Cody Johnson Dear Rodeo

Cody johnson dear rodeo Continue Cody Johnson and Reba McEntire joined forces for a poignant version of Johnson's latest single Dear Rodeo on Friday (October 2). Dear Rodeo was written by Johnson along with Dan Couch as a very personal tribute to Johnson's previous bull riding career, reflecting a song that struck a chord with McEntire, who grew up on the family ranch competing in barrel racing. McEntire and Johnson considered the importance of the song and what rodeo means to them. It was a thrill to get to sing Dear Rodeo with Cody because we're both from the rodeo world, explained McEntire. I grew up in a rodeo family, I'm a third-generation rodeo boy. So the song means a lot to me because I left the rodeo to be in the country music business. I'm sure miss it. The story behind Dear Rodeo is more of a life story and less about rodeo, Johnson explained. I feel like everyone has their own dear rodeo story, and when I found out that Reba was influenced by this song enough to want to do a duet, it was probably one of the coolest things I've ever done in my career. Reba adds a certain level of authenticity to this song, which makes it so special. I like it when people sing songs about rodeos and cowboys, but there's a slightly different feeling when you know that someone can walk they're talking. None of us have a problem saying, hey, this is where I come from, you can check the credentials, we have the scars to prove it. I think honesty will really talk to people and hopefully we can help people with this song. Johnson performed an emotionally charged song at the world's largest livestock and rodeo show, RODEOHOUSTON (WATCH HERE). With a capacity of more than 72,000, the rising star impressively sold out the massive stadium over two years back to back. Called a beautiful piece of MusicRow work, Dear Rodeo featured on Johnson's major label debut album Ain't Nothin' To It, which arrived at No.1 on both the Billboard Top Country Albums charts and their all-genre digital chart albums. The record also includes his platinum debut single On My Way To You, which boasts more than 265 million streams worldwide and gave Johnson his first Top 10 on country radio. Written by Brett James and Tony Lane, the song was named one of ASCAP's Most Performed Songs of 2019. With more than 1.7 billion career streams worldwide, Johnson continues to establish himself as the country's upcoming star. With ACM and CMA new artist nominations to his name, he sold 45 headliner shows in 2019 alone and joined Miranda Lambert in the Wildcard Tour at the top of 2020. He has received critical praise from publications such as The New York Times, The Associated Press, Billboard, Rolling Stone and more, This Texan just might be the future of real country music. Reba McEntire can find her own story in Cody Johnson's newest single, Dear Rodeo. That's why their new duet version of the song, released on Friday (October 2), works so well. Like Texas-born Johnson, country icon McEntire was a rodeo rider before she turned her sights on country music. She says the song really settled in my bones (quote via CMT) when she heard it. Hearing the song, I took me to the 70s when I realized that my rodeo career was going absolutely nowhere. And that I had a god given talent, and I had to use it, shared McEntire, whose father and grandfather were champions to steer tightrope walkers. This song was kind of a reminder that everything would be fine, that if you took a rodeo for the music, you'd be fine. I knew I'd miss him. And I was crazy because I love this rodeo life. I'm a third-generation rodeo boy. Johnson begins this version of the song solo before McEntire joins the harmony in the first verse and chorus. The two continue this way until McEntire takes the lead at the end of the song. Dear Rodeo is the breakup of Johnson's letter to his former career: an explanation of why he should have let it go, but also an admission that he still misses him dearly and, like all good relationships, will do it all again, even if it ended in the same way. Bridge explains: I tried like hell to tell myself that it was all your fault / I held tight from all sides / I just couldn't hang on / And it's hard to hang my hat on. Johnson says he felt like two peas in a pod with McEntire when he heard her voice on the new version of the song. There's a slightly different feeling when you know that someone can walk they say. And I think that really translates, Johnson muses. I think authenticity is one of the things that makes it so special: None of us have a problem saying, hey, this is where I come from. You check your credentials, we have scars to prove it. Johnson wrote Dear Rodeo with Dan Couch. The song appears on his 2019 album Ain't Nothin' to It, his first project released in partnership with Warner Music Nashville.Love Traditional Country Music? You'll love Cody JohnsonThese Country Artists Keeping Traditional Country Alive: October 2, 2020 11:54AM ET Cody Johnson and Reba McEntire team for a new collaboration Dear Rodeo, a song that nods to the past of both country singers: Johnson was a bull rider, McEntire barrel-racer. Written by Cody Johnson and Dan Couch (Kip Moore Hey Pretty Girl), the ballad explores the pull of American sport that has been romanticized in some of the most iconic country music songs, from Garth Brooks to Rodeo George Strait I Still make Cheyenne. McEntire herself sang about rodeo images in her hit hit with Brooks and Dunn, Cowgirls don't cry. In Dear Rodeo, she provides harmony with Johnson and returns at the end of the song for some lines of her own: Dear rodeo, I like to think you miss me too, but I know you don't/that won't change the past and change the truth / I'm still in love with you. It was a thrill to get to sing Dear Rodeo with Cody because we are both from the rodeo world, McEntire said in a statement. I grew up in a rodeo family, I'm a third-generation rodeo boy. So the song means a lot to me because I left the rodeo to be in the country music business. I'm sure miss it. Adds Johnson: The story behind Dear Rodeo is more of a story about life and less about rodeo. I feel like everyone has their own Dear Rodeo story, and when I learned that Reba was influenced by this song enough to want to do a duet, it was probably one of the coolest things I've ever done in my career. Photo via Warner Music Nashville If We Be Honest, The experiment of Texas country music star Cody Johnson as a major label artist moving out of Nashville has had mixed results. His lead single, launched after he signed a partnership agreement between his own Cojo Music and Warner Music Nashville titled On My Way To You, led to the placement of #11 on country radio and platinum certification. But his second single Nothin' On You stalled #55. Pretty disappointing. Cody Johnson assured his fans on many occasions after he signed his main label partnership that he wouldn't change for anyone or anything. But as we've seen many times over the years, the Texas star in Tennessee doesn't always work, especially when they hold on to their remorse. Whether they're too good, too country, or too hard to tame, it's hard for the Music Row sausage factory to know how to handle them. However, Cody Johnson remains an important puzzle piece in the effort to save mainstream country music. Sure, he's not Cody Jinx or Tyler Childers, but like someone like John Pardy, Johnson can be a bridge and a mediator between traditional and modern, mainstream and independent. But it will only be effective if Cody remains himself. Cody Johnson's latest radio single Dear Rodeo does a fair bit better than his last single did. It's already on the radio #41 jumping 8 spots last week, and spending six weeks in total on the charts so far. Unlike Nothin' On You, which felt like playing on radio making (and colossally failed, as is often the case with these efforts), Dear Rodeo is very personal to Cody Johnson. Coming from a guy who tried his hand at rodeo life and fell short before hitting his big in music, the song comes from which not only underpins the authenticity of Cody's music and the song in particular, but it's this he can sing with passion. But what's most interesting is how Cody and his label decided to try to put an extra push behind the song. As we've seen over and over again over the past few years in sickening predictability, as a song from an up-and-coming artist climbs the charts and the label wants to put some extra oomph behind it, they bring in a pop star or hip-hop artist for a timely remix.

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