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Tim McGraw Is ‘Not A Mechanic By Any Means’

Tim McGraw’s song about selling a truck, “7500 OBO,” is topping the country charts this week, but as Tim revealed, it’s a work of fiction, and you probably don’t want…

Tim McGraw Is 'Not A Mechanic By Any Means'
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Tim McGraw's song about selling a truck, "7500 OBO," is topping the country charts this week, but as Tim revealed, it's a work of fiction, and you probably don't want McGraw working on your truck.

When we asked if he fixed cars, Tim said, "No, God, no. When I was a kid I used to. In fact, I had a '70 Ford pick-up truck, and one summer, I got bored, so I took the whole engine out and took everything apart and put it all back together, and I had a whole bucket of stuff left over. But it still ran. It still ran great."

He added, "I don't know what all the extra parts were that I had left over. But no, I'm not a mechanic by any means."

The lyrics include, "It's got leather seats, a sunroof / It's sittin' on 33s, it runs smooth / It'll get you from A to B, but not for me / 'Cause every time I turn that key, I see her."

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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.