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# The musician roasting Utah politics one parody song at a time
- URL: https://utahpolitics.news/podcasts/drew-ballard-protest-parody-songs/
- Published: 2026-09-17T20:52:02.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-17T21:52:24.000Z
- Author: Bryan Schott
- Tags: Podcasts, Interviews

Drew Ballard spent 15 years in piano bars, building a 6,500-song repertoire from audience requests. Lately he's turned that same instinct toward something else: parody songs aimed at political targets in Utah.

It started with the hyperscale data center approved in Box Elder County, encroaching on wetlands he'd loved since he was a kid. He heard the name "Kevin O'Leary" and thought "Eleanor Rigby" — and the song wrote itself.

On this episode, we talk about why parody cuts through where protest music doesn't, how growing up in a Mormon farm family shaped his songwriting, and what frustrates him more than backlash: silence.

[Listen to the full episode](https://specialsession.podbean.com/e/piano-bars-to-protest-songs-drew-ballards-musical-activism/?ref=utahpolitics.news).

[Watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aht8Dj%5FKjHI&ref=utahpolitics.news).

Catch Drew live at the No Kings protest on October 17.

Follow Drew: [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@drewbie.tunes?ref=utahpolitics.news) | [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/@drewbie.tunes?ref=utahpolitics.news)