When she released her first album via Warner Music Nashville, she was shoved into the spotlight.
Getting to where she is wasn’t easy, however.
“You’ve got to want it more than you want anything else,” she told People.
Thanks to his infidelity, it appears McBryde never managed to fix her relationship with her father.
And my stepdad has always done that," she told the outlet.
I really wanted to hit her in the head with a shovel," she toldThe Associated Press.
“I told her I was gonna write songs.
Well, ma’am, look at her now.
“I think now, the only thing I could say to her would be thank you.
I was a stubborn kid.
She gave me hell.
He was a member of the U.S. military and served for four years.
“Thank you for getting me to my family as fast as we can do it.
My love for you is unmeasurable,” she concluded the post.
Later that day, shecalled on her followersto donate to Mission 22 in her brother’s honor.
“When he gets married, I gotta be there because you won’t be there.
Mixed with her anger was pain.
She explained that she never realized how much she took after her brother.
When he died, she started noticing small things about herself that reminded her of him.
It was this realization that led to McBryde writing the song “Stone.”
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For her, going ahead with things as planned was a coping mechanism.
“You keep your feet moving or you will completely fall apart,” she toldPeople.
“As women, we don’t allow ourselves the falling apart time nearly enough.”
When McBryde had her firstanxiety attack, she had no idea what was going on.
“I mean, they were badpanic attacks.
They are under control now, but I didn’t understand what was going on.”
When asked whether they even knew the song existed, McBryde quipped, “I don’t think so.
They don’t know I exist.”
“It was like I was a house fly they just kept trying to let out the window.
They just didn’t like me.
They never did.”
She then swiftly directed everyone’s attention back to the song they were initially talking about.
She had to cancel all her upcoming shows to recover but initially remained pretty private about her injuries.
McBryde hit her head and lost consciousness.
She told “CBS Mornings” that she almost didn’t make it.
“They put breath into my lungs for me so that I would live,” she said.
Luckily, she made it through.
McBryde sustained a concussion and suffered a broken pelvis.
She admitted to “CBS Mornings” that, in retrospect, she should’ve listened to her doctor.
Now, she’s trying to take better care of herself.
McBryde lived up to the moniker.
“I would be like, ‘I am ready to go home.
I just have to figure out where Betty put my keys,” she told People.
“I wasn’t hurting anyone.
I wasn’t unreliable.
I wasn’t embarrassing my band or my business.
It was only when she completely abstained from alcohol that she realized she’d had a drinking problem.
On his ownInstagrampage, Dorethy posted a snap that showed him in a wheelchair.
“The life we live as musicians often means we don’t have health insurance,” she said.
“We have to take better care of ourselves.
So, right now no one’s riding as much as a scooter.
No ATVs, no skateboards, no horses,” she told the outlet.
“What am I going to write about, corn dogs?
That was really challenging, and the songs were terrible,” she said.
Still, her songs didn’t land on the likes of the Billboard chart at first.
