Paulette teams up with McBryde on "The Prophet (Grandaddy's Song)"
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Paulette teams up with McBryde on "The Prophet (Grandaddy's Song)"

Friday, June 20, 2025 – When cowgirl and songstress Jenna Paulette released her sophomore album, "Horseback," last September, the 13-track project featured one song in particular that held a special place in the Texan's heart. "The Prophet (Grandaddy's Song)," written by Ashley McBryde, Matraca Berg and Lori McKenna, was dedicated to Paulette's grandfather and underscored the reverence felt toward the patriarch who shaped her life.

Today, Paulette is teaming up with McBryde for a special collaboration version of the track, as the pair release a duet of the song.

"I grew up in a ranching family on the Texas/Oklahoma line in Thackerville, Okla. Oklahoma," Paulette said. "I'd be listening to Don Williams, Eddie Arnold and George Strait in my grandad's ranch truck as we checked cattle, and I just thought to myself, 'well, if they can sing about what they're living, maybe I can too.' That grandaddy that took me with him to check cows made a huge impact on me.

"This song was sent to me by the A&R from my label," she said. "When it was sent to me, I asked 'do you think they would mind if I put my grandad into these lyrics?" I thought, I just want to put him all the way in it, and I want my daughter, who is seven months old, to be able to know my grandaddy because of this song. And they said yes, very graciously. So I put it on my record that came out a month before she was born, and Ashley McBryde actually said yes to putting out a duet version including her own lyrics to this song."

Paulette most recently released "How To Make A Cowboy Cry" in April, which coincided with the kickoff of her headlining Horseback Acoustic Tour.


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