# Terry McBride (musician)

Terry McBride (born September 16, 1958) is an American country music artist. Between 1989 and 1994, and again from 2000 to 2002, McBride was the lead vocalist and bass guitarist in the band McBride & the Ride, a country music group which recorded four studio albums, received CMA and ACM Nominations for Vocal Group of the Year, and charted more than ten singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. The trio reunited a second time in 2021 and is currently touring throughout the country in support of their comeback EP, Marlboros & Avon. McBride continues to write and record solo music as well, including albums Hotels & Highways and Rebels & Angels. He is also the son of 1970s country singer Dale McBride.

## McBride & The Ride

In 1989, record producer Tony Brown (record producer) introduced McBride to guitarist Ray Herndon and drummer Billy Thomas at CMA Fan Fair in Nashville, Tennessee. Together, the trio record McBride & The Ride's debut album Burnin' Up the Road which featured five singles including "Same Old Star" and "Can I Count On You".
Following the success of their debut record, the band went back to the studio in 1992 to record their sophomore record, Sacred Ground (McBride & the Ride album). It produced three singles for the trio, all of which were Top Five hits on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts: "Just One Night", "Going out of My Mind", and "Sacred Ground", which was originally recorded by Kix Brooks (of Brooks & Dunn) on his self-titled debut album. Also included on this album is a cover of "All I Have to Offer You Is Me", originally recorded by Charley Pride. The album has also been certified gold by the RIAA.
1993 saw the release of Hurry Sundown (McBride & the Ride album). Released on MCA Records, it produced the hit singles "Love on the Loose, Heart on the Run" and the title track, which peaked at #3 and #17, respectively, on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks.
In 1994, the label removed Herndon and Thomas from the group, which was renamed Terry McBride & the Ride. McBride remained lead singer, while the other members were replaced with Keith Edwards (drums), Kenny Vaughan (electric guitar), Gary Morse (steel guitar), Jeff Roach (keyboards), and Randy Frazier (bass guitar). Roach and Vaughan were respectively replaced by Rick Gerken and Bob Britt shortly before their fourth album (1994's Terry McBride & the Ride), after which McBride & the Ride disbanded.
In September 2000, Herndon reunited with McBride and Thomas after meeting them at a party at the Handlebar-J Restaurant & Bar in Scottsdale, Arizona, to celebrate the club's 25th anniversary. After they performed "No More Cryin'" there, Herndon suggested that they officially reunite as McBride & the Ride. The trio recorded demo tapes and began searching for a record deal, signing to the independent Dualtone Records in 2002. Working with record producer Matt Rollings, McBride & the Ride recorded its only album for Dualtone, titled Amarillo Sky (album), and released it in September of that year.
McBride, Herndon, and Thomas reformed McBride & the Ride a second time in late 2021. In February 2022, the band had their first Nashville concert in 20 years. On November 4, 2022, the band released a new single titled "Marlboros & Avon". This was followed in March 2023 by a second single titled "Along Comes a Girl". Both of these songs will be included on an extended play also titled Along Comes a Girl, slated for release later in the year.

## Solo career

After McBride & the Ride disbanded in 1995, he found work as a songwriter, with country duo Brooks & Dunn recording more than two dozen of his songs. This figure includes the Number One hits "If You See Him/If You See Her" (recorded with Reba McEntire,) and "Play Something Country". In addition, McBride co-wrote Josh Gracin's 2005 single "Stay with Me (Brass Bed)". For his contributions as a songwriter, McBride has won 12 awards from Broadcast Music Incorporated.
McBride also co-wrote Reba McEntire's 2010 single "I Keep On Loving You", Casey James' 2011 single "Let's Don't Call It a Night" and several tracks on former Brooks & Dunn member Ronnie Dunn's debut album.
In 2017, McBride released his first solo record, an extended play titled Hotels & Highways.
In 2020, McBride released the album, Rebels & Angels, including 9 songs.
In 2021, McBride co-wrote several songs with country artist Drake Milligan, including "Sounds Like Something I'd Do", "Tipping Point", and "Cowboy Kind of Way", all of which would appear on Milligan's debut LP, Dallas/Fort Worth (album).
On February 24, 2024, the Texas Heritage Songwriters Association inducted McBride into the Texas Songwriters Hall of Fame alongside Eric Johnson, Jack Ingram, Jon Randall, and Ruthie Foster.

