McBride & the Ride
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| McBride & the Ride | |
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| Also known as | Terry McBride & the Ride |
| Origin | Nashville, Tennessee, USA |
| Genre(s) | Country |
| Years active | 1989-1994, 2000-2002 |
| Label(s) | MCA Dualtone |
| Associated acts | Brooks & Dunn |
| Former members | |
| Keith Edwards Randy Frazier Terry McBride Gary Morse Ray Herndon Jeff Roach Billy Thomas Kenny Vaughn |
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McBride & the Ride was an American country music band consisting of Terry McBride (lead vocals, bass guitar), Ray Herndon (vocals, lead guitar, Dobro) and Billy Thomas (vocals, drums). The group was founded in 1989 through the assistance of record producer Tony Brown, who wanted to create a new country music act to compete with the likes of Alabama and other country bands.
McBride & the Ride's first three albums — Burnin' Up the Road, Sacred Ground, and Hurry Sundown, released in 1991, 1992, and 1993, respectively — were all issued on MCA Records, utilizing the original three-piece lineup. These albums also produced several hits on the Billboard country music charts, including the Top 5 hits "Sacred Ground" (#2), "Going Out of My Mind" (#5), "Just One Night" (#5) and "Love on the Loose, Heart on the Run" (#3).
In 1994, Herndon and Thomas left the group, which was subsequently re-named Terry McBride & the Ride. Terry remained as lead singer, while the other members were replaced with Keith Edwards (drums), Randy Frasier (bass guitar), Kenny Vaughn (lead guitar), Gary Morse (steel guitar) and Jeff Roach (keyboards). This six-piece lineup produced a fourth album (1994's Terry McBride & the Ride) and additional, low-charting singles before a 1995 disbanding. A compilation album entitled Country's Best was issued by MCA in 1996.
McBride, Thomas and Herndon briefly reunited as McBride & the Ride in 2002, releasing their final album (Amarillo Sky) on the Dualtone Records label that year before splitting up again. McBride has since joined the backing band for the country duo Brooks & Dunn, in addition to co-writing several of the duo's songs.
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[edit] Beginnings
McBride & the Ride was created in 1989 when Tony Brown, then the executive vice president of MCA Records, introduced singer-songwriter and musician Ray Herndon to two other singer-songwriters: bass guitarist Terry McBride and drummer Billy Thomas. Brown had planned to use these three singers as the foundation of a country music band, in order to compete with such groups as Alabama.[1][2] Herndon, who had previously toured with Lyle Lovett, had never met the other musicians before; however, he and the other members of the band instantly found that they worked well together.[1][3]
[edit] Musical career
McBride & the Ride performed its first concert in Detroit, Michigan in 1991.[1] Later that year, their first album, titled Burnin' Up the Road, was released, with two of its singles entering the Billboard country charts.[1] Sacred Ground, their second album, came out a year later, with three of its four singles becoming Top 5 hits on the country charts, including the song "Sacred Ground", which peaked at #2.[1] This song was co-written by Kix Brooks, one half of country duo Brooks & Dunn; Brooks' rendition was released in 1989 from his solo album Kix Brooks, and was a minor chart single for him that year as well.[2] More than four years after its release, Sacred Ground was certified gold in the U.S.
McBride & the Ride's third studio album, Hurry Sundown, was released in 1993. It produced their fourth and final Top 5 hit in "Love on the Loose, Heart on the Run", as well as a Top 20 hit in its title track.[1] A year later, the band also charted with the song "No More Cryin'", a selection from the soundtrack to the 1994 film 8 Seconds.[1]
[edit] Mid-1990s: Change to Terry McBride & the Ride
In late 1994, Herndon and Thomas left the group in search of solo careers. Replacing them were Keith Edwards (drums), Kenny Vaughn (guitar), Randy Frasier (bass guitar), Gary Morse (steel guitar), and Jeff Roach (keyboards); Roach had formerly played in their road band, while Frasier was a former member of another band called Palmoino Road.[2][4] (Frasier's role as bass guitarist allowed for McBride to focus more on being the band's frontman.[4]) The band was then renamed Terry McBride & The Ride; one album (also titled Terry McBride & the Ride) and three singles were released under the new name and lineup before the members parted ways in 1994,[1] although MCA released a greatest-hits package entitled Country's Best in 1996.
