Cowboy Back

Album: Chapter & Verse (2023)
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Songfacts®:

  • Gabby Barrett loves hardworking Southern gentlemen, and this song finds her heart lassoed by her cowboy.

    Barrett can't help but swoon at the way he embodies the South's finest. From the red dirt on his work boots to the white T-shirt soaked with sweat and those blue jeans looking like they've been in a barbed wire brawl, he's the real deal. Carhartt workwear and Lucchese cowboy boots, topped off with a black Stetson keeping the sun at bay, her man's got that Southern style locked down.

    But it isn't just about the duds, folks. Barrett's head over boots in love with the way he tips his hat and says, "Yes, ma'am," with that southern drawl that melts her heart. This cowboy, he's the kind who'll stand up for what's right and never back down once he's given his word.
  • Gabby Barrett co-wrote "Cowboy Back" with Jesse Frasure and Jon Nite.

    Jesse Frasure is a well-known songwriter in the country music industry and has written #1 songs for Jon Pardi ("Dirt on My Boots"), Thomas Rhett ("What's Your Country Song?") and Kane Brown ("One Mississippi").

    Singer-songwriter Jon Nite is one of Gabby Barrett's go-to songwriting partners. Among their collaborations are her breakthrough single, "I Hope," and her song "Footprints on the Moon."

    Though Barrett was born and raised in Pennsylvania, and Frasure is a Detroit native, Nite hails from Amarillo, Texas. So, when it comes to talking about Southern cowboys and the ways of the South, Nite knows his stuff.
  • Barrett co-produced "Cowboy Back" with Ross Copperman. They cooked up a sound that's like a honky-tonk hoedown mixed with some fresh country vibes. The fiddles wail and dance like a wild Texas two-step, and the drums pound like a Southern heartbeat.

    Copperman's no stranger to the Barrett sound. He co-produced her debut album, Goldmine, along with Zach Kale.

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