Not a Moment Too Soon
It's best to think of McGraw as the Paul Revere of modern country music:  dumb, derivative and too much fun to be easily dismissed. Just as the Raiders  made up for their lack of sophistication with an overabundance of enthusiasm,  McGraw's attractive tenor and unerring commercial instincts transform  tearjerkers like "Don't Take the Girl" and "Wouldn't Want It Any  Other Way" and novelty numbers like "Indian Outlaw" and "It  Doesn't Get Any Countrier Than This" into hard-to-resist, low-brow  entertainment.--Geoffrey Himes