New track is second single from forthcoming album
Two-time Grammy-winning entertainment legend and Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Tanya Tucker’s new single “When the Rodeo is Over (Where Does the Cowboy Go?)” is out now. She’ll be on The Opry stage as part of an album release celebration on June 2nd, a special guest on CMA Fest’s Close-Up Stage June 8th, and participating on PBS’ Austin City Limits this season.
“I was in LA, the night before the first session started,” Tucker shares. “Brandi sent me a song, saying ‘If you like it, we’ll start with it. I gave it to Craig [Dillingham, Tanya’s boyfriend] to listen to. He comes back in a minute, and I asked him, ‘Did you like it?’ and he says, ‘Like it? Hell, I wrote it!’ He’d never pitched it to me, but Brandi did. It’s one of those songs that just stays with you.”
“When the Rodeo is Over (Where Does the Cowboy Go?)” is the second song unveiled from Tucker’s highly-anticipated new album Sweet Western Sound which will be released June 2nd via Fantasy Records/Concord. Ahead of the release, the album’s poignant lead track “Kindness” recently debuted.
Produced once again by Brandi Carlile and Shooter Jennings, Sweet Western Sound reunites the award-winning trio following the release of Tucker’s landmark 2019 album While I’m Livin’. Her first new album in 17 years, the project reintroduced Tucker to a new generation and went on to win the Grammy for Best Country Album as well as Best Country Song for its poignant single “Bring My Flowers Now.”
Sweet Western Sound stands on Tucker’s exquisitely warm and wizened vocals and a spectacular collection of cut-deep songs—an assertive and confident declaration of vitality and purpose from an irrepressible and irreplaceable country music icon. In addition to songs by Tucker, Carlile and Jennings, the album features contributions from Bernie Taupin, Phil and Tim Hanseroth, JT Nero, Billy Don Burns, and Craig Dillingham as well as a voicemail-generated rhyme from Tucker’s hero and close friend, the late great Billy Joe Shaver, which opens and closes the album.
In celebration of the new music, Tucker will kick off her Sweet Western Sound Tour this summer including a special “Texas Takeover” run with shows at Lubbock’s Buddy Holly Hall, Helotes’ John T. Floore’s Country Store, Houston’s Heights Theater for two nights and Fort Worth’s Billy Bob’s. Additional stops along the tour include two nights at The Ryman, New York City, Atlanta, Knoxville, and Fayetteville. Additional dates to be announced soon.
