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Tim McGraw: ‘Nobody Better’ Than Those Who Serve

Today is Veterans Day (11/11), and it’s a special day when many of us pause to think about our veterans and thank them and all who serve for their service….

Tim McGraw is wearing a white shirt, some gold chains around his neck and a black cowboy hat out on the street. in this country.
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Today is Veterans Day (11/11), and it's a special day when many of us pause to think about our veterans and thank them and all who serve for their service.

Tim McGraw has several veterans in his family, and he appreciates what our veterans do and have done for us in protecting our country.

The country superstar believes people who make that choice and the sacrifices that come with it are some of the best this country has to offer.

Tim told us in a recent interview, "My sister’s a veteran of the first Gulf War, my uncle’s a Vietnam veteran. Those guys and gals, you know, they sit on the fence and protect us and allow us to live the life that we have."

He added, "And there’s nobody better in my mind than those guys and gals.”

Tim and Faith

McGraw and Faith Hill got the chance to act together when they played James and Margaret Dutton in Taylor Sheridan’s 1883 TV series, the prequel spinoff of Yellowstone.

While some of the scenes and the filming schedule were physically demanding, Tim says working with Faith was a fantastic experience.

He told us, "It was wonderful. I was always amazed every day doing scenes with her, how good she was. She really elevated my game and made me better because she was just so natural and so good. And to see her build her arc as Margaret and how powerful and strong Margaret’s character became, and watch her build that was just pretty phenomenal. You know, it was so cool to be able to do scenes with her and have a great day of shooting something really incredible, and going home and laying in bed and talking about it. That was something pretty special."

Tim added that he wanted to act again with Faith in the future, "We’d probably love to. But you know, it’s all based on material. If something comes along that’s fantastic and falls at a time that we could do it, I’m sure we’d love to do that. I mean, we’re not looking for something like that. But if something just drops out of thin air and it makes you go, ‘wow,’ then it’s gonna be something to think about for sure.”

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.