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Remind Me To NEVER Go On Tour With Tim McGraw

Russell Dickerson and Brandon Davis HAVE to be hating life just a little bit.  They are the opening acts on Tim McGraw’s current tour (hitting PNC on Thursday).  That’s a…

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Russell Dickerson and Brandon Davis HAVE to be hating life just a little bit.  They are the opening acts on Tim McGraw's current tour (hitting PNC on Thursday).  That's a good thing.  They and their music are being exposed to huge audiences every night.  The bad thing?  I would imagine having to try to keep up with Tim McGraw during his daily workout.  According to Tim, “We do a big CrossFit training session in the afternoon that usually goes from an hour to an hour and a half. It depends on how everybody holds up. It starts with 10 or 15 people; it ends with four or five sometimes. Then we go get showered up and have dinner, and get ready to do a show.”

You KNOW they must feel shamed into this every day.  I mean, Tim's 20 years older than Russell and 27 years older than Brandon, and he's obviously delivering a savage beating to these guys-daily.  Whatever happened to the guys who partied every night backstage?  I mean, just the other day I saw this from Jake Owen-who is apparently getting up in the middle of the night to torture himself and those around him.

And now, THIS?!  Good Lord, I think I'll pay for a delivery of Insomnia Cookies and Krispy Kreme donuts backstage Thursday night just to see what will happen.  It HAS to resemble putting a cross in front of Dracula, right? <g>

Charlie Nance is the Afternoon Drive co-host (along with his wife) of "The Charlie and Debbie Show" at WSOC, Country 1037 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The couple have been with the radio station since 2006. Charlie has won the prestigious CMA (Country Music Association) Award for Radio Personality of the Year and has been a finalist for the Country Radio Hall of Fame four times. Prior to his time in Charlotte, Charlie (along with Debbie) spent more than a decade hosting successful morning radio shows in Greenville, SC; Augusta, Ga; and Birmingham, Al. As a content creator for Country 1037, Charlie writes about dream lottery windfalls, sports, restaurants and bars, and travel experiences in North and South Carolina.