Before directing his big American Express Unstaged show at the Hammerstein Ballroom, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Bennett Miller went down to Tennessee with Tim McGraw to better understand the stories the country music icon tells on stage.
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The pair rode in an old Jeep that had significant meaning for McGraw, as he explains in this exclusive, Miller-directed feature.
“When Faith and I were dating, it was my first headlining tour and she was my opening act, and I wanted to take her out for a cheeseburger and I didn’t have a car, so I asked around and I saw this red Jeep sitting there, it was a local stagehand’s,” McGraw remembered. “I asked the guy if I could borrow his Jeep. So I borrowed his Jeep and we went out and had a cheeseburger, and on the way back, I pulled over on the side of this cornfield, and that’s when I told her I’m flat in love, and either this is going to be a permanent relationship or I’m going to have to get out.”
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Ten years and a romantic gesture later, and we have one of many sweet stories that are told in the video above.
Hill will be joining McGraw on stage on Tuesday night; concert begins at 9 p.m. at AmexUnstaged.com.
