Martina McBride, who gained a following on the ’90s country music scene with hits like “Independence Day”“Our hearts are broken,” McBride wrote in the caption. She described her father as a man with “the kindest blue eyes and a great laugh.”

Daryl Schiff Was Also a Country Singer

Daryl Schiff, a third-generation dairy farmer in Sharon, Kansas, introduced his daughter to country music at a young age.

“Always, since I can remember, he had a band,” Martina McBride said during a 2021 interview at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. “And when I was real little, they would rehearse in the living room. He was always playing guitar and singing. He’d come in from the field and play.”

At age 7, McBride started singing in her father’s band, The Schiffters. “I’m so grateful… that he did include us kids in that, because he could have just gone out and played dances,” she said. “But they did include us, and it was a great way to have experience performing as a kid.”

As she grew older, the “Wrong Again” singer graduated to playing keyboard. In 1989, she moved to Nashville with new husband John McBride to make their country music dreams a reality. After performing as the opening act for Garth Brooks, McBride scored a contract with RCA Nashville Records in 1991. A year later, she released her debut studio album, The Time Has Come.

and “A Broken Wing,” is mourning the loss of her father. The four-time CMA vocalist of the year penned a touching social media tribute to Daryl Schiff, who died Tuesday (Jan. 14) at age 86.