By the mid-1990s, Herndon and McBride had both found success as songwriters during McBride & the Ride's hiatus. Herndon co-wrote Kenny Chesney's 1996 single "Me and You", while McBride co-wrote several hits for Brooks & Dunn, including "I Am That Man" and "If You See Him/If You See Her" (the latter, a duet with Reba McEntire).[5] Billy Thomas, meanwhile, toured with Vince Gill, and performed as a studio musician.[5]
[edit] Reunion and second disbanding
In September of 2000, Herndon decided to re-unite with McBride and Thomas after meeting them at a show. Again assuming the name McBride & the Ride, the trio then recorded demo tapes and searched around for a record deal, eventually signing to the independent Dualtone Records label in 2002.
Their only album for Dualtone, titled Amarillo Sky, was released in September of that year.[1] Its lead-off single, a cover of The Who's "Squeeze Box", failed to chart,[5] while "Anything That Touches You", the second single, reached the lower regions of the country charts. The album's title track, co-written by Big Kenny and John Rich of Big & Rich, would also be recorded by singer Jason Aldean on his 2005 album Jason Aldean; Aldean's version was a Top 5 country hit for him in late 2006-early 2007.
McBride & the Ride's members disbanded a second time after the release of Amarillo Sky. Since then, McBride has joined Brooks & Dunn's road band, in which he plays bass guitar; he has continued to co-write songs for the duo as well.[5] (McBride also co-wrote Josh Gracin's 2006 single "Stay with Me (Brass Bed)".) Ray Herndon released a solo album titled Livin' the Dream in 2005; its first single was a duet with Clint Black, entitled "A Grain of Salt".
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Year | Title | Label | US Country | US 200 | US Heat | RIAA |
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| 1991 | Burnin' Up the Road | MCA | 27 | 180 | ||
| 1992 | Sacred Ground | 27 | 144 | 3 | Gold | |
| 1993 | Hurry Sundown | 53 | 17 | |||
| 1994 | Terry McBride & the Ride (as Terry McBride & the Ride) | |||||
| 1996 | Country's Best | |||||
| 2002 | Amarillo Sky | Dualtone |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | US Country | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | "Every Step of the Way"A | Burnin' Up the Road | |
| 1991 | "Can I Count on You" | 19 | |
| "Same Old Star" | 28 | ||
| 1992 | "Sacred Ground" | 2 | Sacred Ground |
| "Going Out of My Mind" | 5 | ||
| 1993 | "Just One Night" | 5 | |
| "Love on the Loose, Heart on the Run" | 3 | Hurry Sundown | |
| "Hurry Sundown" | 17 | ||
| 1994 | "No More Cryin'" | 26 | 8 Seconds (soundtrack) |
| "Been There"B | 45 | Terry McBride & the Ride | |
| "High Hopes and Empty Pockets"B | 72 | ||
| 1995 | "Somebody Will"B | 57 | |
| 2002 | "Squeeze Box"A | Amarillo Sky | |
| "Anything That Touches You" | 50 |
- AFailed to chart.
- BCredited to Terry McBride & the Ride.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Brennan, Sandra. McBride & the Ride Biography (html). All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2007-07-18.
- ^ a b c McBride & the Ride Biography (html). Oldies.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-18.
- ^ Ray Herndon ready for the spotlight (html). cmt.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-18.
- ^ a b Mansfield, Brian (March 1994). "McBride & the Ride: Now They Are Six". New Country 1 (1): 11.
- ^ a b c d McBride & the Ride Remount (html). cmt.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-18.