## Discography
### Terry McBride

* Hotels & Highways (2017)
* Rebels & Angels (2020)

### McBride & the Ride

* Burnin' Up the Road (1990)
* Sacred Ground (1992)
* Hurry Sundown (1993)
* Terry McBride & the Ride (1994)
* Amarillo Sky (2002)

### Songwriting credits

Discography :
| Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with | Notes |
| Alan Jackson | Thirty Miles West (2012) | "Gonna Come Back as a Country Song” | Chris Stapleton | Album cut |
| Brooks and Dunn | Borderline (1996) | "I Am That Man" | Monty Powell | Single |
| Brooks and Dunn | The Greatest Hits Collection (1997) | "He's Got You" | Ronnie Dunn | Single |
| Brooks and Dunn | If You See Her (1998) | "I Can't Get Over You" | Ronnie Dunn | Single |
| Brooks and Dunn | If You See Her (1998) | "If You See Her" | Tommy Lee James, Jennifer Kimball | Single |
| Brooks and Dunn | If You See Her (1998) | "Your Love Don't Take a Backseat to Nothing" | Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn | Album cut |
| Brooks and Dunn | Tight Rope (1999) | "Goin' Under Gettin' Over You" | Ronnie Dunn | Album cut |
| Brooks and Dunn | Tight Rope (1999) | "Hurt Train" | Ronnie Dunn | Album cut |
| Brooks and Dunn | Tight Rope (1999) | "You'll Always Be Loved By Me" | Ronnie Dunn | Single |
| Brooks and Dunn | Tight Rope (1999) | "Beer Thirty" | Ronnie Dunn | Single |
| Brooks and Dunn | Tight Rope (1999) | "All Out of Love" | Ronnie Dunn | Album cut |
| Brooks and Dunn | Steers & Stripes (2001) | "Good Girls Go to Heaven" | Ronnie Dunn, Shawn Camp | Album cut |
| Brooks and Dunn | Steers & Stripes (2001) | "Deny, Deny, Deny" | Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn, Shawn Camp, Bob DiPiero | Album cut |
| Brooks and Dunn | Steers & Stripes (2001) | "Lucky Me, Lonely You" | Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn, Shawn Camp, Bob DiPiero | Album cut |
| Brooks and Dunn | Red Dirt Road (2003) | "That's What She Gets for Loving Me" | Ronnie Dunn | Single |
| Brooks and Dunn | Red Dirt Road (2003) | "Feels Good Don't It" | Ronnie Dunn | Album cut |
| Brooks and Dunn | Red Dirt Road (2003) | "She Was Born to Run" | Ronnie Dunn, Kenny Beard | Album cut |
| Brooks and Dunn | Hillbilly Deluxe (2005) | "Play Something Country" | Ronnie Dunn | Single |
| Brooks and Dunn | Hillbilly Deluxe (2005) | "She's About as Lonely as I'm Going to Let Her Get" | Ronnie Dunn | Album cut |
| Brooks and Dunn | Hillbilly Deluxe (2005) | "Whiskey Do My Talkin'" | Ronnie Dunn | Album cut |
| Brooks and Dunn | Hillbilly Deluxe (2005) | "Just Another Neon Night" | Ronnie Dunn | Album cut |
| Brooks and Dunn | Hillbilly Deluxe (2005) | "I May Never Get Over You" | Ronnie Dunn | Album cut |
| Brooks and Dunn | Cowboy Town (2007) | "Proud of the House We Built" | Ronnie Dunn, Marv Green | Single |
| Brooks and Dunn | Cowboy Town (2007) | "Cowgirls Don't Cry" | Ronnie Dunn | Single |
| Brooks and Dunn | Cowboy Town (2007) | "Tequila " | Ronnie Dunn | Album cut |
| Casey James | Casey James (2012) | "Let's Don't Call It a Night" | Casey James, Brice Long | Single |
