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McGraw and the younger Borchetta remained friendly and over the last several years McGraw has stopped in to sit and chat from time to time. "And we just talk about things -- `What would you do here? What do you think about this? I want to play this for you,' you know?" Borchetta said. "We've been friendly for 20 years almost. So the conversations over the last few years and him hoping that this opportunity could happen have obviously been a little more pointed
-- `Wouldn't it be cool IF we could work together and what would we do if we got that chance?'" McGraw fills a hole on the Big Machine roster, which was in need of a headlining solo male star, and continues a trend of signing mid-career acts looking for a reboot. McGraw's arrival follows that of Rascal Flatts and Martina McBride. The label's flagship artist is Taylor Swift -- whose first single for Big Machine was "Tim McGraw" coincidentally. But Borchetta's label group also has helped break The Band Perry, the Eli Young Band and Brantley Gilbert recently as well and is home to Reba McEntire. McGraw says that success was hard to ignore. "You want to have a great partner when you're in this business," McGraw said. "You want to have someone you trust and are family that you trust, and a family that's got your back and a family that you know has sort of the same artistic goals that you have, and I feel now I have that. The past is the past. I've had a lot of success. I'm looking forward to more success. ... I feel like in a position now to even jump higher." ___ Online:
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