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Neon Cowgirl Tami Neilson - The Neon Cowgirl, towering over Broadway in Nashville like the patron saint of heartbreak, watched Tami Neilson grow up. Basking in her glow, Tami walked wide-eyed into the Ryman Auditorium as a 16-year-old - and she dreamt of taking her place on that stage ever since. After spending half a year on a coast-to-coast tour of North America with her young family in a 40-foot motorhome, Tami returned to New Zealand to record a collection of songs inspired by her pilgrimage. This lovelorn letter written on 4 wheels over blacktop became Neon Cowgirl. From the barnburner InchBorrow My BootsInch- a celebration of sisterhood written and performed with Ashley McBryde and Shelly Fairchild featuring guitar-prodigy Grace Bowers - to the dreamy duet of the title track featuring Neil Finn, to Tami's soaring ode to Roy Orbison InchFoolish HeartInch and the smoky InchYou're Gonna FallInch recorded with JD McPherson, Neon Cowgirl leaves no emotion unexamined, no stone unturned. InchI collected the seeds for these songs in each place along the way. When they blossomed, there were crossbreeds of Presley and Patsy, Orbison and kd lang- the blues of Memphis, the twang of Texas, the cinematic torch of Judy Garland on a Hollywood soundstage. But mostly, it became a love letter to my Neon Cowgirl. Or, more accurately, a lovelorn letter. Because she'll just keep on breaking a foolish heart if you let her.Inch InchNeon CowgirlInch is the story of one woman's lifelong dream taking it's own sweet time and almost impossibly coming true. Album Tracks 1. Foolish Heart 2. Salvation Mountain 3. Neon Cowgirl Feat Neil Finn 4. Borrow My Boots Feat. Ashley McBryde, Shelly Fairchild, Grace Bowers 5. Love Someone 6. Keep on Feat. the Secret Sisters 7. You're Gonna Fall Feat. JD McPherson 8. Heartbreak City, USA 9. Loneliness of Love 10. U-Haul Blues 11.
