"Pouring salt in my sugar won't make yours any sweeter. Pissin' in my yard ain't gonna make yours any greener"
There's a new sassy single on the market and it belongs to the same people behind the 2013 hit Follow Your Arrow. That's right, the trio of songwriters behind the jam have linked up again to write Kacey Musgraves' new single. Kacey, Shane McAnally, and 2015 Grammy nominated Best New Artist Brandy Clark are the brains behind the 'biscuits' so to speak.
The song is upbeat, pithy, and completely
full of sass. Based around the idea of ‘nosey neighbors’ and people who worry
too much about others, the lyrics are forceful and witty.
“I wouldn't
know about the rocks in your shoes.
So I'll just do me and honey you can just do you”
Musgraves, McAnally, and
Clark fill the song from start to finish with entertaining and sharp
remarks for that one nosey person we all know in life.
The song is country to the core and will thrive
on country radio. HOWEVER, the song has the potential to send Kacey Musgraves
into the Taylor Swift way of music; the crossover. Biscuits could land on few pop
radars too.
So, is this new single a look into the future of Kacey Musgraves and her album set to release sometime this year?
If so, she may go home with some new hardware for her mantle in the time that follows.
CMA's, ACM's, Grammy's.
Biscuits (and Musgraves' future) looks yummy…we mean bright.
These 7 ladies have all been included in CMT’s “Next Women of Country”. And they are the kinda girls you don’t wanna play games with when it comes to relationships. They’re showing all girls what we all deserve when it comes to love…to be his #1 girl, or buhbye boo.
My concert
partner and I have spent countless hours in a car road tripping from one show
to the next. When an amazing artist like Kacey Musgraves puts on a show in our
city, we’d be insane not to be there.
John
& Jacob //
In the past, I
have hated myself for not familiarizing myself with the opening act before the
show. I mean, I at least try to Google them to get I feel for the style. With a
crazy week at work and show after show the three nights before, I did not have
the time. Honestly, I am glad I didn’t.
Right
before John & Jacob hit the stage, I did not know what to expect. As soon
as they stepped on stage I could tell we would be in for a surprise and it was
evident that just based on their style [matching burgundy suits] that they were
the perfect fit for Kacey Musgraves.
This band of
five young men blew me away with their refreshing sound. So much so that I made
sure to buy their album before I left the venue. In case you were wondering,
the talent of these men does not start and end on stage; they wrote or co-wrote
every song on their album.
Kacey
Musgraves //
When Kacey
finally stepped on stage, the sold out venue went insane. She interacted with
her audience in a way that I had never experience. She didn’t walk through the
crowd, she didn’t lean down to give high fives, and she didn’t stop to take
selfies. What she did felt far more personal and intimate. Kacey stopped
several times throughout the show to just talk to us. All of her songs tell a
story, but she wanted to give her fans a prefix to those stories.
She also didn’t
pass up the moment to point out the uniqueness of the venue, referring to it as
some sort of old pirate ship.
Kacey played
favorites from her album, including: Step Off, Blowing Smoke, and Back on the
Map.
Off course, she
played Merry Go Round and The Trailer Song.
Before she left
the stage, she played My House, which is one of my favorites from her album.
When she came
back for her encore, she left her band backstage. Kacey played a couple new
songs that will be released on her next album. After she played solo, she
invited her band back out on stage to close on with Follow Your Arrow. Before
the band left the stage, they closed out with an acoustic cover of Happy
Trails.
What
I Wore //
First off, I
wish I were wearing that dress that Kacey was rocking on stage. I need to find
that dress.
Black denim is
one of my favorite things. My BGB jeans from Urban kept my legs warm as we were
walking from bar to bar before the show. I wore my Tribe Kelley Nomad tee on
top covered with a tan leather fringe vest.
