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Tim McGraw recently opened up on “The Tim Ferriss Show” and got real about his past. He said fame, money, and success pushed him into heavy drinking and drugs early in his career.

Tim said, “I was drinking a lot. I was just doing everything.  I was a kid in a candy store.” But when Faith Hill came into his life, he said, “she started tapping the brakes for me.”

Tim believes if he hadn’t met Faith, his career would have burned out fast and he wouldn’t be the artist he is today. He added, “one I met her, I didn’t want to lose her. She’s magic.”

Tim and Faith married back in 1996 and will celebrate 30 years together later this year too. I also hate that I’m old enough to remember when they started dating. It was a big story back in the 90s and their marriage was an even bigger story. Congrats to their 30 years too.

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Sweet Pea is still releasing music and he has a duet with Lainey Wilson on his newest project too.

Vince Gill released his seven song “Down At The Borderline” EP this past Friday (2/13/26), which is also the fourth installment in his “50 Years From Home” EP series. There’s a simple white guitar for the artwork as the cover for it and it’s actually a 1953 Fender Telecaster that Vince bought for $450 in 1978 from Del City Music in Oklahoma, and it’s been his main guitar ever since.

He said it’s been with him throughout his entire legendary music career, and he wanted to pay some homage to that important piece of his career with the cover of this series.

“It’s real special. I’ve got several other old Fender Telecasters, but that one just suits my hands, suits my ears. Everything about it is kind of a huge part of my entire catalog of playing guitar over all these years.”

Vince recruited Lainey Wilson to sing with him on the title track and the song was actually co-written by Liz Rose about a joint in Thibodaux, Louisiana where “they play the Zydeco and wrestle alligators.”

The song reminds me of 90s Vince music and it’s packed with Cajun influence, making the Louisiana native, Lainey, the perfect person to join him on the song.

Vince said…

“Once I set it in Thibodaux I asked Lainey to come sing on it. She graciously said yes, and she killed it! I didn’t know if she’d be up for that; it’s hard to get somebody when they’re knocking it out of the park like she is, but she did, and I love the sound of our voices together.”

Lainey added that it’s been a “dream come true” to sing a song with Vince.

“Releasing a song with Vince Gill is truly a dream come true. I’ve had the chance to get to know him over the past few years and share the stage together, so being able to finally make music together means the world to me.”

Ella Langley just went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, but that’s not all. 

She also picked a brand new job. It was recently announced that she’s officially the new face of American Eagle. It’s all a part of American Eagle’s Spring 2026 campaign, designated as their “Denim Darling”. 

Ella said, “I have these photos growing up wearing American Eagle shorts that my mom bedazzled herself. It was the first pair of denim I loved.”

She said that same laid back, outdoorsy vibe still defines her style today. Jeans and a t-shirt are her go-to…and there’s no question. And in case you were jonesing for more Ella music, her new album “Dandelion” is officially coming iut on April 10th. Don’t forget.

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Sometimes you have to talk back to person on the internet who’s talking shit to you.

Luke Combs is a huge Panthers fan in case you haven’t noticed, and he grew up supporting his hometown team like he should. He often posts about the season, and talks about certain players as most fans do that are into football. He’s even appeared on sports shows to talk about his team quite a few times.

He keeps up with the Panthers and always has his takes on he feels his team is doing, and Luke has never wavered in terms of his support, but that’s not enough for some Panthers fans. This one X user named @stutts_up wasn’t happy about Luke’s hat choice when he played a show at the Jaguars stadium.

@stutte_up said, “Jags hat but you’re a Panthers “fan”. Always knew you were a fake.” He added some laughing emojis to obviously show he trying to make a joke.

Jags hat but you’re a Panthers “fan”. Always knew you were a fake 😂😂

— STUTTS (@stutts_up) February 13, 2026

Luke was just trying to post a sweet post promoting his new song, “Be By You”, with some pictures of him and wife when @stutte_up posted their opinion about Luke hat in one of the pictures he posted.

Luke decided to joke back and said, “Oh yeah I should have worn a Panthers hat when I played a show at the Jaguars stadium. My bad.”

Oh yeah I should have worn a Panthers hat when I played a show at the Jaguars stadium. My bad https://t.co/22hPAHmUb7

— Luke Combs 🎤 (@lukecombs) February 13, 2026

I get the point @stubbs_up was trying to make, but there’s a legitimate reason why artists wear said teams logo in the stadiums they play in. It’s called respecting that teams house when in an artist in that teams city playing a show. Fans love seeing that too and Luke understands the importance off that.

This is how do it.

