Single Run Baby Run released 05.03.21
Revered songwriter Andrew Farriss is set to release his debut self-titled solo album this month. The outlaw-inspired country release has been a passion project for more than a decade, and sees Andrew setting his feet firmly in a music direction that is all about the storytelling. To coincide with the album, Andrew is releasing a new single, Run Baby Run, a track that combines old-time reverie with an outlaw country sentiment.
Co-written with Bruce Wallace and Phil Barton in Nashville, Run Baby Run embodies the feeling of freedom, and the concept of getting away from it all. “The idea that you can just run, you can ride your horse, you can get into your car, or you can drive off down the highway,” says Andrew. “It is a feel good kind of song. The idea of the song is about being liberated, you always want to feel like you are young, and may the young forever run free.”
The film clip for Run Baby Run was filmed near Gympie, in the Amamoor State Forest and National Park. The clip features the historic Mary Valley Rattler, a heritage steam locomotive. Vibrantly vivid with circus performers and vaudeville characters, it showcases the story of a heroine in trouble. For Andrew, this storytelling aspect was an important part of the songwriting process for Run Baby Run.
Early on, Andrew was particularly moved by the thought process of ‘movers and shakers’ and wanted to carve a story around this concept. “There are some people who are happy to fly under the radar,” he says. “And there are some people who want to be movers and shakers in the world. If you are going to be a mover and shaker, you have to run baby run. I knew those two phrases, I had to have in a song. I like the second verse in particular. Singing a song for the lost and disillusioned in the world! People want to feel like they have a purpose, why we are here, we have a good code to live by and that is what the song is all about.”
When it came to recording Run Baby Run, Andrew hand-picked some of the best players in Nashville to join him on the song. Recorded with Larry Beaird at his studios, the track features Eddie Bayers (drums), Jimmy Nicols (keyboards), Eli Beaird (bass), Justin Ostrander (electric guitar) and Justin Schipper (pedal steel). Like many of the songs recorded for Andrew’s debut release, the song fell into place in the studio, as the musicians and Andrew laid all the instrumentation down live.
Run Baby Run is the third single from Andrew’s self-title forthcoming solo album. His previous singles – Good Momma Bad, released at the start of 2020, and Come Midnight, released in 2019 – have already garnered strong radio support. Andrew’s solo album was originally slated for release in March 2020, however, it was put on hold due to COVID-19. Never one to stop working, Andrew instead released his EP Love Makes The World, which spawned two hit singles, the title track and the empathetic All The Stars Are Mine.
Andrew Farriss will release his debut self-titled solo album on Friday 19th March 2021.
The new single Run Baby Run is released through BMG / BBR on Friday 5th March 2021.
For more information, please visit www.andrewfarriss.com
