Whether you choose to use the word as a noun or a verb, Justin McBride is best described as a quintessential American cowboy. In fact, the 30 year old is a fifth generation cowboy who represents the iconic imagery both personally and professionally.
In the traditional sense, just like his dad and grandpa, as well as another two generations of McBride’s before them, he lives on a working ranch in southwest Oklahoma with his wife and two children. Professionally speaking, McBride is a modern-day hero having won two World Championships as one of the most recognizable bull riders, and when he retired from the PBR after 11 years, he had laid claim to nearly every record in the organization’s history.
Of late, McBride has chronicled the only way of life he’s ever known as a singer, songwriter of tried-and-true cowboy music. Long before he climbed on the back of a bull he grew up in Nebraska listening to Hank Sr., and before he was even a teenager he discovered the music of Chris LeDoux. Just as he once followed the lead of heroes like Jim Sharp and Clint Branger, he’s now following in the footsteps of his earliest musical influences.