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Luke Combs Covers Chris Stapleton on Tim McGraw’s ‘Deep Cuts Challenge’

Tim McGraw started the “Deep Cuts Challenge,” where an artist sings a song that they love (and which wasn’t a hit) and posts the performance to Instagram. McGraw started it…

Luke Combs Covers Chris Stapleton on Tim McGraw's 'Deep Cuts Challenge'
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Tim McGraw started the "Deep Cuts Challenge," where an artist sings a song that they love (and which wasn't a hit) and posts the performance to Instagram. McGraw started it off by covering John Schneider's 1986 jam  "Take The Long Way Home" and then tagged some of his fellow country artists to do the same.

Luke Combs was up to the challenge and he posted yesterday to Instagram.

Luke posted, "A few nights ago @morganwallen challenged me to the #DeepCutsChallenge. I decided to do 'What’re You Listening To' by @chrisstapleton. This may not technically be a deep cut but it’s a song that didn’t get as much credit as I think it deserved. Chris, I’m sorry I messed up the bridge, don’t hate me. Hope y’all enjoy and I want to challenge @vincegillofficial to lay one down."

McGraw's original posted said, "Who's got cool songs they've always loved to play when they’re sitting around the house or when u were in high school or college? Here’s one of my favs: @thejohnschneider’s Take the Long Way Home. @kennychesney, @jasonaldean, @bradpaisley I know you got something. See what ya can reach back and play for us."

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.