Singer/cowgirl Jenna Paulette released her 13-track sophomore album, “Horseback,” last September, featuring the song “The Prophet (Grandaddy’s Song),” written by Ashley McBryde, Matraca Berg and Lori McKenna. ‘The Prophet (Grandaddy’s Song)’ was dedicated to Paulette’s grandfather, the patriarch who shaped her life.
Now Paulette has recruited McBryde for a special collaboration version of the track; Jenna shared: “I grew up in a ranching family on the Texas/Oklahoma line in Thackerville, Okla. Oklahoma. I’d be listening to Don Williams, Eddie Arnold and George Strait in my grandad’s ranch truck as we checked cattle, and I just thought to myself, ‘well, if they can sing about what they’re living, maybe I can too.’ That grandaddy that took me with him to check cows made a huge impact on me. This song was sent to me by the A&R from my label,” she said. “When it was sent to me, I asked ‘do you think they would mind if I put my grandad into these lyrics?” I thought, I just want to put him all the way in it, and I want my daughter, who is seven months old, to be able to know my grandaddy because of this song. And they said yes, very graciously. So I put it on my record that came out a month before she was born, and Ashley McBryde actually said yes to putting out a duet version including her own lyrics to this song.”
Paulette most recently released “How To Make A Cowboy Cry” in April, which coincided with the kickoff of her headlining Horseback Acoustic Tour.
Listen to Ashely and Jenna’s collab – HERE.
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