It was so fun to team up with Loui Za again after Cruise Christmas for this song of summer! I have long believed everyone is a country fan come June no matter your normal taste. It's the season of road trips, bbqs, lake houses and beach weekends - so many summer memories with a country music backdrop. This song is a celebration of letting loose, being yourself, and doing all the things you've been waiting for when the sun finally comes out.
Special thanks to Jerry Touval for adding an amazing pedal steel part to really bring out the twang, Bethany Adams for inspired background vocals, and to Bethany and Josh Adams for some truly excellent hooting and hollering. Hope y'all enjoy (with apologies to Nashville!)!
Links to listen:
- Spotify - Country Fan
- Apple Music - Country Fan
- Amazon Music - Country Fan
- Pandora - Country Fan
- Youtube - Country Fan
Credits:
- Performed by - Drew Pictures, Loui Za
- Music & Lyrics written by - Andrew Glor
- Produced by - Andrew Glor
- Mixed & Mastered by - Kyle Holland
- Backup Vocals - Bethany Adams, Josh Adams, Louisa Glor, Andrew Glor
- Piano - Andrew Glor
- Pedal Steel - Jerry Touval
- Guitar - Steve Giddings
- Bass - Cameron Arch
- Drums - Glenn Welman
- Fiddle - Rachel Crick
- Cover Art - Azfar Ali
Lyrics:
Title: “Country Fan"
March in Chicago I can’t understand
Holed up inside looking on Instagram
Everyone playing the same indie jams
Telling ourselves that we're happy as clams
We got lattes in the office, gray skies outside
Chasing the fashions, always falling behind
Watching the civilization decline
Peace don’t come easy to metropolitan minds
But when the sun comes out I can change my ways
Time to take advantage of the longer days
Buckle up baby, hold on tight
Now that it’s summer, I can see the light
I’ll take a dirt road walk, I'll play a honky tonk
Drink a Natty-Ice, shoot the whiskey twice
Finally get a tan, grilling all I can
Now it’s summer man, I’m a country fan
I’ll real take it slow, hit the rodeo
Buy a pick up truck, try my fishing luck
Take a camper van across this great big land
Now it’s summer man, I’m a country fan
I try to play it cool with my bougie friends
Seattle to Manhattan they’re on top of the trends
A man can only go so far till he bends
Dreaming of the backwoods where the service ends
Sometimes I don’t remember the flyover states
Direct to California for my winter escapes
But when the ice has melted, the heartland awakes
I’m back in West Virginia for another mistake!
I’ll take a dirt road walk, I'll play a honky tonk
Drink a Natty-Ice, shoot the whiskey twice
Finally get a tan, grilling all I can
Now it’s summer man
I’ll real take it slow, hit the rodeo
Buy a pick up truck, try my fishing luck
Take a camper van across this great big land
Now it’s summer man, I’m a country fan
I’ll let my freak flag fly, bake an apple pie
Sing a bluegrass song, there ain’t nothing wrong
Pick up Kellyanne, win couple grand
Now it’s summer man
You know I want a sunset view, chapel barbeque
Put on Daisy Dukes with my cowboy boots
Join an outlaw band, I don’t give a damn
Now it’s summer man, I’m a country fan