On the Cover – Tim McGraw

9/1/2004 – September 2004 Artist Roster

Label: Curb
Booking: CAA
Management: rpm management
Producers: Byron Gallimore, Darran Smith, Tim McGraw
Current Single: “Live Like You Were Dying”
Current Album: Live Like You Were Dying
Current Video: “Live Like You Were Dying”

Birth Date: May 1
Interests: Bird hunting, sports
Interesting Facts: Most cumulative weeks spent at #1 (59) than any other act in the genre
Special TV/Film Appearances: Friday Night Lights (in theaters Oct. 15)
Awards: ACM Awards—Male Vocalist (99-00), Vocal Collaboration (98-99), Single of the Year, Song of the Year, Video of the Year (99), Album of the Year and Top New Male Vocalist (94); American Music Awards—Favorite Male Country Artist (01-03), Best Country Album (02); CMA Awards—Entertainer of the Year (01), Male Vocalist (99-00), Album (98), Vocal Event (97), Favorite New Country Artist (95); CMT Flameworthy Awards—Hottest Male and Fashion Plate (03), Hottest Video (02); People’s Choice Awards—Favorite Male Musical Performer (04); Grammy Awards—Vocal Collaboration (01); National Fatherhood Initiative—Father of the Year (00); Playboy Magazine’s Top Male Performer (01)
RIAA Certifications: 30 million albums sold worldwide Musical Influences: Eagles, Haggard

Tim McGraw had such a good time making Tim McGraw And The Dancehall Doctors at a recording studio in upstate New York that he decided to go back to make his latest album, Live Like You Were Dying.

On both albums, McGraw used his road band instead of studio muscians. “Using the band on the records brings a new kind of honesty to the sound and makes what we do on stage that much purer to the vision we had originally,” he says. “It is also a huge comfort being in the studio with those guys and singing to their tracks. We brought a confidence level into recording this time. We knew we could make a great record because we had the confidence of the last album. We were then able to go further, take it to another level.”

It’s a formula that’s paying off. The title track, also the debut single, was a multple-week No. 1 and one of the fastest chart toppers in McGraw’s career. “It’s just a great song,” he says. “Probably anybody could have recorded it and had a big hit, but it helps that we’re in a great place in our career and things just seem to keep getting better.”