Tim McGraw has been making albums for over 25 years, and one man who has always been a part of that process with him is his producer, Byron Gallimore. Tim recalls the first time he got together with Byron. He says, “I think I had like $400 left in my bank account and I had a bunch of musician friends because I played music all the time for a couple years around Nashville. So I spent $150 hours to rent a couple hours at Diamond in the Rough and called on all of my best friends who are musicians and I think I had a band of about ten or eleven people that night. We learned a couple hours worth of music and got up there to perform and I sent out invitations to every producer in town, and only a few showed up, not too many. I think I got two calls back and one of them was Byron out of all of those things.”
Tim is grateful that Byron still wanted to work with him after their first meeting because he says, “I showed up at his studio at 10 in the morning. This was, gosh, twenty-five years ago. I showed up at his studio at 10 o’clock in the morning with a bottle of Jack Daniels and he looked at me, I think he thought, ‘What have I gotten myself into? This is gonna be a whole different ball game.’ And slowly we worked together and he helped me figure myself out and figure what it is I wanted to do and we worked together as a team. And gosh I can’t imagine going into the studio ever without him. He’s one of the best there ever is, and he’s certainly one of my best friends.”
Byron co-produced Tim’s latest album, Damn Country Music, with Tim, featuring his latest single, “How I’ll Always Be.”
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Tim McGraw – first impressing Byron Gallimore 1:07 (audio via CT 40)
“I think I had like $400 left in my bank account and I had a bunch of musician friends because I played music all the time for a couple years around Nashville. So I spent $150 hours to rent a couple hours at Diamond in the Rough and called on all of my best friends who are musicians and I think I had a band of about ten or eleven people that night. We learned a couple hours worth of music and got up there to perform and I sent out invitations to every producer in town, and only a few showed up, not too many. I think I got two calls back and one of them was Byron out of all of those things. I went and met with Byron and we agreed to work together. I showed up at his studio at 10 in the morning. This was, gosh, twenty-five years ago. I showed up at his studio at 10 o’clock in the morning with a bottle of Jack Daniels and he looked at me, I think he thought, ‘What have I gotten myself into? This is gonna be a whole different ball game.’ And slowly we worked together and he helped me figure myself out and figure what it is I wanted to do and we worked together as a team. And gosh I can’t imagine going into the studio ever without him. He’s one of the best there ever is, and he’s certainly one of my best friends.”