| Casey James | Casey James (2012) | "Love the Way You Miss Me" | Casey James, Brice Long | Album cut |
| Clare Dunn | Clare Dunn | "Cowboy Side of You" | Clare Dunn, Brandon Hood | Album cut |
| Cody Johnson | Gotta Be Me (2016) | "Every Scar Has A Story" | Cody Johnson | Album cut |
| Cole Swindell | You Should Be Here | "Up" | Brad Tursi | Album cut |
| David Ball | Starlite Lounge | "Hangin' in and Hangin' On" | Gary Nicholson, Ray Herndon, Billy Thomas | Album cut |
| David Ball | Play | "Hasta Luego My Love" | Tommy Lee James, Jennifer Kimball | Album cut |
| Drake Milligan | Dallas/Fort Worth | "Sounds Like Something I'd Do" | Brett Beavers, Drake Milligan | Single |
| Drake Milligan | Dallas/Fort Worth | "Tipping Point" | Brandon Hood, Josh London, Drake Milligan | Album cut |
| Drake Milligan | Dallas/Fort Worth | "Cowboy Kind of Way" | Brandon Hood, Drake Milligan | Album cut |
| Easton Corbin | About to Get Real (2015) | "Are You With Me" | Tommy Lee James, Shane McAnally | Single |
| Easton Corbin | About to Get Real (2015) | "Wild Women and Whiskey” | Ronnie Dunn | Album cut |
| Emerson Drive | Tilt a Whirl (2015) | "Till the Summer's Gone" | Skip Black, Matt Nolen | Single (Canada) |
| Garth Brooks | Man Against Machine (2014) | "All-American Kid" | Craig Campbell, Brice Long | Album cut |
| George Canyon | I Got This (2016) | "Lifetime" | George Canyon, Brice Long | Album cut |
| George Ducas | George Ducas (1994) | "Teardrops" | George Ducas | Single |
| George Strait | Always Never the Same (1999) | "Always Never the Same" | Marv Green | Album cut |
| George Strait | Lead On (1994) | "Nobody Has to Get Hurt” | Jim Lauderdale | Album cut |
| Gord Bamford | Is It Friday Yet? (2012) | "Farm Girl Strong" | Gord Bamford, Byron Hill | Single |
| Gord Bamford | Is It Friday Yet? (2012) | "She Makes Me Look Good" | Gord Bamford, Byron Hill | Album cut |
| Gretchen Wilson | I Got Your Country Right Here (2010) | "Outlaws and Renegades" | Chris Stapleton | Album cut |
| Hank Williams, Jr. | It's About Time (2016) | "Those Days Are Gone" | Chris Janson, Brice Long | Album cut |
| Jack Ingram | Live Wherever You Are (2006) | "How Many Days?" | Jim Lauderdale | Album cut |
| James Otto | Shake What God Gave Ya (2010) | "She Comes To Me" | Chris Stapleton | Album cut |
| Jason Michael Carroll | Waitin' in the Country (2007) | "Let It Rain" | Jason Michael Carroll | Album cut |
| Jedd Hughes | Transcontinental (2004) | "I'm Your Man" | Jedd Hughes, Josh Leo | Album cut |
| Jedd Hughes | Transcontinental (2004) | "I'll Keep Movin'" | Jedd Hughes | Album cut |
| Jedd Hughes | Transcontinental (2004) | "Snake in the Grass" | Jedd Hughes | Album cut |
| Jedd Hughes | Transcontinental (2004) | "Time to Say Goodnight (Sweet Dreams Baby)" | Jedd Hughes, Tommy Lee James | Album cut |
| Jedd Hughes | Transcontinental (2004) | "I Don't Have a Clue" | Jedd Hughes, Al Anderson | Album cut |
| Jedd Hughes | Transcontinental (2004) | "Soldier for the Lonely" | Jedd Hughes | Single |
| Jedd Hughes | Transcontinental (2004) | "High Lonesome" | Jedd Hughes, Billy Burnette | Single |
