{"id":2168,"date":"2025-03-30T16:10:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T16:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=2168"},"modified":"2025-03-30T16:10:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T16:10:33","slug":"tim-mcgraw-delivered-an-emotional-tribute-at-the-country-music-hall-of-fame-performing-dont-close-your-eyes-while-playing-keith-whitleys-very-own-guitar-the-heartfelt-moment-honore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=2168","title":{"rendered":"Tim McGraw delivered an emotional tribute at the Country Music Hall of Fame, performing Don\u2019t Close Your Eyes while playing Keith Whitley\u2019s very own guitar. The heartfelt moment honored the late country legend, with McGraw\u2019s voice carrying the weight of Whitley\u2019s enduring legacy. Fans were deeply moved as history and music intertwined in a performance that won\u2019t soon be forgotten."},"content":{"rendered":"<header>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\">Watch Tim McGraw Perform \u201cDon\u2019t Close Your Eyes\u201d With Keith Whitley\u2019s Guitar at Country Music Hall of Fame<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Nashville\u2019s Country Music Hall of Fame &amp; Museum hosted an online fundraiser via YouTube on Oct. 28 that featured a who\u2019s who of country stars.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<p>Big Night (At the Museum) paired country music stars with historic instruments for a one-of-a-kind night of music. Artists taking part included\u00a0<b>Alison Brown<\/b><b>, Kane Brown,\u00a0<\/b><b>Carlene Carter<\/b>,\u00a0<b>Rodney Crowell<\/b>,\u00a0<b>Emmylou Harris<\/b>,\u00a0<b>Miranda Lambert<\/b>,\u00a0<b>Ashley McBryde<\/b>,<b>\u00a0Reba McEntire<\/b>,\u00a0<b>Tim McGraw<\/b>,\u00a0<b>Keb Mo<\/b>,<b>\u00a0Ricky Skaggs<\/b>,\u00a0<b>Marty Stuart\u00a0<\/b>and\u00a0<b>The War and Treaty<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><b>During the show, Tim McGraw played Keith Whitley\u2019s C.W. Parsons acoustic guitar and sang Whitley\u2019s \u201cDon\u2019t Close Your Eyes.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<p>During the free concert, viewers were encouraged to donate to the Museum through\u00a0YouTube Giving.\u00a0More than $500,000 has been raised.<\/p>\n<p>Watch Tim\u2019s performance below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tim McGraw - Don't Close Your Eyes (Keith Whitley Cover)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EtPkZij8sjo\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"350\" data-origheight=\"235\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1200758\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1200758 themify_builder tf_clear\" data-postid=\"1200758\">\n<div class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_ny8q833 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n<div class=\"module_column tb-column column-full tb_4cf8483 first\">\n<div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n<div class=\"module module-text tb_btvx308 photo-credit repeat\">\n<div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n<p>photo courtesy of the Country Music Hall of Fame &amp; Museum<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch Tim McGraw Perform \u201cDon\u2019t Close Your Eyes\u201d With Keith Whitley\u2019s Guitar at Country Music Hall of Fame Nashville\u2019s Country Music Hall of Fame &amp; Museum hosted&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2168"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2170,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2168\/revisions\/2170"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}