Frank Ray is out with “Third Row George Strait,” the first single from his forthcoming EP ‘Good For The Soul,’ dropping June 26. Written by Ben Hayslip, Dan Isbell and Ben Stennis, and produced by Seth Mosley and Michael “X” O’Connor, the track is a catchy, up-tempo nod to country icon George Strait that hits with the warmth of a nostalgic summer romance and the energy of something brand new. It’s the kind of song that wins over country fans and George Strait devotees in the same breath. Listen here.
“After sitting with the demo for a while and stacking new songs, I started drifting away from this song,” says Ray. “Not because it wasn’t great, I just hadn’t made it mine yet. But after working on it with my producer a bit more, everything clicked. Now I can’t stop playing the song and I hope it hits fans the same way it hit me the first and second time around, it’s kind of like falling in love with your someone all over again.”
The EP behind the single is a five-track collection that pulls from sunny ’90s and 2000s honky-tonk tones, epic balladry and Ray’s smooth, Latin-inflected country vocal. The title track features Tracy Lawrence, and the full project reflects a songwriter who has spent years building toward exactly this kind of focused, confident statement. Ray’s path from Las Cruces law enforcement officer to touring with Luke Combs, Kane Brown and Luke Bryan is well documented at this point, and ‘Good For The Soul’ reads like the next logical step.
‘Good For The Soul’ Track List:
- “One Way To Do It” (Matt Dragstrem, Jordan Minton, Seth Ennis)
- “Lookin’ Out For Me” (Frank Ray, Seth Mosley, Joybeth Taylor)
- “Third Row George Strait” (Ben Hayslip, Dan Isbell, Ben Stennis)
- “Hard To Be A Hero” (Frank Ray, Trannie Anderson, Jordan Walker, Seth Mosley)
- “Good For The Soul” – Frank Ray and Tracy Lawrence (Tim Nichols, Michael Carter, Brett Kissel)