| Jedd Hughes | Transcontinental (2004) | "All Mixed Up" | Jedd Hughes, Bruce Robison | Album cut |
| Jedd Hughes | Transcontinental (2004) | "The Only Girl in Town" | Jedd Hughes | Album cut |
| Jedd Hughes | Transcontinental (2004) | "Damn! You Feel Good" | Jedd Hughes | Album cut |
| Jim Lauderdale | This Changes Everything (2016) | "You Turn Me Around" | Jim Lauderdale | Album cut |
| John Anderson | 8 Seconds | "Burnin' Up the Road" | Bill Carter, Ruth Ellsworth | Album cut |
| Josh Gracin | Josh Gracin (2004) | "Stay with Me (Brass Bed)" | Brett James, Jedd Hughes | Single |
| Josh Ward | More Than I Deserve (2018) | "All About Lovin'" | Chris Stapleton, Brice Long | Single |
| Josh Ward | More Than I Deserve (2018) | "Say Hello to Goodbye" | Marv Green | Album cut |
| Josh Ward | More Than I Deserve (2018) | "Another Heartache" | Brice Long, Brinley Addington | Album cut |
| Kix Brooks | New to This Town (2012) | "New to This Town" | Kix Brooks, Marv Green | Single |
| Kenny Rogers | There You Go Again (2000) | "There You Go Again" | Tommy Lee James, Jennifer Kimball | Single |
| Lonesome River Band | Still Learning (2010) | "High Lonesome" | Jedd Hughes, Billy Burnette | Album cut |
| Lost Frequencies | Less Is More | "Are You With Me" | Tommy Lee James, Jennifer Kimball | Single |
| McBride & The Ride | Burnin’ Up The Road (1990) | "Ain't No Big Deal" | Bill Carter, Ruth Ellsworth | Album cut |
| McBride & The Ride | Burnin’ Up The Road (1990) | "Felica" | Bill Carter, Ruth Ellsworth | Album cut |
| McBride & The Ride | Burnin’ Up The Road (1990) | "Same Old Star" | Bill Carter, Ruth Ellsworth, Gary Nicholson | Single |
| McBride & The Ride | Burnin’ Up The Road (1990) | "Every Step of the Way" | Bill Carter, Ruth Ellsworth | Album cut |
| McBride & The Ride | Burnin’ Up The Road (1990) | "Chains of Memory" | Bill Carter, Ruth Ellsworth | Album cut |
| McBride & The Ride | Burnin’ Up The Road (1990) | "Can I Count On You" | Bill Carter, Ruth Ellsworth | Single |
| McBride & The Ride | Burnin’ Up The Road (1990) | "Burnin' Up the Road" | Bill Carter, Ruth Ellsworth | Album cut |
| McBride & The Ride | Burnin’ Up The Road (1990) | "Nobody's Fool" | Bill Carter, Ruth Ellsworth | Album cut |
| McBride & The Ride | Burnin’ Up The Road (1990) | "Turn to Blue" | Rosie Flores | Album cut |
| McBride & The Ride | Sacred Ground | "Love's On the Line" | Gary Nicholson | Album cut |
| McBride & The Ride | Sacred Ground | "Makin' Real Good Time" | Allen Shamblin | Album cut |
| McBride & The Ride | Sacred Ground | "Going Out of My Mind" | Kostas | Single |
| McBride & The Ride | Sacred Ground | "Trick Rider" | Bill Carter, Ruth Ellsworth | Album cut |
| McBride & The Ride | Sacred Ground | "I'm the One" | Gary Nicholson | Album cut |
| McBride & The Ride | Sacred Ground | "Just One Night" | | Single |
| McBride & The Ride | Hurry Sundown (1993) | "Don't Be Mean to Me" | | Album cut |
| McBride & The Ride | Hurry Sundown (1993) | "The Promised Land" | Bob DiPiero, John Scott Sherill | Album cut |
| McBride & The Ride | Hurry Sundown (1993) | "Hangin' In and Hangin' On" | Billy Thomas, Ray Herndon, Gary Nicholson | Album cut |
