Jim McBride
Definition
An acclaimed American country music songwriter (1947–2026), best known for co-writing the #1 hit 'Chattahoochee' with Alan Jackson, as well as other classics like 'A Bridge That Just Won’t Burn' for Conway Twitty and 'Rose in Paradise' for Waylon Jennings.
Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee (2017) whose songs were recorded by over 80 major artists including Johnny Cash, George Jones, Reba McEntire, and Toby Keith, earning multiple BMI Country Awards and contributions to CMA Album of the Year winners.
Huntsville, Alabama native and former president of the Nashville Songwriters Association International, who transitioned from postal worker to full-time hitmaker after early successes in the 1980s.
Examples
Jim McBride's 'Chattahoochee' has my dad blasting the speakers every time we pass a river.
If Jim McBride wrote breakup songs, they'd probably end with everyone back at the honky-tonk laughing.
Thanks to Jim McBride, Alan Jackson's neon rainbow chase feels like my own Monday commute fantasy.
Jim McBride proved you can pen timeless country gold while delivering mail—talk about a bridge that wouldn't burn.