Chris McHugh was the drummer

Drummer

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 of Christian

Christian

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 rock

Rock music

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 band

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 White Heart

White Heart

White Heart, also listed as Whiteheart, was a Contemporary Christian Music pop-rock band which formed in 1982. White Heart's discography includes thirteen albums, the most recent of which was released in 1997. Original members Billy Smiley and Mark Gersmehl worked with a continually-changing cast...

 from 1986 to 1989. He also worked in the recording of several of their later albums.

McHugh began playing drums at the age of three and attended the Philadelphia School for the Performing Arts. At the age of fourteen he was already playing recording sessions and performing live shows. In the early eighties he joined the band Whiteheart, and became famous for his solid drum sound.

Chris McHugh is on the Nashville "A" list of session drummers. His recording credits span over twenty years with the top gold and platinum artists of the music industry. He has toured with Amy Grant

Amy Grant

Amy Lee Grant is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, media personality and actress, best known for her Christian music. She has been referred to as "The Queen of Christian Pop"...

 and Garth Brooks

Garth Brooks

Troyal Garth Brooks , best known as Garth Brooks, is an American country music artist who helped make country music a worldwide phenomenon. His eponymous first album was released in 1989 and peaked at number 2 in the US country album chart while climbing to number 13 on the Billboard 200 album chart...

. McHugh is currently on tour as Music Director/drummer
for Keith Urban

Keith Urban

Keith Lionel Urban is a New Zealand-born Australian, country music singer, songwriter and guitarist whose commercial success has been mainly in the United States and Australia. Urban was born in New Zealand and began his career in Australia at an early age...

 and has been the session drummer for all six of Urban's studio albums.

Albums

• White Heart
  White Heart
  White Heart, also listed as Whiteheart, was a Contemporary Christian Music pop-rock band which formed in 1982. White Heart's discography includes thirteen albums, the most recent of which was released in 1997. Original members Billy Smiley and Mark Gersmehl worked with a continually-changing cast...
  
   - Don't Wait For the Movie (1986)
• White Heart - Emergency Broadcast (1987)
• White Heart - Freedom (1989)
• Gaither Vocal Band
  Gaither Vocal Band
  The Gaither Vocal Band is a Grammy award-winning Christian music vocal group, headed by Bill Gaither. They originally recorded contemporary Christian music, but after the popularity of the Gaither Homecoming videos, the group has become known for southern gospel.-Group history:The Gaither Vocal...
  
   - Wings (1988)
• David Mullen
  David Mullen (singer)
  David Mullen is a former University of Florida football player, turned Contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter and producer. He released his first album in 1989, and won the GMA Dove Award for New Artist of the Year in 1990. He later married fellow Christian singer Nicole C. Mullen,...
  
   - Revival (1989)
• Amy Grant
  Amy Grant
  Amy Lee Grant is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, media personality and actress, best known for her Christian music. She has been referred to as "The Queen of Christian Pop"...
  
   - Heart in Motion (1991)
• White Heart - Tales of Wonder (1992)
• Rich Mullins
  Rich Mullins
  Richard Wayne "Rich" Mullins was an American Contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter born in Richmond, Indiana. He had two sisters and two brothers....
  
   - A Liturgy, A Legacy & A Ragamuffin Band (1993)
• Bob Carlisle
  Bob Carlisle
  Bob Carlisle is a Grammy Award and Dove Award-winning American musician who performs Christian music. He performed with several bands, most notably Allies and Billy Thermal, before launching a solo career...
  
   - Bob Carlisle (1993)
• Amy Grant - House of Love (1994)
• David Mullen
  David Mullen (singer)
  David Mullen is a former University of Florida football player, turned Contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter and producer. He released his first album in 1989, and won the GMA Dove Award for New Artist of the Year in 1990. He later married fellow Christian singer Nicole C. Mullen,...
  
   - David Mullen (1994)
• PFR
  PFR
  PFR was a Christian music group in the mid 1990s. Although the group disbanded in 1997, they reunited in 2000 and have since recorded two albums, and they continue to play together.-History:...
  
   - Great Lengths (1994)
• Michael W. Smith
  Michael W. Smith
  Michael Whitaker Smith is a Billboard top ten Billboard Hot 100 recording artist and Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. He is one of the best-selling and most influential artists in Contemporary Christian music. Smith also has achieved a considerable amount of...
  
