Kountry Gentleman
A friend introduced me to a band named Family Force 5 and their latest video the other day, and while I normally enjoy music videos, I don’t often feel like they’re worth telling too many people about. However this is a special case, this video stands above the crowd for several reasons. However the reason that I want to dwell on today is the fact that their video Kountry Gentleman features the General Lee! That’s right, it has the General Lee from the Dukes of Hazzard in it. While I realize that there may be some other music video out there that feature the General Lee, this one is actually worth watching. For starters, in many ways this video actually gives more respect to the original show, unlike the unfortunate film that unjustly shares the name of The Dukes of Hazzard and the corresponding music video. Anyway if you haven’t seen Kountry Gentleman I definitely would recommend it.
June 29th, 2006 at 2:21 pm
I directed this video. I grew up with cars, especially the Barris Kustom cars from television shows. We wanted to respect it but still have fun with it. The rebel flag is a touchy subject, but when the car pulled up to set we knew we had done the right thing. We actually drove it around first and set off the Dixie horn, it was nuts. We shot this video before the band was signed, for no money and free film. There have been talks about making a high budget version.
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