![]() ![]() ![]() Both have appeared in movies and TV shows. A Democrat, he has expressed interest in running for governor of Tennessee. Also, McGraw has said in several interviews that he has political aspirations. ![]() A Country Weekly readers poll, for instance, just named Hill country music's most beautiful woman. Offstage interests: Tabs and various fashion and music mags are always naming 'em "hottest" this, "most beautiful" that. Tim can be a little competitive, "but in a nice way," Hill told Country Weekly magazine. This year, they'll celebrate their 10-year anniversary. Offspring output: Three daughters who often go on the road with them. 6, 1996, after the pair toured together - she was opening for him - on the aptly named "Spontaneous Combustion Tour." Tim McGraw and Faith Hill: Currently unstoppable Nashville hitmakers. To toast their arrival, here's a quick look at them, and country couples who paved their way. Billboard magazine recently predicted it'll end up being the highest-grossing country tour of all time.īut Tim 'n' Faith aren't exactly country music's first super-couple. Their 74-date Soul2Soul II tour is selling out in most markets, making it this year's hottest tour. “I got him on the line and proceeded to throw roses and go on about the song-his guitar playing, the band, the writing, the production on the album, Tom’s singing, and on and on,” Stuart says.With their fashion-mag looks and Top-10 hooks, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are country-music's current power couple. Undeterred, he reached Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell. He immediately called Petty directly-as one does when you’re Marty Stuart-but got his voicemail. “When ‘Fault Lines’ came charging out of the speakers, I stood up, turned the volume up way too loud, and played the song three times back-to-back.” “I bought it, took it back to the tour bus, and gave it a listen,” he recalls. “They were modern-day gladiators in every sense of the word.” The country star fell in love with “Fault Lines” after stumbling upon the group’s final album, Hypnotic Eye, in a record store in 2014 during a Canadian tour with his band, the Fabulous Superlatives. “I’ve never made any bones about it: I think Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band that the United States of America has ever produced,” Stuart says. Recorded last year, the album shines a light on the songs that consoled him during isolation, including several covers-think Merle Haggard’s “I Can’t Hold Myself in Line” or Tommy Cash’s “Six White Horses.” He’s debuting one track a month for twenty months, and today, G&G is proud to premiere the fourth installment of the series: a stripped-down take on Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ “Fault Lines.” Stuart’s top-notch ear and respect for his peers are on full display in his latest project, Songs I Sing in the Dark. While the Grammy-winning Philadelphia, Mississippi, native and Country Music Hall of Fame inductee has won plenty of accolades for his original music, he’s also known for paying tribute to his musical forefathers, whether preserving artifacts from country legends or lending his expertise as a producer or collaborator. Since joining Lester Flatt’s band as a 13-year-old mandolin virtuoso in 1972, Marty Stuart has built a reputation as one of country music’s premier showmen and memory keepers.
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