Video Premiere: Andrew Leahey & the Homestead, “The Good Life”

For Nashville singer-songwriter (and American Songwriter contributor), the idea of a “good life” is not one he takes lightly. After battling a life-threatening brain tumor, Leahey’s outlook on his life and his music changed drastically. That shift in perspective birthed his forthcoming album Skyline in Central Time, a Thirty Tigers release featuring his band the Homestead and recorded at Ken Coomer’s (Wilco) East Nashville Studio Cartoon Moon. A standout track on the record is “The Good Life,” a tune that came to Leahey while recovering from the brain surgery that saved his life.

“I met my wife at a music festival in New York City, when we were barely more than teenagers,” Leahey says. “Years later, I had to put my music career on hold when I was diagnosed with a brain tumor, and she left her own job for a month to help me recover after the operation. I woke one night in the middle of the night, several days after we left the hospital, and had this chorus floating through my head. I couldn’t walk by myself at the time — my balance was still too iffy — so I hummed the melody into my phone and went back to sleep. When I woke up, I had this new song on my phone, just waiting to be recorded — which I did a few months later in Ken Coomer’s studio. The good life, indeed.”

Watch the video for “The Good Life” below.