There is much that goes into the writing, development, recording, production, and videography of a song…in
this case, a Country song. But unlike many of the Country songs one might hear over the airwaves, where
“No Prince Charming” is concerned, there are no mentions of a pick-up truck, tears in your beer, painted-on
jeans or any other Country “buzz” words so prevalent in today’s lyrics. What “No Prince Charming” DOES
offer, is the telling of a story—which is what attracted Ashley to Country music in the first place. In this case,
the song is about a young lady that is giving a good “dressing down” to a “full-of-himself, wanna-be cowboy”
that is trying a tad too hard to impress…and she ain’t having it!
But first, a little background regarding how “No Prince Charming” came to be. I was curious to know from
where the inspiration was drawn for the song and how the song-writing process developed. According to
Ashley, “DONNY GRUBB came to Bryan and me with the premise for the song's chorus. From there, Bryan
and I took it under our wings and crafted the rest of the chorus and verses along with the story line. Writing
the rest of the song was a lot of fun! I pulled from my past experiences of dealing with some of the jerks in
the world and applied that to the lyrics. The melody line came easy too--with the help of Donny and Bryan.
We all put in a good portion of our selves and talents into this song. I couldn't be happier with the outcome!
There was a lot of hard work--mixed in with fun--that really pushed this song to where it is now.”
She continues, “The whole premise of the song is about learning from your experiences and doing what's
best for you. It's not always the really cute bad boy that's going to give you the ending you really want.
Sometimes it’s the one that's been there the whole time--or you didn't expect to come along--who's going
to treat you the right way and be that ‘one’.”
Our quest to delve into “all things Prince Charming” led to J.B. and I meeting up with Brent and Bryan at the
local APPLEBEES. Brent had the script in hand for the video for “No Prince Charming” and had additionally
come armed with a laptop and headphones. And so it was, that I heard the first “scratch” recording and laid
eyes on the script for--what was soon to