The Song Remembers When: “Backroad Song” – Granger Smith

We take you behind the scenes and explore the making of one of our favorite tunes with The Song Remembers When…

 

The inspiration for this song came from Granger Smith’s life out on the road. He’d been touring like crazy, traveled all the backroads from coast-to-coast, and came up with a melody and a few lyrics about the countryside.  So, he put it all down in his hand-held recorder, and then sent it to his producer Frank Rogers. Frank loved the ideas and thought one of them was actually a great hook!

So, they took that hook and soon created what became Granger’s lead single for his debut album Remington, and his very first #1!

So, this week, we remember “Backroad Song” from Granger Smith: