Watch Tami Neilson's new single 'Borrow My Boots' feat. Ashley McBryde
- Publish date
- Friday, 16 May 2025, 9:17AM
Tami Neilson has released the second single from her upcoming album, ‘Neon Cowgirl’, featuring US country singer Ashley McBryde, and we're obssessed!
Borrow My Boots was co-written with Nashville songwriters Ashley McBryde and Shelly Fairchild, who also appear on the song alongside Grace Bowers.
The music video (watch above) includes footage of the group performing live at Tami's Grand Ole Opry debut.
After getting to perform on an absolute dream show with an all-star lineup singing the music of Patsy Cline at the Ryman, I woke up the next morning to a DM from one of my favourite country stars, Ashley McBryde. She’d been on the line up and after seeing me perform, she had immediately dug into my catalogue of music and wrote to me to lift me up and encourage me, saying she was a fan. A few weeks later, she tagged me in a post of her getting ready for the red carpet of the CMAs, playing “Careless Woman” as her hype song! A couple months after that, she asked for permission to create a t-shirt with my photo on it and a line from that song, “I Wanna Be Her When I Grow Up” so she could wear it around town as she hosted CMA Fest and champion my music.
That’s how you say, “Hey Sister, you can borrow my boots.”
So, when I had a song idea about women supporting and empowering each other, she was the first person who came to mind. I asked if she would do a long-distance writing session and she invited powerhouse songwriter and artist Shelly Fairchild to join us and “Borrow My Boots” was born, and recorded on the album the next week. I met Grace Bowers back when she was 15 and had just moved to Nashville and I asked her to play her first paid gigs with me at Americanafest - we had to hide her backstage because she wasn’t old enough to be in the venues. She’s rocketing to stardom now and after playing with everyone from Dolly and Slash, to rocking the Grammys, I didn’t know if she’d have time for a little guitar solo on my album. Not only did she contribute a blistering solo, she changed her flights in the middle of a tour to join me, Ashley and Shelly to perform this song at my debut on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry.
That’s how you say, “Hey Sister, you can borrow my boots.
- Tami Neilson
Tami Neilson's new album, Neon Cowgirl, will be released July 11th.
Borrow My Boots is spinning now on iHeartCountry NZ! Tune in using the player below.