Tami Neilson BORROW MY BOOTS feat. Ashley McBryde, Grace Bowers and Shelly Fairchild

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Borrow My Boots is the second single from Tami Neilson's upcoming album release Neon Cowgirl. Written by Tami and Nashville powerhouses Ashley McBryde and Shelly Fairchild who are featured on the track alongside guitar prodigy Grace Bowers. It features footage of the four of them tearing it up live performing the song at Tami's Grand Ole Opry debut.

Tami shares how the single came together: “After getting to perform on an absolute dream show with an all-star lineup singing the music of Patsy Cline at the Ryman, I woke up the next morning to a DM from one of my favourite country stars, Ashley McBryde. She’d been on the line up and after seeing me perform, she had immediately dug into my catalogue of music and wrote to me to lift me up and encourage me, saying she was a fan. A few weeks later, she tagged me in a post of her getting ready for the red carpet of the CMAs, playing “Careless Woman” as her hype song! A couple months after that, she asked for permission to create a t-shirt with my photo on it and a line from that song, “I Wanna Be Her When I Grow Up” so she could wear it around town as she hosted CMA Fest and champion my music.

That’s how you say, “Hey Sister, you can borrow my boots.”

So, when I had a song idea about women supporting and empowering each other, she was the first person who came to mind. I asked if she would do a long-distance writing session and she invited powerhouse songwriter and artist Shelly Fairchild to join us and “Borrow My Boots” was born, and recorded on the album the next week. I met Grace Bowers back when she was 15 and had just moved to Nashville and I asked her to play her first paid gigs with me at Americanafest - we had to hide her backstage because she wasn’t old enough to be in the venues. She’s rocketing to stardom now and after playing with everyone from Dolly and Slash, to rocking the Grammys, I didn’t know if she’d have time for a little guitar solo on my album. Not only did she contribute a blistering solo, she changed her flights in the middle of a tour to join me, Ashley and Shelly to perform this song at my debut on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry.

That’s how you say, “Hey Sister, you can borrow my boots.” - Tami Neilson

NEON COWGIRL IS OUT JULY 11

Filmed by Rett Rogers
Edit and Design by Considerate Agency

Produced, Engineered and Mixed by STEVEN SCHRAM

Recorded live at Roundhead Studios, Auckland, New Zealand

BAND
Drums/ Percussion TOM BROOME
Lead Guitar BRETT ADAMS
Acoustic/ Rhythm Guitar CHET O’CONNELL
Pedal Steel/ Banjo NEIL WATSON
Bass CHIP MATTHEWS
Keys STEPH BROWN
Sax NICK ATKINSON