Shannon McNally

Wheels Off with Rhett Miller

Rhett Miller

Music, Performing Arts, Arts

4.9 • 609 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Singer-songwriter Shannon McNally joins Rhett from Austin, Texas to talk about her life as a songwriter, and her recent collaboration with Terry Allen and the Panhandle Mystery Band. Shannon tells Rhett about her songwriting process, and the new methods of collaboration that she’s enjoyed through writing with a full band. You’ll also hear about a transformative experience that she had when she was 15 at a Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers concert, her “unreasonable standard for guitar playing,” and why it’s a good thing that it’s become harder to make money as a musician. Shannon McNally is a singer-songwriter from Hempstead, New York. She has released 9 studio albums and contributed valuable additions to many others, including records with Dr. John, Neal Casal, Luther Dickinson, and many more talented musicians. In this episode you’ll hear about some of those collaborations, and about her unique path as an artist. She recently released an album titled The Waylon Sessions, which is now available on all streaming platforms. Wheels Off is brought to you by Osiris Media. Hosted and produced by Rhett Miller. Co-produced by Kirsten Cluthe in partnership with Nick Ruffini (Revoice Media). Editing by Justin Thomas. Production Assistance by Matt Bavuso. Music by OLD 97’s. Episode artwork by Katherine Boils. Show logo by Tim Skirven. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	O'SIMUS
0:04.0	Welcome to Wheels Off, a show about the messy reality of the creative life.
0:11.0	I'm Rhett Miller.
0:12.6	That's when it got wheels off.
0:15.6	Shot it up and we ain't gonna starve.
0:18.7	I like you.
0:19.8	I could have not. That like you. I could not.
0:21.3	That's when they got wheels off.
0:25.0	It's hard to pin down Shannon McNally, my guest on this episode of Wheels Off.
0:31.8	She's been putting out records for almost 20 years.
0:36.1	But she was almost an anthropologist slash archaeologist.
0:44.5	She is a guitar slinger, and she is a great singer, but she's a songwriter.
0:57.5	You know, deeply personal stuff. Like, you know,
1:04.0	it's a lot of times you get one thing from a person. And with Shannon, you get a lot. She's managed her own career for a number of years. She is, um, she's just's just, she's really cool. Shannon McNally is really cool.
1:16.4	And I think you're going to love this conversation. We spoke virtually, of course, as
1:24.2	these have been now for well over a year because of the pandemic, which makes it
1:29.7	tough, but it makes it easier.
1:31.4	You know, I wasn't going to be able to fly down to Austin to sit in a room with her this
1:35.5	week.
1:35.8	So it was nice to be able to speak to her.
1:38.5	The virtualness of it took its toll on the connection.
1:42.2	At one point, we got cut off. I think the producers will be
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