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Tim McGraw Drops Surprise EP ‘Poet’s Resume’

Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group

Tim McGraw is celebrating his 46th number-one song, “Standing Room Only.” He surprised fans by dropping six new songs on an EP called Poet’s Resumé, which is out now.

This caps off a packed year for McGraw. In 2023, he released his 17th studio album, Standing Room Only, and received the ACM Icon Award and the Nashville Songwriters Association International’s President’s Keystone Award.

With this most recent No. 1, McGraw has now amassed 69 Top 10 radio hits throughout his career. He extends his Mediabase record for the most weeks at #1 with all titles to 74 weeks. In the process, he set the record for the longest span from first to latest at 29 years and six months, surpassing George Strait.

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McGraw posted the news on his Instagram yesterday (11/20), writing, “Woke up this morning to find out ‘Standing Room Only’ just went Number 1…. the 46th song to top the Country Radio charts in my career.”

He added, “I can’t believe it, I’m overwhelmed with gratitude!! Thank you to Country Radio and everyone listening! Check out the new playlist of #1’s and stay tuned for a big surprise coming tonight…”

See that post here.

He later posted a handwritten note to fans saying, “In the spirit of being grateful, I’m so grateful for all of you and the ways you have supported me, my family, and my music thru the years. Here’s a little surprise dropping a few songs you’ve never heard, Enjoy!”

See that post here.

Poet’s Resumé was produced by McGraw and his longtime producing partner Byron Gallimore and features songs written by some of McGraw’s favorite songwriters.

Poet’s Resumé Tracklist

Runnin’ Outta Love  (Matt McGinn, Lindsay Rimes, Brad Warren, Brett Warren)
Hurt People (Tom Douglas, Sara Beth Go, Brett Taylor)
20 For 30  (Lance Miller, Brad Warren, Brett Warren)
One Bad Habit  (Marc Beeson, Aaron Eshuis, Tony Lane)
Been Around A While  (Steve Dorff, Anthony Smith, Jeffrey Steele)
Poet’s Resumé  (Lori McKenna, Josh Osborne, Scott Stepakoff)

Five Country Stars That Are Licensed Pilots

  • Alan Jackson

    Country Music Hall of Fame member Jackson was flying to and from gigs early in his career and learned how to fly by watching and learning from the pilot. He told us, “When I started flying to work, I got interested in watching the pilot who flew me, and he taught me. At that time, we had a farm with a pretty big grass strip, and I had a plane with amphibious gear so I could land on water, the lake. I just kind of flew around Nashville. I still have my license; I just don’t fly. Denise (his wife) got tired of my flying and worrying about me.”

    Alan Jackson wearing a plaid shirt and cowboy hat on stage playing the guitar
    Rick Diamond/Getty Images

  • Dustin Lynch

    In August of 2022, Dustin revealed on Twitter that he got his pilot’s license. He wrote in a post, “Set a goal, and when you get there…man, it always feels good! First solo flight today.”

    Dustin Lynch on Twitter: "Set a goal, and when you get there...man it always feels good! First solo flight today 👨🏽‍✈️🛫 / Twitter"

    Set a goal, and when you get there...man it always feels good! First solo flight today 👨🏽‍✈️🛫

    Lynch told us it was a new hobby. He said, “What really pushed me was we weren’t touring. So, it was like, ‘Let’s pick up a new hobby.’ I have some farms that are hard to get to – driving or flying commercially.”

    He posted a video of attending an air show with his friend Swiss to Instagram at the time.

  • Luke Bryan

    Luke told us in 2021 that his new passion is something he started to learn during the pandemic when he purchased a helicopter. And he is a licensed helicopter pilot. He said, “I think that was a big reason why I wanted to learn, and if I’m looking at all these gauges and I know everything is going smoothly, you know it’s just something fun.” Luke also can now compare flight logs with his buddy Dierks Bentley. He offered, “I’ve always had a little envy of Dierks Bentley. Dierks and I have this intellectual competition going on where he can’t out-intellect me. Dierks is like savant smart, so I like to try and challenge my goofy savant smartness against his. So we’re both aviators now, and he can’t one-up me in the aviator game.”

  • Tim McGraw

    Tim is a trained pilot and flies to and from concert dates. His wife Faith Hill and he have a deal never to fly together privately in case something happens so their girls will not lose both parents. He’s been flying for years. In a recent promo for Cirrus airplanes, McGraw says the thing he loves most about flying his own plane is the “relaxation of it.” He added that he loves being up in the air, not having to think about work or “any of that stuff.”

  • Dierks Bentley

    Dierks is one of country music’s most well-known pilots. He flies his own Cessna plane to shows nationwide. His tourmate Jordan Davis recently told us that Dierks saved him recently and helped him make a show.

    Davis told us, “First show of the tour, I’m sitting on an Air Canada flight plane in Toronto. It’s an hour delayed. So I was like, ‘This flight is gonna get canceled; I’m gonna miss the first day of the Dierks tour.’ Then I get a message from my manager that says, ‘Hey, get off the plane; Dierks is gonna re-route and pick us up.” Jordan continues, “True story. He swoops in and picks us up with caked-on sunscreen in his Dierks gear: flip-flops and shorts. I was like, ‘Thanks, dude, for picking me up,’ he says, ‘Yeah man, hop in, we’ll take off.’ We fly to Canada going down to land; something’s on the runway, and we have to pull back up. Dierks is flying the airplane, not like co-piloting; he’s flying the airplane, goes down, pulls back up, circles back around, comes in, and in one of the smoothest landings I’ve ever had in a PJ (personal jet).”

    A couple of years ago, Bentley did a flight safety video.

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.

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