[2] McClure got his start in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and would hang out and play music at the notorious "Farm" with other Red Dirt artists such as Bob Childers, Tom Skinner, and Scott Evans.

When Mcclure initially formed his own band, it featured Les Paul Clanton on bass and Rodney Pyeatt on guitar.

[5] McClure has also produced albums by other artists around the scene such as Stoney LaRue, Jason Boland & the Stragglers, Scott Copeland, Johnny Cooper, Whiskey Myers, and the Turnpike Troubadours.

He appears on their cover of Hal Ketchum's "Small Town Saturday Night" On February 27, 2022 he was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame.

"Fighting For", written by McClure and Cody Canada reached number 39 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.