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Neal McCoy
As country music transformed into big, glossy, stadium-filling anthems in the
1990s, Neal McCoy's quirky, good-humoured storytelling and big, crowd pleasing
choruses were a bridge back to the days of more gentle, light entertainment.
Born in Jacksonville, Texas, the son of a Filipino mother and Irish father,
McCoy (real name Hubert McGaughey) grew up singing in church choirs and local
R&B groups and got his break when he won a talent contest judged by Nashville
diva Janie Fricke in 1981. It led to McCoy spending six years touring and being
mentored by country-gospel star Charley ...
