TIM McGRAW
Tim McGraw (born May 1, 1967) is an American singer and actor. He has been married to fellow singer Faith Hill since 1996, and is the son of the late baseball player Tug McGraw. Ten of his albums have reached number 1 on the Top Country Albums charts, with his 1994 breakthrough album Not a Moment Too Soon being the top country album of 1994. These albums have produced over 50 singles, of which 25 have reached number 1 on the Hot Country Songs or Country Airplay charts. McGraw has ventured into acting, with lead roles in Flicka (2006) and Country Strong (2010). (More from Wikipedia)
If nothing else had sprung from there, northern Louisiana would still be renowned as the home of the Louisiana Hayride radio show, the direct antecedent of the even more legendary show from WSM Radio in Nashville, The Grand Ole Opry. However, this fertile musical landscape was also the home of artists as varied as the avant-garde (and anonymous) band the Residents, musical entrepreneur Dale Hawkins (whose song “Susie Q” was one of the first in the genre called “swamp rock” and was also the first hit song by Creedence Clearwater Revival), and a wealth of country stars like Trace Adkins (no relation to Hasil Adkins, as far as I know), Tim McGraw and Hank Williams, Jr. (father Hank Sr. was from Alabama).
(May 2011)
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With co-writer Julian Raymond, Glen Campbell won a Grammy Award for writing and performing the theme song of the film Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me, “I’m Not Gonna Miss You”; and the song was also nominated for an Academy Award. By the 2015 award season, Glen Campbell was too sick to make public appearances and is now living in an assisted-living facility. Tim McGraw performed “I’m Not Gonna Miss You” at the 2015 Academy Awards.
(February 2015)
