAnally tune.

It was better left alone.

And don’t start about Chesney’s “understated” performance. All of his performances are understated because that’s simply the best he can do.

By: Guy

Guy — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:19:19 +0000

Kenny Chesney is more like part hack, part wannabe … not “part poet”.

He continues pairing himself with legitimately talented singers and songwriters to try to give himself the “gravitas” he cannot seem to come by simply standing alone.

Everyone deep-down knows that Kenny Chesney is an average talent at best. Even HE knows it.

By: Sunday Morning Forum Roundup & Comment Corral, Issue #5 | The 9513

Sunday Morning Forum Roundup & Comment Corral, Issue #5 | The 9513 — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:21:15 +0000

[...] Kenny Chesney & Mac McAnally – “Down The Road”: It is not simply a divide which separates the songwriting of Mac McAnally from the majority of contemporary songwriters—it is a vast canyon. The sole songwriter of Sawyer Brown’s “All These Years” and “Café on The Corner,” two of the most honest and poignant songs in modern country music history, McAnally’s narrative voice is so compelling and so free from pretense or pandering that it puts the current mainstream country format to shame, exposing that format’s shallowness through the example set by his own masterful storytelling. — review by Jim Malec “I think you could have just left Chesney out and the song would have been better…IMO!” — Margie “This was a very wise single choice. It’ll do well for him because he’s Kenny Chesney, of course, but it’s such a fine song and performance that it would do well for him even if he weren’t Kenny Chesney. I can’t say the same thing about most of his other singles in recent years.” — CMW “I agree with the comments about re-discovering McAnally. I’m gonna have to listen to more of his music. I also hope that this song will help bring Chesney’s image from the far pop side of country back toward the middle. This more traditional sound from him is refreshing and may broaden his fan base.” — Tayers [...]

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:05:49 +0000

Roger..not to nit pick but the “original” is actually on Mac’s 1990 release “Simple Life.”

By: idlewildsouth

idlewildsouth — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:48:52 +0000

I lucked up a few months ago and found “Knots” at CD Wherehouse…how i do love used cd stores..

By: Jim Malec

Jim Malec — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:10:44 +0000

I would say that any Mac record is better than what you’re likely to pick out of a hat. It’s all relatively solid.