DINER TALKS COWGIRLS GET THE BLUES

Interviewed by Culture Coast Talks editor Daniel John. Interview transcripts might have been edited for length and clarity.

What was it that inspired this incredible yeehaaw?

I do not like to sing about being in my feelings, I will sing a happy hopeful love song any day but never talk about how I get in my feelings, that's the main point of this song, cowgirls are tough and when we get the blues we go to the dive bar and drink it off. We do not sit around and pout about it or go over to his place and slash his tires.

This song was written with Emily Reid and Kevin Bard, both of whom you have written with before. Why do you like writing with them so?

Writing with them is a dream. We are so fast together. Everything I have out was written by the three of us in less than two hours in Kevin’s living room, surrounded by his dogs, Truck and Bagel.

At an early age you were singing for local patrons at your family’s diner, hence your artist name. How early was this already a passion of yours. When did you first put the cowgirl hat on?

I can't even remember how early on because it's all I've ever wanted my entire life. I've literally been trying to do this since I was five. Probably younger. My mom was a horse trainer growing up so the country lifestyle and being around horses was apart of my life even before we moved onto the horse ranch when I was eight. I love a good cowboy hat, it makes me feel powerful.

You’ve, quite literally, been lassoing the moon since the release of 'Goodbye To Someday'. What has it been like, seeing things play out the way they have. Have you been feeling the baby-blue butterflies?

Honestly the past year has been insane. It's crazy because I’ve been recording originals since I was fifteen years old, but I let go and really leaned into my roots and country music. Plus I just started being myself, instead of trying to be an artist that would be accepted in the industry. The timing of country music blowing up this year has worked really in my favor. I am over the moon at this point, cloud nine.

As the lead-singer of The Wrecks, your mom also has kicked in some doors, confidently taking a place in the, not least at the time, very male oriented world of punk rock. Has her time in music been an inspiration for you as well, in being able to imagine this life for yourself?

My mother was a punk rock star in the eighties, she was never conservative with us and always let us listen to whatever we wanted and dress however we wanted. I really owe a lot of my artistry to her. She let me explore myself as an artist, and as a human, without having to rebel against her for it. It was a super big inspiration for me and I really am so grateful and I owe everything to her. She let me be whatever I wanted to be. She started as an all girl punk-rock band in Reno, her best friend Lynn Perko learning to play drums on buckets. And then going on to be a very successful singing female drummer still to this day. The Wrecks toured with Black Flag, and even had a record with the Dead Kennedys. Anything is possible. She is still being mentioned in books to this day. It's quite incredible what a little angry teenage girl with buck teeth, as she will tell you, is capable of.

What will you be “serving up” for us next?

I am going to keep releasing singles for a bit until I get the fanbase I need to support an EP or an album. I definitely have an album full of music now. I'm just trying to set it up for success. But I am so excited to put more music out. I have the best music I've ever made on the way and I hope everyone will love it as much as I do.