   - I'll Lead You Home (1995)
• Charlie Peacock
  Charlie Peacock
  Charlie Peacock is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, record producer, session musician and author. While growing up in California Peacock was inspired by John Coltrane and began playing the piano. After completing his education, Peacock formed a band and began a career as a professional...
  
   - Strangelanguage (1996)
• Rich Mullins - Songs (1996)
• Avalon
  Avalon
  Avalon is a legendary island featured in the Arthurian legend. It first appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's 1136 pseudohistorical account Historia Regum Britanniae as the place where King Arthur's sword Excalibur was forged and later where Arthur was...
  
   - Avalon (1996)
• 4Him
  4Him
  4Him was a Contemporary Christian group founded in 1990 in Alabama, USA. The group has a Grammy nomination, seven Dove awards and an album certified gold to their credit. The group was inducted into Alabama's Music Hall of Fame, following the awarding of The Governor’s Achievement Award...
  
   - Message [1997] (1996)
• Various Artists - Amazing Grace, Vol. 2: A Country Salute to Gospel (1997)
• Peter Cetera
  Peter Cetera
  Peter Paul Cetera is an American singer, songwriter, bassist and producer best known for being an original member of the rock band Chicago, before launching a successful solo career...
  
   - You're the Inspiration: A Collection (1997)
• Amy Grant - Behind the Eyes (1997)
• Owsley
  Owsley
  Owsley may refer to:* Owsley Stanley , also known as Owsley or Bear, "underground" LSD chemist and early Grateful Dead soundman* Owsley , the stage name of Will Owsley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist...
  
   - Owsley (1999)
• Keith Urban
  Keith Urban
  Keith Lionel Urban is a New Zealand-born Australian, country music singer, songwriter and guitarist whose commercial success has been mainly in the United States and Australia. Urban was born in New Zealand and began his career in Australia at an early age...
  
   - Keith Urban (1999)
• Garth Brooks
  Garth Brooks
  Troyal Garth Brooks , best known as Garth Brooks, is an American country music artist who helped make country music a worldwide phenomenon. His eponymous first album was released in 1989 and peaked at number 2 in the US country album chart while climbing to number 13 on the Billboard 200 album chart...
  
   - In the Life Of Chris Gaines
• Rachael Lampa
  Rachael Lampa
  Rachael Maureen Lampa is a Dove award winning American Christian singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional actress. She rose to fame in 2000 with her debut album Live For You, winning a Dove Award as well as achieving four number one singles including "Blessed", "Shaken", "God Loves You",...
  
   - Live for You (2000)
• Aaron Neville
  Aaron Neville
  Aaron Neville is an American soul and R&B singer and musician. He has had four top-20 hits in the United States along with four platinum-certified albums...
  
   - Devotion (2000)
• Billy Ray Cyrus
  Billy Ray Cyrus
  William "Billy" Ray Cyrus is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor and philanthropist, who helped make country music a worldwide phenomenon...
  
   - Southern Rain (2000)
• Carman
  Carman (singer)
  Carmelo Domenic Licciardello known by his stage name, Carman, is a contemporary Christian music artist and evangelist.-Biography:...
  
   - Heart of a Champion (2000)
• Jeff Carson
  Jeff Carson
  Jeffrey Lee Herndon , known professionally as Jeff Carson, is an American country music artist. Originally a session musician in Branson, Missouri and later a demo singer, he was signed to Curb Records in 1995, releasing his self-titled debut album that year, followed by Butterfly Kisses in 1998...
  
   - Real Life (2001)
• Jonell Mosser - Enough Rope (2001)
• Jewel
  Jewel (singer)
  Jewel Kilcher , professionally known as Jewel, is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, actress and poet...
  
   - This Way (2001)
• Various Artists - Country Goes Raffi (2001)
• Alabama
  Alabama
  Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...
  
   - When It All Goes South (2001)
• Lonestar
  Lonestar
  Lonestar is an American country music group consisting of Richie McDonald , Michael Britt , Keech Rainwater , Dean Sams , and Michael Hill . McDonald left the band in November 2007 for a solo career before returning in 2011...
  