Megan Moroney announced nine special appearances across nine different cities, with $9 tickets available exclusively at each venue’s box office on the morning of the event. Which all makes sense…considering her new album, “Cloud 9”, will available come February 20, 2026. It’s genius marketing y’all.

Select dates will feature intimate acoustic performances of three songs, while others are billed as surprise events. Tickets are limited to two per person, with a portion of proceeds benefiting the Megan Moroney Foundation.

It’s starting next Friday, which again…is when her new album officially arrives.

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In honor of Valentine’s Day coming up this Saturday, February 14th, “The Boot” put together the best 26 country love songs of the last 26 years.

Here are the Top Ten:

1. “Remember When” by Alan Jackson

2. “Die a Happy Man” by Thomas Rhett

3. “Tennessee Whiskey” by Chris Stapleton

4. “Speechless” by Dan + Shay

5. “Amazed” by Lonestar

6. “She’s Everything” by Brad Paisley

7. “Next Thing You Know” by Jordan Davis

8. “Don’t You Wanna Stay” by Jason Aldean featuring Kelly Clarkson

9. “Hey Pretty Girl” by Kip Moore

10. “Bless the Broken Road” by Rascal Flatts

Luke Combs and his song “Beautiful Crazy” shouldve been in the Top 10…and it didn’t even make it into the Top 26, which is crazy to me. Of course I wasn’t in charge of this list.

Now you can check out the rest of the list here if you need to see what other songs are included in their best 26 country love songs of the century.

Thomas Rhett is getting real about something a lot of artists probably deal with, but don’t always talk about.

Here’s what Thomas shared on a recent podcast…as he said, “I’m kind of going deaf in this ear a little bit. I had to go get hearing aids as a 35-year-old man.”

It’s probably from all that loud music at concerts over the years, but he also has four children…with a fifth on the way. So, his house has to be insanely loud.

Thomas said he wore the hearing aids for about a week and looked at his wife, and asked, “is this legit what you hear all day long?” It was like he was things at home for the first time.

His wife laughed and said, “he was like, ‘I can’t think straight. It’s so loud.’ I was like, ‘Babe, welcome.'”

As a parent here…maybe a little hearing loss as a parent isn’t that bad of a thing? Our toddler never stops talking now. It’s definitely cute to hear her talk…but sometimes I need a break from listening to her.

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Welcome to the Friday #2 in February…as it’s February 13, 2026…and we do have some new country music here again y’all.

Now be sure to do your part in visiting your neighbor liquor store to pair your favorite alcohol with your new favorite country music, because it’s how country music is supposed be enjoyed. Don’t let anyone judge you for it neither.

Here’s what we’ve found…

1. Ward Davis released his fourth studio album “Here I Am”.

2. Larry Fleet delivered his new album “Another Year Older”.

3. Vince Gill dropped the fourth installment album in his series called “50 YEARS FROM HOME: DOWN AT THE BORDERLINE”.

4. Tyler Halverson released a new album, “In Defense Of Drinking”.

5. Clay Street Union dropped their album, “Sin & Squalor”.

6. Ella Langley…”Be Her” from her upcoming album, “Dandelion”, which is due April 10th.

7. Luke Combs…”Be By You” from his upcoming album, “The Way I Am”, due out March 20thz

8. Flatland Cavalry….”On And On”

9. Avery Anna and Sam Barber…”Fear In God”

10. Red Clay Strays…”If I Didn’t Know You”

11. The Castellows…”Love Is A Game”

12. Emily Ann Roberts…”Whipped”

13. Dustin Lynch…”Getaway Car”

14. Charley Crockett…”Kentucky Too Long”

15. Chase Matthew…”Here Without You”, which is tribute to Brad Arnold of 3 Doors Down.

16. Graham Barham…”COUNTRY MUSIC”

17. Jackson Dean…”Wildfire”

18. Blake Whiten…”Break Me”

19. Alana Springsteen…”note to self”

20. Ingrid Andress…”Now I Know”

Ice on cement is never a great combination for tires or your feet.

You also don’t want to start your morning off like this. Seeing this video made my own backside hurt. It was a beautiful start to this man’s Wednesday until their feet hit some ice on their front porch.

I feel this man’s pain and I would’ve definitely used a sick day after falling down like that too.

No one is going to believe you were late to work because of this. Unless you have video of it.

We’ve all the joke. “Why did the chicken cross the road?” Of course no one really knows the exact reason they had a death wish and we all know the obvious reason. It was obviously to get to the other side.

It’s also not every day that you see chickens crossing the road. Now if you’re living the dream of living in the country…you will. And please slow down to not run them over neither.