At the CMT Awards Wednesday night, PEOPLE was there to see what the cameras weren t catching Nancy Kruh is a Nashville-based writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has covered the country music scene ...

Thirty-one years ago today, Tim McGraw released the single that would kick off a sting of huge hits and change his career forever.

Here too were a gaggle of managers representing some of the biggest names in country music, including: Frank Bell, 13 Management (Taylor Swift); Jake LaGrone, Spalding Entertainment (Rascal Flatts ...