American Songwriter

On This Day in 2002, Alan Jackson Released His 10th Album, Featuring the Patriotic Country Ballad That Left His Record Label Speechless

On this day, January 15, 2002, this beloved country singer released the No. 1 album featuring a tribute to America's most harrowing day.
American Songwriter

We Just Lost the Hall of Fame Songwriter and Alan Jackson Collaborator Behind Your Favorite Era-Defining Country Hits of the 90s

The world is just learning that the songwriter behind some of the best country songs of the last four decades has died.
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Who was Jim McBride? Songwriter known for Alan Jackson's 'Chattahoochee’ passes away at 78

Jim McBride was an American Nashville Hall of Fame songwriter who was best known for penning Alan Jackson's Chattahoochee.

Jim McBride, Writer of Alan Jackson's 'Chattahoochee,' Dead at 78 as Country Star Pays Tribute

"I don't know if my career would have ended up quite the same without his help," Jackson wrote on McBride on social media ...
Whiskey Riff

Alan Jackson Credits His Legendary Career To Late Songwriter, Jim McBride, In Touching Tribute: “My Longtime Friend”

Touching words from Alan. Yesterday, the news broke that Jim McBride, a legendary country music songwriter and member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, had unexpectedly passed away at the age ...