Drew Cooper

Sadder Songs Than You Had Hoped For — New album out June 5th

Drew Cooper was born in Springfield, IL, and his Midwest upbringing and values have followed him ever since. When he was 11, his family moved to Tucson, AZ, where he came into contact with the Southwest culture and lifestyle. Heavily influenced by Garth Brooks, Bruce Springsteen, The Band, Cross Canadian Ragweed and Chris LeDoux, he has managed to find his own sound in a sea of similarity.

A storyteller with a graveled voice and a stage presence that's difficult to forget, Cooper is a quickly adopted brother in the Texas Red Dirt music scene, where your songwriting goods is your only true currency. His street cred in Arizona laid a fast track into Texas, where he spends half his time living, writing and performing among his tale-spinning brethren.

Fatherhood, addiction, divorce, new love, the loneliness of life on the road — it's all there, and Cooper is perfectly comfortable telling you all about it. "You don't have to be unhappy to write good music. You only have to be honest."

“Drew Cooper should absolutely be a name to watch out for in chicken fried country rock. Outlaw country radio should be all over this guy.”

— John Lousteau (Producer / Head Engineer at Studio 606)

june 5th: Sadder Songs Than You Had Hoped For

In Drew's own words:

"I used the melodies to explore some emotions and situations from my past that I finally have perspective on. I tried to be as honest as I could with the songs so I could look people in the face when they asked about them. Some songs about the road and the loneliness that comes along with chasing a dream — not just for me, but the people you leave at home as you go out into the world. I didn't make this to buy people's affections with pop sounds and shit lyrics. I felt something with every one of these songs and I needed them to see the light of day."

Produced by: Adam Odor (Grammy Award Winner)

Recorded at: Yellow Dog Studios

“Cooper’s writing, while sitting firmly in the modern country vein, has a lot of the grease and grit of ‘80s Americana rock. There’s a hint of Petty here, a dash of Springsteen there, and a Waylon Jennings-shaped stain covering the whole damn thing.”

— K.C. LIBMAN (Phoenix New Times)

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Radio chart history

Cross Canadian Ragweed
Koe Wetzel
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Turnpike Troubadours
Toby Keith
Jason Isbell
Reckless Kelly
Chris Young
Randy Rogers
Brad Paisley
Eric Church
Robert Earl Keen

"Amarillo" — Peak #29 ACMC | Peak #35 CDX TX | Peak #37 TCMC — Highest debut on CDX TX, Song of the Week on TCMC Week 1 — Charted across TX, OK, AR, WI, NM, and Houston markets

"Coming Down the Mountain" — Peak #42 ACMC | Peak #45 TCMC | Peak #48 CDX TX

"Best of Me" — Peak #62 TCMC | Peak #66 ACMC | Peak #68 CDX TX

"Whiskey and Smoke" — Peak #73 TCMC | Peak #89 CDX TX

"Madeline" — Peak #73 TCMC | Peak #86 CDX TX