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Parmalee on Working a ‘Hard’-Drivin’ Groove in Brisk, New Single ‘Cowgirl’
Billboard looks at the writing and recording process behind Parmalee's new song "Cowgirl."
Prior to the advent of Google and Safari, consumers who wanted confirmation of a song’s words generally needed to buy the album – and hope that it contained the lyrics – or pick up the sheet music. Despite the Western motif of the “Cowgirl” title, the song’s drumbeat is imported from the United Kingdom, where four songwriters – James Daniel Lewis, Peter David Newman, Robbie Jay and Thomas Frank Ridley Horsley – fashioned the bulk of it before shipping it off to 33 Creative co-owner Tina Crawford, who found it intriguing. Halie Welch, the “Hawk Tuah girl,” was recording at the studio across the hall when Fanning produced “Cowgirl” at Nashville’s Sound Stage in early July, building on top of the percussive loop from the original demo, for which Lewis received a co-producing credit.
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