“50th and Western” by Red City Radio | Love Drunk Video

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by Andrew Norman

Sitting on his throne smack dab in the middle of the back bar space at Jake's Cigars & Spirits in Benson, Red City Radio drummer (and native Nebraskan) Dallas Tidwell checks to ensure guitarist Garrett Dale's focusing on the song he's about to sing, rather than his Jameson and Coke.

"Ready Garr Bear?" 

Tidwell counts off the beat on his ride, and Dale steps up to the mic … 

Crammed into a booth next to Tidwell, Fort Collins band Elway — in town for a show with RCR at the Sandbox — plays the Nintendo game "1943: The Battle of Midway" on an old laptop, eats slices of vegan pizza and pounds PBR tallboys, paying no attention to the Oklahoma City band's Love Drunk shoot. The same goes for the bar's regulars, who drink off their workday at varying speeds and intensity levels.

On the song "50th and Western" from their Paper + Plastick debut full-length The Dangers of Standing Still, Red City Radio's levels are consistent: fast and forceful. Tidwell, Dale, guitarist Paul Pendley and bassist Jonathan Knight nail the song in their second take, but Dale won't let the song die. Who could blame him? Watch it here.

audio recorded/mixed by Django G-S
video directed/edited by Django G-S
 
cameras:
Django G-S
Andrew Norman
Angie Norman
Nicholas O'Bradovich
Andrew Roger
Ben Semisch
 
photo:
Ben Semisch
 
* performed on Tuesday, March 20, 2012
 
 
Andrew Norman is Hear Nebraska's editor-in-chief. He was with Red City Radio at Fest this year in Gainesville. Here's a little of what happened. Contact him at andrewn@hearnebraska.org.