Friday Night Videos

I grew up in a small Texas town with a tiny radio station that played both kinds of music: Country and western. So that's the music I grew up with. I have a deep appreciation for Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, Bob Wills and Hank Williams that's never gone away. Jerry Jeff Walker's playing right now. But almost without exception, Nashville never got the whole concept of videos. And by that I mean C&W videos suck. Really, really suck. Suck so much that the Nashville Network stopped showing them all together, changed its name to Spike and now has a programming slate filled with Ultimate Fighting and Star Trek reruns. But every so often a country act rose above the morass and realized you could have fun with the format. Case in point: Carlene Carter, daughter of June Carter Cash. With a knack for catchy songwriting and a confident, shameless stage presence, she turned out some trippy, fun videos like this one for "Every Little Thing."



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