   - I'm Already There (2001)
• Trace Adkins
  Trace Adkins
  Tracy Darrell "Trace" Adkins is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1996 with the album Dreamin' Out Loud, released on Capitol Records Nashville. Since then, Adkins has released seven more studio albums and two Greatest Hits compilations...
  
   - Chrome (2001)
• Peter Cetera - Another Perfect World (2001)
• Plus One
  Plus One (band)
  Plus One was an American Christian pop band from the 2000s.Plus One enjoyed their greatest success with the release of their debut album, The Promise, which featured the hits "Written on My Heart" and "God Is in This Place"....
  
   - Obvious (2002)
• True Vibe
  True Vibe
  True Vibe was a CCM group that was active from 1999-2003. composed of members Jonathan Lippmann, Nathan Gaddis, Jason Barton, and Jordan Roe, was born out of Lippmann's desire to pursue musical excellence without watering down his Christian faith....
  
   - See The Light (2002)
• Lee Ann Womack
  Lee Ann Womack
  Lee Ann Womack is an American country music singer and songwriter, who is best known for her old fashioned-styled country music songs that often discuss subjects such as cheating and lost love....
  
   - Something Worth Leaving Behind (2002)
• Keith Urban - Golden Road (2002)
• Rhett Akins
  Rhett Akins
  Thomas Rhett Akins Sr. is an American country singer and songwriter. Signed to Decca Records between 1994 and 1997, he released two albums for the label , followed by 1998's What Livin's All About on MCA Nashville. Friday Night in Dixie was released in 2002 on Audium Entertainment...
  
   - Friday Night in Dixie (2002)
• Faith Hill
  Faith Hill
  Faith Hill is an American country singer. She is known both for her commercial success and her marriage to fellow country star Tim McGraw. Hill has sold more than 40 million records worldwide and accumulated eight number-one singles and three number-one albums on the U.S...
  
   - Cry (2002)
• Chris Cagle
  Chris Cagle
  Chris Cagle is an American country music artist. Signed with Virgin Records Nashville in 2000, Cagle made his debut on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts with the single "My Love Goes On and On", the first single from his debut album Play It Loud...
  
   - Chris Cagle (2003)
• Craig Morgan - Love It (2003)
• Michael Bolton
  Michael Bolton
  Michael Bolton is an American singer and songwriter. Bolton originally performed in the hard rock and heavy metal genres from the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s, both on his early solo albums and those recorded as the frontman of the band Blackjack...
  
   - Greatest Hits 1985 -- 1995 (2003)
• Phil Vassar
  Phil Vassar
  Phil Vassar is an American country music artist. Vassar made his debut on the country music scene in the late 1990s, co-writing singles for several country artists, including Tim McGraw , Jo Dee Messina , Collin Raye , and Alan Jackson Phil Vassar (born May 28, 1964 in Lynchburg, Virginia) is an...
  
   - American Child (Bonus Tracks) (2003)
• Sherrié Austin
  Sherrié Austin
  Sherrie Veronica Krenn is an Australian actress and singer, known professionally as Sherrié Austin. Active as a singer since her teenage years, Sherrié initially recorded as one half of the duo Colorhaus, which also featured Phil Radford...
  
   - Streets of Heaven (2003)
• Wynonna Judd
  Wynonna Judd
  Wynonna Ellen Judd is an American country music singer. Her solo albums and singles are all credited to the singular name Wynonna. Wynonna first rose to fame in the 1980s alongside her mother, Naomi, in the country music duo The Judds...
  
   - What the World Needs Now Is Love (2003)
• Rodney Atkins
  Rodney Atkins
  Rodney Allan Atkins is an American country music artist. Signed to Curb Records in 1996, he charted his first single on the Billboard country chart that year, but did not release an album until 2003's Honesty, which included the number 4 hit "Honesty ".If You're Going Through Hell, his second...
  
   - Honesty (2003)
• Jars of Clay
  Jars of Clay
  Jars of Clay is a Christian rock band from Nashville, Tennessee. They met at Greenville College in Greenville, Illinois.Jars of Clay consists of Dan Haseltine on vocals, Charlie Lowell on piano and keyboards, Stephen Mason on lead guitars and Matthew Odmark on rhythm guitars...
  
