It's tough to know exactly who I'm writing this to... that said, I'm going to assume you probably know a bit of my story or at least follow me on instagram, that's an easier follow than subscribing to my emails after all (which I'm very appreciative of both btw), and if you do follow on instagram you may know that my family is spending a lot of time in Colorado these days. Kauai is still home, we're here at least 8+ months a year, but we've been spending time each summer and near a month a year in the Roaring Fork Valley of Colorado. I think I can attribute most of the country twang that has entered my music to the ranches of Colorado, and living on a ranch. I probably have to give some credit also to Zach Bryan as he has popularized country music with the "mainstream". It takes quite a writer to impact an entire genre of music, but I digress.
In the early summer of 23' I was on the ranch and realized that we (my wife and I) have so many projects, not the least of which is our rad four boys, as well as a mini horse named Dusty, and 5 highlands cows affectionally named Bill & Ted, Wayne & Garth, and Kimball, after Kimball Nebraska, their home state. We have small flower beds, we have young and old aspens, we have the local elk herd, and I realized EVERYTHING around us was growing... even ourselves.
From this humble but epically placed studio, I realized that I needed to honor the growth around me, and it became Greenhouse. As I began to write lyrics, which is how all my songwriting goes these days... being a much better lyricist than a musician at this stage the ideas flow then the sounds back them... anyhow, as the lyrics came I realized that I wanted to build the chorus as it goes along in the song with a slight anthem vibe, things grow, as does this chorus. It also evolves through the song and becomes "WE have our Greenhouse growing" from the original "I have MY..." I have no idea where I would be without my wife Molly and it turns out we're pretty good at growing things. Greenhouse is a celebration of that.
I really hope you enjoy. Give her a stream! On Spotify!