The AOL-based site The Boot sat down with Emily and Martie of Court Yard Hounds to discuss their new single “The Coast”, how this project differs from The Dixie Chicks and much more.
The Boot: Emily, what inspired you to write ‘The Coast’?
Emily Robison: The inspiration comes from he phenomenon of people in South Texas when — on spring break or the weekend — they say, “I’m going down to the coast,” our coast at the Gulf. It just seems like a destination for a lot of people hanging out there, and the culture down there seems very relaxed. A lot of my friends go down there and my ex took me down there a lot with the kids. The song came fairly quickly to me. I woke up one morning and I heard the melody in my head, and I went and wrote it in about an hour — which is very not like me. It usually takes me a few weeks to finish a song. So it was just so clear to me, it was more of painting a picture of this place. Everyone is familiar with the East coast and the West coast, but not so much the Texas coast.
The Boot: Yet the song does have a very California coast feel to it.
Emily: Yeah, I wanted it to be laid back and I heard fiddle on it; I heard Martie’s instrumentation on it. I don’t want to make it more than it is. To me, it’s just a portrait of a place. It’s easy and it’s a comfortable place to be, and I wanted to write a song about that.
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