   - Who We Are Instead (2003)
• Peter Frampton
  Peter Frampton
  Peter Kenneth Frampton is an English musician, singer, producer, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. He was previously associated with the bands Humble Pie and The Herd. Frampton's international breakthrough album was his live release, Frampton Comes Alive!. The album sold over 6 million copies...
  
   - Now (2003)
• Amy Grant - Simple Things (2003)
• Natalie Grant
  Natalie Grant
  Natalie Grant is a singer-songwriter of contemporary Christian music. Her work has gained prominence, including four consecutive Dove Awards for best female artist, and with her signature song, Held...
  
   - Deeper Life (2003)
• Andy Chrisman - One (2004)
• Owsley
  Owsley (musician)
  William Reese "Will" Owsley III , known professionally as Owsley, was an American singer-songwriter, best known as for his work as guitarist in Amy Grant's touring band. His solo albums won critical acclaim and one Grammy Award nomination...
  
   - Hard Way (2004)
• Michelle Wright
  Michelle Wright
  Michelle Wright is a Canadian country music artist. She is one of the country's most widely recognized and awarded female country singers of the 1990s, winning the Canadian Country Music Association's Fans' Choice Award twice...
  
   - Shut Up & Kiss Me (Can) (2004)
• Kenny Rogers
  Kenny Rogers
  Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur...
  
   - 42 Ultimate Hits (2004)
• Trick Pony
  Trick Pony
  Trick Pony was an American country music group. It was formed in 1996 by Keith Burns , Ira Dean , and Heidi Newfield . The group recorded three studio albums: Trick Pony, On a Mission and R.I.D.E., released in 2001, 2002 and 2005, respectively...
  
   - R.I.D.E. (2004)
• Keith Urban - Be Here (2004)
• LaShell Griffin - Free (2004)
• Lonestar
  Lonestar
  Lonestar is an American country music group consisting of Richie McDonald , Michael Britt , Keech Rainwater , Dean Sams , and Michael Hill . McDonald left the band in November 2007 for a solo career before returning in 2011...
  
   - Coming Home (2005)
• Jamie O'Neal
  Jamie O'Neal
  Jamie O'Neal is a contemporary country singer and songwriter who has had success in the United States. She was born Jamie Murphy in Sydney, Australia, to parents Jimmy and Julie Murphy, who were also professional musicians...
  
   - Brave (2005)
• Chely Wright
  Chely Wright
  Richell Rene "Chely" Wright is an American country music artist and, starting in 2010, gay rights activist. On the strength of her debut album in 1994, the Academy of Country Music named her Top New Female Vocalist in 1995. Wright's first Top 40 country hit came in 1997 with "Shut Up and Drive"...
  
   - Metropolitan Hotel (2005)
• Keith Anderson
  Keith Anderson
  Keith Anderson is an American country music artist. Before signing to a record deal, Anderson was one of several co-writers on "Beer Run ", a duet by Garth Brooks and George Jones, released in late 2001. Anderson was signed as a recording artist to Arista Nashville in 2004...
  
   - Three Chord Country and American Rock & Roll (2005)
• Little Big Town
  Little Big Town
  Little Big Town is an American country music vocal group. Founded in 1998, the group has comprised the same four members since its inception: Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Jimi Westbrook, and Phillip Sweet. The quartet's musical style relies heavily on four-part vocal harmonies, with all...
  
   - The Road to Here (2005)
• Keith Urban - Days Go By: Anthology (2005)
• Carrie Underwood
  Carrie Underwood
  Carrie Marie Underwood is an American country singer-songwriter and actress who rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of American Idol, in 2005...
  
   - Some Hearts (2005)
• Faith Hill - Fireflies (2005)
• Natalie Grant - Awaken (2005)
• Keith Urban - Take 2 (2002) (Keith Urban & Golden Road)
• 4Him
  4Him
  4Him was a Contemporary Christian group founded in 1990 in Alabama, USA. The group has a Grammy nomination, seven Dove awards and an album certified gold to their credit. The group was inducted into Alabama's Music Hall of Fame, following the awarding of The Governor’s Achievement Award...
  
   - Encore: For Future Generations (2006)
• LeAnn Rimes
  LeAnn Rimes
  LeAnn Rimes is an American country/pop singer. She is known for her rich vocals and her rise to fame as an eight-year-old champion on the original Ed McMahon version of Star Search, followed by the release of the Patsy Cline-intended single "Blue" when Rimes was only age 13, resulting in her...
  
