How Approaching Songwriter Shane McAnally Changed Walker Hayes Life
May 11, 2022 7:00 pmWalker Hayes has a great story about how he jumpstarted his career after 11 desperate years in Nashville.
He was working at a Costco when he saw famed Nashville producer Shane McAnally in line at a Smoothie King.
Walker summoned up the courage to ask him for help, and Shane came through.
He signed to McAnally’s publishing company SMACKSongs, and “Fancy Like” took off, becoming the viral hit no one saw coming.
Walker told Today’s Country Radio with Kelleigh Bannen on Apple Music Country…
Tags: Costco, Fancy Like, Nashville, Shane McAnally, Walker Hayes“Gratitude is the first, it’s the largest word on my mind right now, and it’s inexpressible the amount of it. And I swear, there’s no way I can sit and be like, ’Yay me,’ at all. All I can do is look at people like you and my team and my peers and my family, and just enjoy watching them experience how this has changed their lives.”
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This post was written by Cheryl Johnstone