(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that’s happening with country music artists behind the scenes and
out of the spotlight.)
Last summer, before one of his big shows with Kenny
Chesney, Tim McGraw played a few songs backstage for a handful of
lucky listeners. One of those songs was a new one, called “Book of John,” which he said was his favorite off his now-released
Two Lanes of Freedom album. I loved it then, but now that I’ve had the album for a few weeks, I really love
it. It’s about going through your father’s scrapbook the night before his funeral. So it’s a downer, but a very, very poignant
message. I recently had the chance to talk to one of the song’s writers, Greg Becker, and found out more about where the idea
came from.
“Last year, I was at the
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