Scotty McCreery and Tim McGraw: “Live Like You Were Dying”

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Baby lock the doors and turn those lights down low — A new American Idol has been crowned in talented country wunderkind Scotty McCreery. We took a 50/50 chance and predicted otherwise. But we’re happy for the basso profundo superstar.

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Watch Scotty join one of his heroes, Tim McGraw, for an impassioned duet on McGraw’s 2004 #1 hit, “Live Like You Were Dying,” on the show’s season finale.

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