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Taking to the stage at the famed Sunset Strip venueWhisky a Go Goin West Hollywood to play an intimate set to promote his upcomingStanding Room Onlytour for his album of the same name, McGraw was asked about the one special track that calls to mind his wife of 27 years.
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“My uncle told me one time — my uncle Hank, old hippie who lives in Napa Valley — he played it for me one time years ago on the road. He loved that song too. He said, ‘I’m gonna tell you something.’ He says, ‘Never make love to a woman with this song on unless you intend to marry her.’ And so I didn’t until I did. And then I did,” McGraw, 56, continued.
Carlos Santana played guitar on “Sama Pa Ti,” released in 1970.Francesco Castaldo/Archivio Francesco Castaldo/Mondadori via Getty
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“We always like to say we’ve been married 92 years in showbiz language; it’s like dog years,” McGraw joked on stage before mentioning how he and Hill are now empty nesters, with theirthree daughtersGracie Katherine, 26, Maggie Elizabeth, 24, and Audrey Caroline, 21, all having flown the coup.
“It was tough at first, like the first six months. I think it’s always harder on mom when the girls go away,” said McGraw of his daughters leaving home. “It was pretty tough because it was empty and the energy of the house was sort of gone. And then after about six months, we sort of thought, when we got married, we had a kid right away — we had Gracie right away. And now we kind of like having our time to ourselves and it’s kind of honeymoon time again. So, we’ve quite enjoyed it!”
“It came out of loading up myCadillac Escalade, my 19-year-old Cadillac Escalade, taking all the seats out of it, loading all of her stuff in, and her and I doing a solo cross-country trip together to move her to L.A.,” McGraw recalled.
The topic ofTaylor Swift’s music came up when she was playing a show at the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles while McGraw played his own performance. TheMidnightssinger’s debut single was named after McGraw.
“It makes me pretty proud,” McGraw told Yahoo Entertainment, while also referring to Swift as “one of the greatest songwriters ever."
“At first when she first came out with it, I thought, ‘Have I gotten that old that now that these new artists are singing songs of my name in it?'”
Tim McGraw’s albumStanding Room Onlyis out now. Tickets for his tour are available for purchase via hiswebsite.
source: people.com
