Dean Johnson | "Faraway Skies" | Western AF

Western AF presents Dean Johnson | "Faraway Skies"
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After more than 15 years of playing music, Dean Johnson's debut album "Nothing for Me, Please" is releasing the first week of May.

It took us planning the first-ever Western AF Showcase to finally get Dean to Wyoming. Getting this man from Seattle, which people had heard little about, was our top priority. Dean entranced the audience with his transcendental voice and impossibly clever lyrics. Now that we finally had him in Wyoming we took full advantage and captured this performance that we had been waiting on for years.

The song, "Faraway Skies" felt like our white whale. As much as we toiled in the planning of this vid, a lot of it came down to improv — embracing what the day will bring for light, the weather, and Dean’s performance itself.It was hard to commit to one concept for how to capture this video. Do we shoot it in Seattle? Does he come to Wyoming and surround himself with buffalo? The lyrics take you in and out of both urban and rural settings. It’s hard to pick what’s best. At the end of the day, it felt right to have Dean with just the sky behind him. It was all we really needed, the song would work its magic.

It is hard to let go after all the sweating we did to make this a video worthy of the song itself. After the sun went down we had the realization that it had been a beautiful day. We were surrounded by friends. In our hearts, whenever we hear "Faraway Skies," we’ll forever be transported to that day of making art with friends.

With that, we bow out, and announce to you all, Dean Johnson’s, "Faraway Skies" is one of the greatest songs to be released in 2023. Fight us.

Featured on Hulu’s Reservation Dogs Season 3 Episode 2 and a Tecovas Commercial dir. by Scott Ballew

Lyrics
You wouldn't know by looking at me
I am a cowboy, my friend
I'm forever out riding on the range of my mind
Dreamin' away all of my time
Cattle calls and canyon walls
The jangle of spurs
At the light of dawn put the saddle on
Start movin' the herd
The distant horizons are a glorious sight
And there's gettin' lost in the milky way at night
Ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
I got a lightening lasso and my trusty horse Blue
I've got a six-shooter too
I have an ol' Stetson hat and shaggy moustache
Yes, I'm at home on the range
Tumbleweed and buffalo
The rivers run wild
Sunset over rollin' hills
Ghost rider sky
A campfire song left me feelin' just right
Yeah, I'm gettin' lost in the milky way tonight
Ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Down on sidewalk life passes me by
I've been too slow for these times
But now you'll be knowin', if you look in my eyes
I'm a cowboy 'neath faraway skies
Ooh, ooh, yip-ye-yeah-yeah
I'm a cowboy 'neath faraway skies
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Website: https://www.deanjohnsongs.com/
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Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/m6ye48rt
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Recorded & Mixed By: Will Ross
Editor: Manuel Deakins
Executive Producers: Todd Russo, Irv Maddox, Travis Blankenship & Johnny Callahan
Special Thanks: Esther Rose, Joseph Wyman, Prairie Monarch Bison Ranch
Producers: Will Ross, Brian Harrington & Mike Vanata

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