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Tim McGraw: ‘We Love Our Titans’

Tim McGraw is quite excited about the NFL Draft coming to Nashville this week. Not only is he performing for fans at the Draft on Friday night, he’s also been…

Tim McGraw: 'We Love Our Titans'
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Tim McGraw is quite excited about the NFL Draft coming to Nashville this week. Not only is he performing for fans at the Draft on Friday night, he's also been posting all week about it.

Today (4/25), Tim Posted a picture of himself playing high school football saying on Instagram, "Nashville, are you ready for the #NFLDraft weekend?!!!!

McGraw also talked to the Country Music Hall of Fame about this weekend's event and what it means to Nashville.

The CMHOF posted to Instagram, "This week Music City becomes the official home of the #NFLDraft, and @thetimmcgraw is excited about the action and what it means for our community. In town for the festivities? The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum is going into overtime with extended hours Thursday-Saturday, and Tim plays the Main Stage on Lower Broadway Friday, April 26."

Tim said, "It's a really big deal to have the NFL Draft here in Nashville. I'm excited for all the action and the activities that's gonna be going on downtown. We love our Titans here and so to have the draft come and the draft extravaganza is gonna be a lot of fun for the city I believe."

-Nancy Brooks

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.