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ABOUT WILLIE MACK:
courtesy of Open Road Recordings
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Willie Mack is a real-life, countrified Texan. He grew up on a ranch building fences and branding cattle in Chico, Texas, which is a little town of 850 people. On life in Chico, Willie says, "It was an amazing place to grow up! Life is slow and true, and you learn all of the down-to-earth things growing up in the country that you just don't get the opportunity to experience in the city."
After high school, Willie moved to Nashville to attend Belmont University. There he went to class by day and honed his songwriting craft and singing by night. "I was making terrible grades in school, but I was starting to write some really good songs! I flew through school in three and a half years, because I wanted get out and jump into music," says Willie.
A few years after Belmont, Willie signed with Famous Music where he had cuts by artists such as, Colin Raye and Sons of the Desert. He has since scored the title cut of the new Sara Evans album, Restless. Willie also has songs on the upcoming albums by Mark Wills, The Oak Ridge Boys, George Canyon (Nashville Star runner-up) and Lila McCann.
courtesy of Open Road Recordings
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courtesy of Open Road Recordings
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courtesy of Open Road Recordings
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Willie has a new album called Headlights and Tailpipes, featuring songs produced by lead singer of The Road Hammers, Jason McCoy. Willie co-wrote all 12 songs on the album. The 1st single, co-written with McCoy, is called "Gonna Get Me A Cadillac". "Jason and I were driving down the road one day after lunch and this big new Cadillac pulled out in front of Jason's pickup and he said 'Ya know, I almost got me a Cadillac' and we both looked at each other and the song was half written in about 10 minutes," says Willie. "Those are the fun ones, when they just fall into your lap like a gift from Heaven." Headlights and Tailpipes is a blend of influences such as Steve Earle, Dwight Yoakam, Merle Haggard, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Presley, and the Beatles. The songs portray the real life of a real man facing the struggles of dreams, family and reality
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