{"id":138976,"date":"2024-06-28T09:38:48","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T16:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onewestmagazine.com\/magazine\/?p=138976"},"modified":"2024-06-28T09:38:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T16:38:48","slug":"troy-rameys-pick-up-truck-is-a-vibe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onewestmagazine.com\/magazine\/troy-rameys-pick-up-truck-is-a-vibe\/","title":{"rendered":"Troy Ramey&#8217;s &#8220;Pick Up Truck&#8221; Is A Vibe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Troy Ramey is back, and this time he&#8217;s bringing the open road vibes with his latest single, &#8220;Pick Up Truck.&#8221; What started as a tongue-in-cheek nod to country clich\u00e9s has turned into one of Ramey&#8217;s all-time favorite jams, and it\u2019s easy to see why. Co-written with his buddy Johnny Gates, the song captures the essence of summer drives and the joy of cranking up your favorite tunes.<\/p>\n<p>Flashback to 2017: Johnny, in a moment of musical matchmaking genius, nudges Troy towards writing a country song. Troy jokingly muses, \u201cIt\u2019s gotta be about a truck, whiskey, beer, a girl, or all the above.\u201d Fast forward a bit, and while strumming his guitar, the catchy line &#8220;when you hear my song, turn it up, sounds better in a pickup truck&#8221; pops into his head. Bam! The joke morphs into a bona fide anthem.<\/p>\n<p>Ramey\u2019s creative ritual is as cool as it gets\u2014driving around with his music blasting. It&#8217;s his secret sauce for brainstorming and refining his work. \u201cIt helps me think, gets me excited, or helps me identify things I want to change,\u201d he says. 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