Gary Allan Serves Up Worthy Warning With ‘Waste of a Whiskey Drink’ [Listen]
It's been three years since Gary Allan gave fans a new single, and on Friday (July 31), he released "Waste of a Whiskey Drink."
"It’s about a girl that you just don’t want any of your friends to get tangled up with," Allan explains in a press release. "You’ve been there. And you’re telling him as he’s looking at her and thinking she’s cute … and you’re saying, ‘Man, just do something else because she’s a waste of a whiskey drink. Don’t do it."
Written by Josh Kear, Michael Hardy and Mark Holman, "Waste of a Whiskey Drink" is a Gary Allan song right from the first note, harking back to a classic sound reminiscent of previous hits "Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain)," "Best I Ever Had" and "Watching Airplanes."
“We haven’t had a single in quite a bit, but I just went in [to the studio] to make a nineties record, with 'throwback' in mind,” Allan told Rolling Stone earlier this year. "I think I got some good stuff that will be legit for today. I just cut six sides with (producers) Mark (Wright) and Tony (Brown,) so I’m trying to capture that sound again right now. We put the same band together, and we really got it too."
In the same interview, Allan was asked about the nineties sound coming back on country radio currently, lead by artists such as Luke Combs.
"There is a lane right now opening up and I’m going to step right into it,” he explained then, and he's doing it now with "Waste of a Whiskey Drink."
These Are the Top 10 Country Songs of 2020:
More From Taste of Country
![12 Country Stars Who Found Love Again After Tragic Loss](http://townsquare.media/site/204/files/2024/07/attachment-DogHankRory.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Gary Allan Marries Molly Martin in a Spontaneous, Intimate Ceremony](http://townsquare.media/site/204/files/2024/03/attachment-GaryAllan1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Gary Allan + Tracy Lawrence Plot Co-Headlining Tour Dates for 2023](http://townsquare.media/site/204/files/2023/02/attachment-gary-allan-tracy-lawrence-2023-tour.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Gary Allan Splits From Longtime Record Label UMG Nashville](http://townsquare.media/site/204/files/2022/08/attachment-Gary-Allan-Record-Label-Split.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Gary Allan Gets Engaged to Girlfriend Molly Martin: ‘She Said Yes’](http://townsquare.media/site/204/files/2021/11/attachment-garyallanchristmasalbum2.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Gary Allan Reminisces About His Lifelong Love for Vinyl: ‘You Have to Be More Attentive to It’](http://townsquare.media/site/204/files/2021/11/attachment-garyallanchristmasalbum2.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Gary Allan Kept Losing His Voice While Rehearsing for His Return to Live Shows](http://townsquare.media/site/204/files/2016/09/Gary-Allan.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Interview: Gary Allan Honors Roots While Embracing Change on New Album, ‘Ruthless’](http://townsquare.media/site/204/files/2021/06/attachment-gary-allan-ruthless-photo-shoot.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![6 Country Stars Who Are Hot Again in 2021](http://townsquare.media/site/204/files/2021/05/hot-again.jpg?w=980&q=75)