   - Whatever We Wanna (2006)
• Trace Adkins
  Trace Adkins
  Tracy Darrell "Trace" Adkins is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1996 with the album Dreamin' Out Loud, released on Capitol Records Nashville. Since then, Adkins has released seven more studio albums and two Greatest Hits compilations...
  
   - Dangerous Man (2006)
• Rascal Flatts
  Rascal Flatts
  Rascal Flatts is an American country music band that originated in Columbus, Ohio, United States of America. Since its inception, Rascal Flatts has been composed of three members: Gary LeVox , Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney...
  
   - Me and My Gang (2006)
• Keith Urban - Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy thing (2006)
• Carrie Underwood - Carnival Ride (2007)
• Brooks & Dunn
  Brooks & Dunn
  Brooks & Dunn was an American country music duo consisting of Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn, who were both vocalists and songwriters. They were paired by record producer Tim DuBois in 1990. Before the duo's foundation, both members of the duo were solo recording artists...
  
   - Cowboy Town (2007)
• LeAnn Rimes - Family (2007)
• Keith Urban - Greatest Hits: 18 Kids (2007)
• Blake Shelton
  Blake Shelton
  Blake Tollison Shelton is an American country music artist. In 2001, he made his debut with the single "Austin". Released as the lead-off single from his self-titled debut album, "Austin" went on to spend five weeks at Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts...
  
   - Startin' Fires (2008)
• Billy Ray Cyrus
  Billy Ray Cyrus
  William "Billy" Ray Cyrus is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor and philanthropist, who helped make country music a worldwide phenomenon...
  
   - Back To Tennessee (2009)
• Keith Urban - Defying Gravity (2009)
• Martina McBride
  Martina McBride
  Martina McBride is an American country music singer and songwriter. McBride has been called the "Céline Dion of Country Music" for her big-voiced ballads and soprano range....
  
   - Shine (2009)
• Rascal Flatts
  Rascal Flatts
  Rascal Flatts is an American country music band that originated in Columbus, Ohio, United States of America. Since its inception, Rascal Flatts has been composed of three members: Gary LeVox , Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney...
  
   - Unstoppable (2009)
• Pat Green
  Pat Green
  Patrick Craven "Pat" Green is an American Texas Country artist. Active since 1995, he has recorded a total of ten studio albums, including several independent works, three for Republic Records and two for BNA...
  
   - What I'm For (2009)
• Keith Urban - Get Closer (2010)

DVDs

• Keith Urban
  Keith Urban
  Keith Lionel Urban is a New Zealand-born Australian, country music singer, songwriter and guitarist whose commercial success has been mainly in the United States and Australia. Urban was born in New Zealand and began his career in Australia at an early age...
  
   - "Livin' Right Now" (2005)
• Trace Adkins
  Trace Adkins
  Tracy Darrell "Trace" Adkins is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1996 with the album Dreamin' Out Loud, released on Capitol Records Nashville. Since then, Adkins has released seven more studio albums and two Greatest Hits compilations...
  
   - "Dangerous Man" [CD/DVD] (2006)
• Keith Urban
  Keith Urban
  Keith Lionel Urban is a New Zealand-born Australian, country music singer, songwriter and guitarist whose commercial success has been mainly in the United States and Australia. Urban was born in New Zealand and began his career in Australia at an early age...
  
  - "Love, Pain And The Whole Crazy World Tour" (2008)

Soundtracks

• Touched By an Angel: The Album (1998) - Television Soundtrack
• Joshua (2002) - Original Soundtrack
• Cars (2006) - Original Soundtrack

Music videos

• You're My Better Half (2005) - Keith Urban
• Better Life (2005) - Keith Urban
• Once In A Lifetime (2006) - Keith Urban
• Stupid Boy (2006) - Keith Urban
• I Told You So (2007) - Keith Urban
• Everybody (2007) - Keith Urban
• You Look Good In My Shirt (2008) - Keith Urban
• Sweet Thing (2008) - Keith Urban
• Kiss A Girl (2009) - Keith Urban
• Hit The Ground Runnin' (2009) - Keith Urban
• Put You In A Song (2010) - Keith Urban
• Long Hot Summer (2011) - Keith Urban