Tim McGraw's third TV special to air in April
In New York City, McGraw appeared at The Avalon. The special also shows McGraw up-close and personal on his Nashville farm. Hank Williams Jr. joins him for a jam session, plus an orchestra for his rendition of "My Little Girl" - the title track of his upcoming feature film "Flicka" - his long-time band the Dancehall Doctors, and wife and Faith Hill as the couple sing to each other in front of their fireplace.
This morning, McGraw visited WSIX DJ Gerry House. McGraw brought along two songs from the upcoming greatest hits package, "When The Stars Go Blue" and "I've Got Friends That Do."
"I've Got Friends That Do" is the first song McGraw has recorded that he is a co-writer on - it's a song written with Brett and Brad Warren and Brett Beavers.
"These are two of the new songs I recorded for the hits album," says McGraw. "I've recorded five new songs and we are waiting to see how many my label will put on there - I'm hoping they put them all on the album for the fans."
"When The Stars Go Blue" is written by Ryan Adams.
"Usually we have a single 6 or 8 weeks in front of a new album, so I just thought it would be different to send out two records and see what happens over the next month, says McGraw. "This gives the fans a say in which one should be the single - or maybe both." McGraw will release a greatest hits package March 28. He also has his spring-summer "Soul 2 Soul II" tour with wife Hill begins April 21 and will include 70-plus cities, plus his upcoming Fox film "Flicka" is currently scheduled to be in theaters on July 28.
More news for Tim McGraw
- 03/07/25: McGraw enlists McCollum to make "Paper Umbrellas"
- 10/11/24: McGraw releases "People Like Us"
- 01/29/24: McGraw has "One Bad Habit," also names opening acts for tour
- 11/21/23: McGraw drops surprise EP
- 09/25/23: McGraw expands Standing Room Only Tour
- 07/31/23: It's Standing Room Only for McGraw's tour
- 06/26/23: It's "Standing Room Only" for McGraw
- 04/27/23: It's "Standing Room Only" for McGraw's video
CD reviews for Tim McGraw
Tim McGraw's collection, "Here on Earth," finds the country star sounding peaceful and down to Earth. He's more meditative than overly active, throughout. It's very much an adult album in that McGraw is speaking from the perspective of maturity, rather than pretending he's still a young man. If he's got any barbecue statins on his white t-shirt, he's not letting on here.
McGraw burns through five mellow tracks before he gets to anything with a discernable beat. ...
Tim McGraw said of his 14th studio album, "Damn Country Music," "It's is all about passion, (taking him back to 1989) "when I came to Nashville to chase my dreams."
Country music has richly rewarded him over the past two decades, and he honors the genre's tradition here. The album gets off to a very traditional start with Celtic folk. The flute and skillful acoustic picking on the opener "Here Tonight" bring a Mark Knopfler tune immediately to mind. ...
The banjo comes first out of the speakers, the opening strains of "Overrated," the lead-off song on Tim McGraw's latest. But with a "1-2-3-4" count, the mood changes and goes for a more modern country approach. McGraw does about the same on the follow-up "City Lights" with Michael Landau's steely, but rocking lead guitar taking over near the conclusion as it does later hard on "Sick of Me" where the protagonist contemplates a need to turn his life around. ...
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