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Region: Mississippi Alluvial Plain Conference: Deep South Regional Rank: #4

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Did You Know

  • • Born Samuel Timothy McGraw in Delhi, Louisiana — grew up believing his stepfather was his real dad.
  • • Found his birth certificate at age 11 revealing his father was MLB pitcher Tug McGraw of the Mets and Phillies.
  • • Had Tug McGraw's baseball card taped to his bedroom wall as a kid — not knowing it was his own father.
  • • Got into college on a baseball scholarship — a knee injury ended his sports career and pushed him toward music.
  • • Started college as a pre-law major after being inspired by the Al Pacino film "...And Justice for All."
  • • Sold everything he owned and moved to Nashville to chase music with almost nothing in his pocket.
  • • Fell in love with country music riding in his stepdad's 18-wheeler delivering cottonseed through Louisiana.
  • • Flies his own Cirrus SR22 customized to match his tattoos, with wife Faith Hill's name detailed on it.
  • • Wears his cowboy hat because he has what he calls a "fivehead" — not a forehead.
  • • Tug McGraw initially denied paternity — father and son didn't develop a relationship until Tim was an adult.

Locations in Lyrics

131 location references across 45 songs

Songs & Places

Indian Outlaw
Cherokee Nation, OK Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, NC Choctaw Nation, OK Ojibwe Territory (Chippewa), MN
"Half Cherokee and Choctaw"
Down On the Farm
New York City, NY Montgomery, AL Georgiana, AL
"You can have a lot of fun in a New York minute"
Everywhere
Albuquerque, NM Arizona Sonoran Desert, AZ Monterey, CA Georgia Georgia Peach Belt, GA North Carolina South Carolina Coastal Carolinas Oklahoma Great Plains (Oklahoma), OK Dallas, TX
"I've seen you in Albuquerque, waitin' out a blizzard"
Me And Tennessee (From The Motion Picture ”Country Strong”)
Tennessee
"Baby, you told me you loved me in Tennessee Where we were gonna live"
Meanwhile Back at Mama’s
Mama's (The Deep South) Lynchburg, TN
"Meanwhile back at Mama's"
Don’t Mention Memphis
Little Rock, AR Memphis, TN Texas
"Mister, you can take me into Little Rock?"
Don't Mention Memphis
Memphis, TN
I Like It, I Love It
Atlanta, GA
"I ain't seen the Braves play a game all year"
Something Like That
New Orleans, LA
"I was headed down to New Orleans"
You Don’t Love Me Anymore
South Carolina
"Southern Carolina is the place that comes to mind"
You Don't Love Me Anymore
South Carolina
"Southern Carolina is the place that comes to mind"
Louisiana
Louisiana Louisiana Sugarcane Belt, LA New Orleans, LA Louisiana Bayou Country, LA Louisiana Delta, LA Mississippi River Mississippi Delta Magnolia Belt, LA
"I guess I left it in Louisiana"
I Need You
West Virginia Detroit, MI Oklahoma The Coast
"I want to ride across West Virginia in the backseat of a Cadillac"
7500 OBO
Detroit, MI
"Got an '06, stick shift Dark blue F150 in good condition"
Live Like You Were Dying
Rocky Mountains
"I went Rocky Mountain climbin'"
Nashville CA/L.A. Tennessee
Louisiana California Los Angeles, CA Grand Canyon, AZ Nashville, TN California Mountains, CA California Desert, CA Nashville, CA Tennessee
"I left Louisiana"
Portland, Maine
Portland, ME
"Portland, Maine, I don't know where that is"
Telluride
Telluride, CO The Rockies
"Telluride, the snow falling down"
Neon Church
Nashville, TN
"Full of honky tonk angels"
Give It To Me Strait
Poteet, TX
"Just give it to me Strait"
Give It to Me Strait
Poteet, TX Pearsall, TX San Marcos, TX
"And for me, there's nothin' smoother than a good, stiff shot of Strait"
Speak To A Girl
Detroit, MI
"She wants Aretha"
Thought About You
Daytona Beach, FL Tuscaloosa, AL
"Saw a spring break Honda hell-bent for Daytona"
Just to See You Smile
Amarillo, TX Tennessee
"Just like when you were leavin' Amarillo"
It's Your Love (with Faith Hill)
Delhi, LA
Highway Don't Care (feat. Taylor Swift & Keith Urban)
Delhi, LA
Somebody Must Be Prayin’ for Me
Oklahoma California Detroit, MI Flagstaff, AZ Los Angeles, CA Hollywood, CA
"She left Oklahoma for California"
Somebody Must Be Prayin' for Me
Flagstaff, AZ Oklahoma California Los Angeles, CA
"Just outside of Flagstaff, motor blew on her Coup De Ville"
Refried Dreams
Del Rio, TX US-Mexico Border, TX
"Well, I headed south out of Del Rio, Texas with a hell of a load on my brain"
Southern Girl
Los Angeles, CA New York City, NY Seattle, WA Chicago, IL Kansas Kansas Wheat Belt, KS Tupelo, MS New Orleans, LA Memphis, TN Daytona Beach, FL Savannah, GA
"Now I ain't sayin' them LA ladies don't know what they doing"
Don't Take the Girl
Delhi, LA
Humble and Kind
Delhi, LA church mountains summer where you're goin'
I Need You (feat. Faith Hill)
West Virginia Oklahoma coast
"I want to ride across West Virginia in the backseat of a Cadillac"
Nashville CA/L.A. Tennessee (feat. Lori McKenna)
Nashville, TN
Please Remember Me
Delhi, LA the sea the river the shore the valleys
Where the Green Grass Grows
Delhi, LA the west map dot
If You're Reading This
Highway Don’t Care
Highway
"The highway won't hold you tonight"
Humble And Kind (Live)
church
"Go to church 'cause your momma says to"
I Called Mama
home Louisiana
"I thought of home, grabbed my phone from my pocket"
The Cowboy In Me
West Texas Oklahoma Wyoming Montana
"I guess that's just the cowboy in me"
Top of the World
empty field hill somewhere
"We could have a little double wide planted in an empty field"
Undivided
Hell jail
"You either go to church or you're gonna go to Hell"
Southern Voice
Memphis, TN Apalachicola, FL Daytona Beach, FL The South Montgomery, AL Georgiana, AL Kannapolis, NC St. Louis, MO Oxford, MS Detroit, MI Sevierville, TN Macon, GA Atlanta, GA Chicago, IL Wilmington, NC Tidewater Virginia Lynchburg, TN Gainesville, FL Tuscaloosa, AL Charlotte, NC Ferriday, LA Nashville, TN
"Smooth as the hickory wind that blows from Memphis down to Apalachicola"
Nashville Without You
Galveston, TX

Rivers & Roads in Song Nearby

Interstate 20 13 Ouachita River 5 Mississippi River 216

Connected Places

Start, LA Amarillo, TX Appomattox, VA Brownsville, TX Chalmette, LA Chancellorsville, VA Charleston, SC Chicago, IL Crow Agency, MT Daytona Beach, FL Del Rio, TX Delhi, LA Flagstaff, AZ Fredericksburg, VA Garfield, AR Gettysburg, PA Kennesaw, GA La Porte, TX Los Angeles, CA Manassas, VA Memphis, TN Murfreesboro, TN Nashville, TN New Orleans, LA New York City, NY Portland, ME Sabine Pass, TX Savannah, GA Seattle, WA Sharpsburg, MD Shiloh, TN South Carolina, SC Stillwater, NY Telluride, CO Tupelo, MS Vicksburg, MS West Virginia, WV
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