{"id":16936,"date":"2019-07-24T08:38:29","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T14:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1809427"},"modified":"2019-07-24T08:38:29","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T14:38:29","slug":"should-we-be-worried-about-tim-mcgraws-side-hustle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/music-news\/should-we-be-worried-about-tim-mcgraws-side-hustle\/","title":{"rendered":"Should We Be Worried About Tim McGraw\u2019s Side Hustle?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Alison Bonaguro<\/a><\/span> 7m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

Earlier this summer, when Tim McGraw<\/a> announced his book project, Songs of America<\/em>, I was all for it. I mean, I\u2019d love him in Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors<\/em> in 2002. That book documented his dairy of sorts when he made his seventh studio album with his road band at the time. I read it from cover to cover like it was a thriller I couldn\u2019t put down. Literally, down to the last line of the last page, when McGraw shared that his favorite song ever is\/was Hank Williams\u2019 \u201cI\u2019m So Lonesome I Could Cry.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then there was My Little Girl<\/em> in 2008.<\/p>\n

Then there was Humble & Kind<\/em> in 2016.<\/p>\n

And then there was Songs of America: Patriotism, Protest, and the Music That Made a Nation<\/em>, released in June 2019.<\/p>\n

That one reportedly came together after Jon Meacham and McGraw \u2014 Nashville neighbors \u2014 were at a Christmas party and McGraw asked the writer if he\u2019d ever considered connecting the dots between political attitudes in America throughout history with music. That\u2019s how that one was born.<\/p>\n

And then I blinked and there was yet another McGraw book coming out. It\u2019s called Grit & Grace: Train the Mind, Train the Body, Own Your Life<\/em>, and will be out in early November. \u201cMy mind is clearer, my sense of purpose is sharper, and my relationships are deeper,\u201d McGraw says of the book that will unearth the physical and mental tools readers can use to make their own transformation. \u201cConsistent physical exercise helps me bring focus to my life and to the people who mean the most to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s five books. No other country star has an Amazon author page<\/a> this exhaustive.<\/p>\n

So penning books is starting to feel like more than a side hustle or a one-off thing for McGraw. I know all too well how hard it is to face that blank sheet of paper every morning. It takes everything I have to sit down and write, rewrite, write again, edit and write some more, and this is my only<\/em> job. I don\u2019t know how McGraw juggles is all: father, husband, son, brother, singer, producer, and now author. (Oh, and don\u2019t forget actor. And pilot. And philanthropist.)<\/p>\n

That said, it\u2019s not as if McGraw has abandoned country music. Not at all. He\u2019s released two singles of his yet-to-be-named upcoming album, \u201cNeon Church\u201d and \u201cThought About You.\u201d<\/p>\n

So I guess the only logical conclusion is that McGraw is the best kind of multitasker: one who does each task well, gives everything everything he\u2019s got, and makes it all look so damn effortless.<\/p>\n

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