Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame songwriter Jim McBride, known for writing tracks including Alan Jackson‘s “Chattahoochee” and “Chasin’ That Neon Rainbow,” died Tuesday (Jan. 6) at age 78, reports NBC affiliate WAFF in Huntsville, Ala.
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The Huntsville native got his first guitar at age 21, and by the early 1970s, he had begun bringing his songs to Nashville. Some of his earliest songs were performed on the hit television series Hee Haw, and his first Hot Country Singles charting song came in 1979 with the Leon Everette-recorded “We Let Love Fade Away,” which reached No. 89. That same year, the Ruby Falls-recorded “I’m Gettin’ Into Your Love” reached No. 56. In 1980, Conway Twitty released “A Bridge That Just Won’t Burn,” which reached No. 3 on the Hot Country Singles chart the following year, and McBride soon moved to Music City…