Tim McGraw Will Never Give Up His ‘Griswold Family Cruiser’
Tim McGraw posted a video clip on his Instagram this week talking about a family heirloom that he just cannot part with.
In a video featuring his Cadillac Escalade, Tim said, “So I’ve got this at least 20-year-old Cadilac, and it’s still my favorite car; I still love to drive it. I drive it everywhere. It’s kind of like part of the family.” He shows a photo of his young daughters asleep in the back seat and continues, “Forever I would find Happy Meal french fries in it when I was cleaning it.”
McGraw continued, “I’ve got so many memories of taking cheerleaders to ball games, going to softball practices, and going to basketball practices. There was so much time spent with my kids in that car; we call it the ‘Griswold Family Cruiser,’ because it is just this big sort of tank. God, we’ve driven it across the country five or six times. I just can’t bear to get rid of it.”
He then explained that he would show up at events in the vehicle when other stars would be driving BMWs and Mercedes, and his security guard would be embarrassed by his mode of transportation. He concluded the video clip by saying he would never get rid of his Griswold Family Cruiser.
He captioned the video clip, “Who else has a little bit of Griswold spirit in their family? We keep it going year-round in the Escalade!! The memories flood back in this time of year…”
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In another holiday post, Tim shared a photo of this year’s family Christmas tree in their home near Nashville. In the caption, he explained why the tree was not perfect. He wrote, “Merry Christmas! Hope everyone is finding some peace at this time of year… I know the angel is leaning, kind of a metaphor for life, I guess. But we all have hope for and faith in a better world tomorrow… Love one another; after all, that’s the real message.”
Five Things Tim McGraw Told Me Over The Years
2016 - Tim talked about the joy of being a country artist
Michael Loccisano/Getty Images“I love bein’ an artist, and I love bein’ an artist who can call these guys and be able to sing with great people like that. To be able to do that, be in a place in your career where you can call somebody, and they’ll sing with you. I mean Taylor Swift, Keith Urban, [I get to] play guitar with my wife, and have people say, ‘Yeah, I’ll sing a song with you.’ How cool is that? It’s like I’m bein’ a kid, you know, to ask your favorite artist to be able to sing with you, and they will.”
2015 - Tim talked about how songs affect him
Sarah Crabill/Getty Images“I sort of open myself up to some sort of visceral attack. I think that when you hear a song, it has to affect you, and usually right away, I know if it’s gonna affect me or not. If it doesn’t move me in some sort of way, it can be a physical chill bump reaction, or it can be somethin’ that sort chokes you a bit, or it could be somethin’ that makes you smile or somethin’ that makes you feel happy, make you roll the window down. All those things, somethin’ has to happen, and if somethin’ doesn’t happen, then there’s no need listenin’ to it anymore.”
2020 - How the pandemic affected him
Kevin Winter/Getty Images“You find more meaning in things for sure. Music is at the top of my list for stuff that’s sort of soul food for your heart and for your soul and something that makes that can connect people in a lot of different ways. Music has always been there for me. That’s been my sort of best friend. All throughout my life.”
2020 - McGraw on his mom reacting to dropping out of college to pursue music
Michael Buckner/Getty Images“I knew how hard she how bad she wanted me to go to college. And I was in pre-law. I was going to go to law school and do all that stuff. And it was a pretty good student coming out of high school. I knew how badly she wanted me to do that. And I remember calling her and getting up the nerve to call her, to tell her that I was going to quit college and move to Nashville. And it took me a while to do that. And when I told her. She just said, ‘I’m surprised you hadn’t done it already.’ And that was her way of just telling me, go do it.”