I am BEYOND excited to introduce this week's New Music Monday interview! If you've heard Kenny Chesney sing Come Over, Billy Currington sing We Are Tonight, Eli Young Band sing Drunk Last Night, and Blake Shelton rock his new song My Eyes on the ACM Awards then you have heard the work of this guy.
His name? JOSH OSBORNE.
Josh is currently a writer for Black River Publishing in Nashville and has written/co-written songs for some of country music's elite!
Now, let's get to know Josh a little better!
-Full Name-
Josh Osborne
-Age-
33
-Hometown/currently live-
Hometown: Virgie, KY Currently live: Nashville, TN
-What made you want to start writing songs?-
I've loved music since I was 2 years old. Always humming along and wanting to sing. When I was 13 my dad told me if I loved music so much I should try to write my own songs and he introduced me to The Beatles music saying they were the greatest and they wrote their own music. When I heard the song "Norwegian Wood" I instantly knew I wanted to write songs. I loved how the words and melody blended seamlessly together. I've been hooked ever since
-Do you play any instruments? Did you teach yourself?-
I play several instruments: guitar, piano, drums, brass horns. I primarily write on the guitar. I took music lessons as a kid from a man named Will Freebody and learned to read music and play the guitar.
-Who are your biggest musical inspirations-
My three biggest influences on my writing are The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen and Merle Haggard (I know these aren't original but I don't care, to me they're the best)
-Where do you get inspiration to write your songs?-
Most of my inspiration comes from everyday life. Things people say or stories that people relay to me. Also I'm very inspired by words. Sometimes a word just makes me want to write a song about it.
-I know all the songs you have written/co-written but would you be willing to share some of these songs with my readers?-
Absolutely!
- Come Over by Kenny Chesney
- Merry Go 'Round by Kacey Musgraves
- Drunk Last Night by The Eli Young Band
- Chainsaw by The Band Perry
- We Are Tonight by Billy Currington
- My Eyes by Blake Shelton
- Dust by The Eli Young Band
- Wake Up Lovin' You by Craig Morgan
I have been very blessed and have had other songs recorded but these are probably the ones of mine that are best known.
-What moment in your music career is your favorite so far?-
After winning the Grammy for Best Country Song in 2014 there was an awesome moment backstage after we accepted the award and gave our speeches. We got a quick picture of Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves and I with a Grammy. Then they had to whisk Kacey away to the Staples Center to get ready for her Grammy performance. As she left it was just Shane and I standing there and we just grabbed each other and hugged and then started jumping up and down like a couple of kids. I don't think I'll ever forget that feeling
-Finish this sentence…if I could write a song for or with anyone I would choose______.-
Part of me would love to write a song with Paul McCartney but another part of me wants there to always be a mystery to me about how he does it. Within the realm of our business I would love to write a song with Shane McAnally and Brandy Clark that George Strait records. I know how much that would mean to all of us. Taking songwriting out of it George Strait is one of my all time favorite artists and has recorded so many songs that have had an impact on my life
-So you recently won a grammy! How did you find out you were nominated?-
I actually found out the night of the televised Grammy Nomination concert before Christmas last year. I write at Black River Entertainment and we were having our company Christmas party the night the nominations were announced so it was awesome to find out that same evening
-What was your reaction to winning?-
It was very surreal. As they were even announcing the nominees in the category my heart was pounding so loud in my ears that I could barely hear them. To hear our song called out was truly an indescribable moment of joy and shock
-How did you celebrate?-
We attended the Post Grammy party and also went to the Universal Grammy after party to celebrate with Kacey. It was an amazing night that none of us wanted to end
-Where do you see yourself in a year?-
Hopefully writing songs I love
-5 years?-
Hopefully writing songs I love in a bigger house
-If I wasn't a songriter I would be ___.-
Probably a Lawyer or a Veterinarian
-Okay, I always ask people to tell me one thing about themselves that is random or strange that most people don't know! -
I was actually an All-State Trumpet player when I was in high school, and at a certain point I had to decide between guitar or trumpet. It was never really a choice at all ;-)
