Randy Houser Recruits Riley Green For A Reimagination Of “Rub A Little Dirt On It”

Randy Houser is giving a 2022 hit a little facelift.

Two years ago, Houser dropped his sixth studio record, Note To Self, and fans quickly latched onto the eighth track of the album “Rub A Little Dirt On It.” Since the album’s release, it has been a staple of Houser’s setlists and is one that you can always count on fans belting from the crowd. The father-and-son style song talks about learning to take the punches as they come and, when life doesn’t go your way, “Put A Little Dirt On It” and try again. It’s the perfect message: sometimes it gets worse before it gets better.

While fans love the song as it is when you have a track that you play on repeat, sometimes you start to wonder who would be a good feature on it, and Houser’s fans have been asking for a reimagination of the ditty.

Houser heard the requests, took them to heart, and today dropped a new version of the single featuring another Southern boy, Riley Green.

“I’ve had a ton of requests for different versions of ‘Rub A Little Dirt On It,’ and I couldn’t think of a more fitting voice to add than my buddy Riley Green!

Houser did a stellar job including Riley Green on this track because he was correct; there is no more fitting voice to add to this single than Riley Green’s. Their thick southern drawls pair flawlessly, and the lyrical content aligns with something Green might write himself. While reimagining the song often means a few changed words or added verses, Green sings the lyrics as Houser initially did.

Riley takes the second verse with a heavy outdoors emphasis, matching perfectly to his personal brand. During the chorus, they each swap off, taking the lead while the other supports through harmonies, making it the perfect duet, in my opinion.

“Rub a little dirt on it

Shake the dust right outta your mind

Let a cool breeze work on it

Ya feel the healing comin’ on right on time

Crack a six-pack open

Somewhere under an open sky

When life gets a little hurt on it

Get in the middle of nowhere, and rub a little dirt on it”

Houser knocked it out of the park, breathing new life into this track. If country music fans were not familiar with this stellar song before, adding Riley Green will surely bring a new audience to Houser’s catalog.

Fire it up.