THE BALLOON MAN

Preview: Producer Robert Deaton talks Tim McGraw, Faith Hill’s ‘Soul2Soul’

from: lasvegassun.com

By Robin Leach (contact)

Friday, Dec. 7, 2012

For the past week, country’s leading king and queen Tim McGraw and Faith Hill have been rehearsing behind closed doors for their new show “Soul2Soul” starting tonight at the Venetian’s former “Phantom -- the Las Vegas Spectacular” theater.

After months of putting the show together, it’s still being kept secret until curtain up, and then the first to see it will be a large group of wounded warriors who are being treated to a four-day holiday vacation at the resort. Tim, who works closely with veterans, insisted that they would be his first-night guests.

Tim has only spilled a little about the show. He told CMT: “The focus of this has been to be onstage the entire time together in an intimate setting and make it about us. We will do all of our duets and throw in some surprises.”

We ink-stained wretches will see Saturday’s show, so I had to ask producer Robert Deaton to give us a preview. He’s been the executive producer of the CMA Awards and ABC’s “Duets.” His simple philosophy is “do what you love, love what you do,” and it’s really working well with “Soul2Soul.”

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