| McBride & The Ride | Hurry Sundown (1993) | "Tell Me Again" | Walt Aldridge | Album cut |
| McBride & The Ride | Hurry Sundown (1993) | "Cream of the Crop" | Ronny Scaife | Album cut |
| McBride & The Ride | Hurry Sundown (1993) | "Hold Onto Me and Let Go of the Past" | Curtis Wright | Album cut |
| McBride & The Ride | 8 Seconds | "No More Cryin'" | Josh Leo | Single |
| McBride & The Ride | Terry McBride & The Ride (1994) | "Teardrops" | George Ducas | Album cut |
| McBride & The Ride | Terry McBride & The Ride (1994) | "I'd Be Lyin'" | Josh Leo | Album cut |
| McBride & The Ride | Terry McBride & The Ride (1994) | "I'll See You Again Someday" | Tim Mensey | Album cut |
| McBride & The Ride | Terry McBride & The Ride (1994) | "He's Living in My Dreams" | Walt Aldridge | Album cut |
| McBride & The Ride | Amarillo Sky (2002) | "Sure Feels Like It" | Steve Bogard, Marv Green | Album cut |
| McBride & The Ride | Amarillo Sky (2002) | "Anything that Touches You" | Steve Bogard, Marv Green | Single |
| McBride & The Ride | Amarillo Sky (2002) | "You Take My Heart There" | Marv Green | Album cut |
| McBride & The Ride | Amarillo Sky (2002) | "Leave Her with Me" | Vicky McGehee, Wendell Mobley | Album cut |
| McBride & The Ride | Amarillo Sky (2002) | "Yours" | Ray Herndon, Billy Thomas, Gary Nicholson | Album cut |
| McBride & The Ride | Amarillo Sky (2002) | "Hasta Luego" | Tommy Lee James, Jennifer Kimball | Album cut |
| McBride & The Ride | Amarillo Sky (2002) | "When Somebody Loves You" | Ray Herndon, Billy Thomas, Gary Nicholson | Album cut |
| Reba McEntire | If You See Him (1998) | "If You See Him" | Tommy Lee James, Jennifer Kimball | Single |
| Reba McEntire | All the Woman I Am (2008) | "A Little Want To" | Brice Long | Album cut |
| Reba McEntire | Keep On Loving You (2009) | "I Keep On Loving You" | Ronnie Dunn | Single |
| Ricky Van Shelton | Fried Green Tomatoes | "I'm the One" | Gary Nicholson | Album cut |
| Ronnie Dunn |
| Ronnie Dunn | Ronnie Dunn (2011) | "How Far to Waco" | Ronnie Dunn | Album cut |
| Ronnie Dunn | Ronnie Dunn (2011) | "I Can't Help Myself" | Ronnie Dunn | Album cut |
| Ronnie Dunn | Ronnie Dunn (2011) | "Love Owes Me One" | Ronnie Dunn, Bobby Pinson | Album cut |
| Rosie Flores | Dance Hall Dreams (1999) | "Little Bit More" | Rosie Flores | Album cut |
| Trace Adkins | Something's Going On (2017) | "Ain't Just the Whiskey Talkin'" | Brett Beavers | Album cut |
| Triston Marez | That Was All Me (2019) | "Dizzy” | Brice Long, Ryan Griffin | Album cut |
| Wade Hayes | Highways & Heartaches (2000) | "Up and Down" | Marv Green | Album cut |

## Awards and nominations
### As McBride & the Ride

| Year | Ceremony | Category | Result |
| 1992 | Academy of Country Music Awards | New Vocal Duo or Group of the Year | Nominated |
| 1992 | Country Music Association Awards | Vocal Group of the Year | Nominated |
| 1993 | Academy of Country Music Awards | Vocal Group of the Year | Nominated |

### As Terry McBride

| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
| 2009 | BMI Awards | President's Award | "Cowgirls Don't Cry" | Won |