projects

Doing Things and Making Stuff.

That’s what it’s always felt like. Back in college, I was playing in my first bands, recording my first songs, doing my first shows, always working to learn something new and make the next thing better. And I’ve always enjoyed collaboration. With every project I’ve taken on, I’ve been able to work with others to create something special, more special than if I’d worked alone.

Here are some of the projects I’ve left my fingerprints on over the years.

		Let It Go
		artist:	Tim McGraw
		date:	Released March 2007
		role:	Keyboardist
		notable:	Album debuts at #1 on the Top 200 chart as well as #1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart. It also debuts at #1 in Canada. This marks the third largest album debut of McGraw's career, topping sales of 330,000 in its first week. Let It Go is McGraw's third studio album recorded with McMahon and the rest of the Dancehall Doctors.

		Flicka: Motion Picture Soundtrack
		artist:	Various Artists
		date:	October 2006
		role:	Keyboardist
		notable:	Features the hit single “My Little Girl,” written by Tim McGraw and tunesmith Tom Douglas and recorded by McGraw and his band, the Dancehall Doctors. Bandmember Jeff McMahon serves as keyboardist for the celebrated track.

		Tim McGraw Reflected: Hits Volume 2
		artist:	Tim McGraw
		date:	March 2006
		role:	Keyboardist
		notable:	Debuted at #1 on the Billboard Country Album chart. Debuted at #1 on Top Internet Chart as most downloaded album. Debuted at #2 on Billboard Top 200 albums chart. Certified triple platinum.
		other:	Tim McGraw Reflected: Hits Vol. 2 Debuts #1 Country

		Live 8 (2005) - DVD
		artist:	Various Artists
		date:	November 8, 2005
		role:	Keyboardist/vocalist
		notable:	McMahon performs with both Tim McGraw and Faith Hill in Rome, Italy as they join artists from across the world in this unprecedented concert event to raise funds and public consciousness for hunger and poverty relief in Africa.

		Ya Gotta Believe!
		authors:	Tug McGraw, Don Yaeger, Jeff McMahon
		date:	Published March 2005
		role:	Contributing Author
		notable:	National bestseller. Reviews: "[The] humorous and heart-wrenching autobiography of the beloved and kookie Mets and Phillies closer." - New York Daily News; "An amazing story (the title says it all) and a lasting legacy." - Rocky Mountain News
		other:	New Chapter For Tug McGraw Autobiography

		Entertainment Power Players
		author:	Dackeyia Q. Sterling
		date:	Published April 2004
		role:	Featured artist
		notable:	This book on the entertainment business includes a feature interview with Jeff McMahon as well as others from the film, television, and music industries. Also included are Melissa Gilbert (actress/SAG President) and Robi Reed-Humes (casting agent for the film Antwone Fisher starring Denzel Washington).
		other:	Entertainment Power Players Features McMahon

		Live Like You Were Dying
		artist:	Tim McGraw
		date:	Released August 2004
		role:	Keyboardist
		notable:	10-weeks #1 single for "Live Like You Were Dying." Single and Song of the Year awards for "Live Like You Were Dying" at the 2004 CMA Awards. Debut at #1 on both pop and country charts with career-best 766,739 copies sold the first week. Certified double-platinum in first five weeks. Grammy nominations for both Album of the Year and Song for "Live Like You Were Dying."
		other:	First Song From Upcoming Album Is #1 Smash Anticipation Grows As New Album Is Released Hot Single Goes For The Heart

		Music Row Dogs and Nashville Cats
		authors:	Karen Will Rogers and Laura Lacy
		date:	Published June 2004
		role:	Featured Artist
		notable:	McMahon, accompanied by his buddy Boomer, joined many other notable country music artists and their pets for this project which raises awareness and funds for animal rescue organizations
		other:	McMahon Featured in Pet Book Project

		Much Ado About Nothing
		theatre:	Circle Players - Nashville, TN
		playwright:	William Shakespeare
		date:	January 10-26, 2003
		role:	Actor - Borachio
		notable:	“The screwball comedy air [director Melissa Williams] wraps around the Bard’s play fits like an evening glove.” (Evans Donnell, theatre critic for The Tennessean.)
		other:	Much Ado About Nothing

		Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors
		artist:	Tim McGraw
		date:	released November 2002
		role:	Keyboardist
		notable:	"Album of the Year" nomination at the 2003 CMA Awards; multi-platinum with sales of over three million. Set a personal sales record with a debut of 601,745 copies sold the first week. This landmark recording features McGraw recording with his road band for the first time.
		other:	"She's My Kind of Rain" Nominated for Grammy McGraw And The Doctors Hit #1 Yet Again

		Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors: This Is Ours
		authors:	Tim McGraw and Martin Huxley
		date:	November, 26 2002
		role:	Featured artist
		notable:	This stunningly illustrated book, filled with never-before-seen photographs and extracts from his musicians' journals, shares the inside story behind the songs, the touring, and the first recording project to feature McGraw's touring band, the Dancehall Doctors.