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His mother was a waitress named Betty Trimble (née D'Agostino) and his father was Tug McGraw, a famous relief pitcher for the New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies. McGraw's father was of Scotch-Irish descent, his mother was of Italian and Irish descent. Trimble raised Tim in Start, Louisiana, near Monroe. Tim grew up believing his birth father was Horace Smith, who was actually his step-father, until he discovered his birth certificate in his mother's closet at the age of 11. It was then that his mother told him that his birth father was Tug McGraw. Growing up, Tim loved to play baseball and other competitive sports. Soon after, he grew a love for music as well. He attended Northeast Louisiana University on a baseball scholarship, where he was a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. During this period, he learned to play guitar and would frequently perform and sing for tips. He dropped out of college in 1989 in order to head to Nashville and pursue a musical career. He was discovered busking for tips in front of a hot dog stand known as HounDogs in Nashville, since HounDogs had a small stage exclusively for buskers to perform on. Many Nashville noteworthies played there at one time or another.
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