This week’s Makin’ Tracks column focuses on Cody Johnson’s relatable and romantic new single.
“Tears started welling up in my eyes,” he recalls.It was no question after that moment that Johnson would record “The Painter.” But what particularly makes the song work is that his sentiment about his wife is not entirely unique. The words also apply to the marriage of Red Street Country singer/songwriter Ryan Larkins, who conceived the basic idea – that a woman brought meaning and color to a man’s life – with his wife, Chauntay, in mind.
“It was basically like, ‘This is my wife and our life, she’s the painter, she’s the color, she’s making everything come to life,’” Higgins notes. “We were just smiling. It was such a fun song to write because we all love the character.” In the third verse, the woman gives her approval to her man’s blue periods, a sort of recognition that rough patches offer value of their own. The writers talked a bit about writing a bridge for “The Painter” – they might have even tried one or two versions of a bridge – but ultimately dropped that plan and inserted a four-bar space for a solo.
Johnson recorded “The Painter” with producer Trent Willmon at Starstruck, where Johnson had the best chance of connecting with the studio band. “That part blows me away,” Larkins says. “It moves me almost to tears, like as much as the chorus or the very first verse. It’s such a huge part of that song now.” Willmon worked with Fleenor in-person on that section. The decision to cut it that way, instead of just emailing her the files, was one of his favorite parts of the process.
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