Posted in News on May 27, 2021
Pictured are BMI’s Dan Spears, BMI songwriter Terry McBride, and Payne Media Group President Will Payne before McBride takes the stage at the 2021 International Idea Bank Spring Conference in Durant, Oklahoma.
BMI country songwriter Terry McBride helped the International Broadcasters Idea Bank celebrate their 60th anniversary with a spirited and entertaining performance at their Spring Conference held in person recently at the Choctaw Casino in Durant, Oklahoma. The event, hosted by Payne Media Group President Will Payne, attracted independent radio station owners and executives from across the country. McBride’s group, McBride & The Ride, racked up several top 5 singles, along with a handful of CMA and ACM nominations. When the group disbanded in 1995, McBride focused on his songwriting and wrote major hits for the likes of Brooks & Dunn, Martina McBride, Alan Jackson and George Strait. McBride and The Ride recently reunited a
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Kyle Park: Neo-traditional country singer from Leander is known for songs such as “Don’t Forget Where You Come From,” “Fit for the King” and “Leavin Stephenville.” Caleb Young Band opens. 8 p.m. Friday, Gruene Hall, 1281 Gruene Road, New Braunfels. $75-$315 for tables for two or six, gruenehall.com.
Mark Chesnutt: Country star from Beaumont had a string of hits in the ’90s, including the No. 1 songs “Brother Jukebox,” “It’s a Little Too Late” and “It Sure Is Monday.” His most recent studio album, 2016’s “Tradition Lives,” includes a cover of Merle Haggard’s “There Won’t Be Another Now.” Jon Stork will open the show.
Trisha Yearwood and
Aaron Tippin and
Collin Raye,
Hal Ketchum.
And it really was a class, in the sense that all the acts arriving just as Brooks had attracted the national spotlight to the genre experienced their launch with a greater sense of possibility than many of their predecessors were afforded. Everything was new and buzzy and exciting, recalls McBride & The Ride frontman
Terry McBride. There was that camaraderie of those artists, sort of a kinship and friendship that was being made from seeing these people on the road, touring together, doing these publicity things together. It was everybody kind of excited for everybody.