Decline and Comeback
By the mid-1980s, his career in music was declining. His chart success was decreasing rapidly; Davis was one of many country singers who had pop music crossover success in the 1970s and 1980s whose careers slowed down to make way for artists such as Garth Brooks and Clint Black. In 2010, rock band Weezer featured a song cowritten by Davis on their album Hurley.
After Casablanca Records closed down, Davis recorded for a short time with MCA Records in the mid 1980s. In 1989, he gained attention when he collaborated with Dolly Parton on her White Limozeen album, cowriting the title track with Parton, and duetting with her on another of the tracks (Parton would later cover Davis' composition "Something's Burning"). That same year, he also was on Broadway, performing in the show The Will Rogers Follies. Mac Davis was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in June 2006.
Davis is honored by the naming of Mac Davis Lane at Avenue Q in his native Lubbock, where he still visits on occasion. He also has a plaque on the West Texas Walk of Fame, beneath the statue of Buddy Holly. He currently describes the golf course as his office.
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