Tim McGraw Shares Talent For A Very Special Acoustic Christmas

A Very Special Acoustic Christmas, featuring such artists as Tim
McGraw, Alan Jackson, Willie Nelson, Wynonna Judd, Reba McEntire and
many more, will be released on 14 October 2003.

The sixth album in this popular series features holiday songs by
stellar country and bluegrass artists and is being released on Lost
Highway Records, the Grammy-award winning label that released the
multi-platinum soundtrack to O Brother Where Art Thou?

The lengendary country and bluegrass artists performing on A Very
Special Acoustic Christmas include: Sam Bush, Alan Jackson, Wynonna
Judd, Alison Krauss, Patty Loveless, Reba McEntire, Tim McGraw, Tift
Merrit, Willie Nelson, Kim Richey, Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs, Ralph
Stanley, Marty Stuart, Dan Tyminski, and Rhonda Vincent.

As the holiday season approaches, Shriver hopes that A Very Special
Acoustic Christmas (and the rest of the series) will be considered
for gifts to friends and family. "'A Very Special Christmas' is a
fitting way to spread holiday cheer," said Shriver, "but more
importantly, this gift will help bring the joy of the Special
Olympics Movement to many more children and adults with intellectual
disabilities and providing them the chance of a new life —a life of
participation, pride, teamwork, friendship, and joy!"

For the last eight years, the revenue from the holiday music
collection has been the largest donor to the Special Olympics
movement through the Special Olympics Christmas Record Grant Program,
which disburses album proceeds as grants for worthwhile and
innovative training initiatives that encourage growth, enhance
services, or provide creative new ways to advance the Special
Olympics movement around the world. For more information visit
www.specialolympics.com or www.veryspecial.org.