CMT did a "Behind The Music" kind of show on him awhile back, and one thing really made me laugh out loud:
They were interviewing a record producer, who said: "One thing I can say about Tim is he can really pick a song." As if that is a great challenge. I really admire the singers that write their own stuff.
Faith stopped being country years ago. I stopped buying her stuff when she went all VH1 diva. Bring back the music she used to sing before she dumped her husband for Tim.
As for political backlash - they aren't flat-out insulting the President, just throwing out a socialist opinion. That's a far cry from the whiny woe-is-me Dixie Chicks.
Not that I appreciate anything Tim's done musically in recent years, either.
No kidding. Faith Hill went from being a frsh faced, girl next door beauty to a Vegas diva act with 50 pounds of mascera on each eyelash. As for Tim...If his political ideals are as genuinely shallow and empty as are his overwrought whining vocals, he'd make a good democrat. His songs have always been a bad Country Kaoroke act for me.
In order to say something nice about them: Jo Dee Mesina says they are both very nice people and loyal friends.
To be fair, it's been that way since there has been a music industry in Nashville.
Yes, in the 70's there was a surge of singer/songwriters, but that was an anomoly. Some people sing very well. Some people write very well. Very few people do both. (Kris Kristoferson, anyone?).
Nashville is one of the few places on earth that has a songwriting "industry".
IMHO, I don't think McGraw is a very good singer. But he (or his producer) has an eye for a song that will be a hit. It could have been Urban, or Paisley, or Chesney that released "Live Like You Were Dying". (I don't think I would be able to stand the song if Kenny Chesney had done it).
But, like I said, it's always been that way here. Especially with women performers.