April 21, 2012 - VIDEO!

VIDEO! We had a very cool thing happen here yesterday morning. Some of the Horses of Tierra Madre were part of a music video shoot! That’s right, all the way from MTV’s first-ever video broadcast of “Video Killed the Radio Star”, the genre has found its way to the Arizona desert & a bevy of our horses. The other evening, while we had a “Sound of Cave Creek” table set up at the Buffalo Chip, a young woman from London came up to us & we started shooting the breeze. Well, one thing led to another, the director came by, & before you knew it, we’d set the thing up for six o’clock yesterday morning. The video is for a group called A Silent Film & their new single, “Danny, Dakota & the Wishing Well” is at number 17 & climbing on the British charts. If you’d like to hear the song, go here: http://asilentfilm.com/ - you can’t help but find it. Anyway, our part of the story included the young woman, “Dakota”, finding herself in the desert & coming upon a herd of wild horses, where she ultimately befriends one of them. To achieve the right effects we had to get a few horses that we knew would tear around the arena when we let ‘em out. So, we chose Hollywood, Hiz Nibz & Studley, our three race cars (we left the fourth race car – Chance – out of the mix for safety’s sake). The angle of the early morning sun & the dust that was kicked up by the boys looks outstanding on film. They seem to appear from out of the dust, running at full bore. We two-leggeds had to help add a little dust into the air by tossing forksful of dust, but the boys did right fine on their own, too. And, every once in a while, Brother Eric & I had to get ‘em going again. Truth be told, the ‘boyz’ kinda just wanted to get back to their breakfasts & couldn’t give a rip about being in a film. But they were great about it. Finally, the “Dakota” character (played by the lovely Victoria) has to befriend one of the horses. We had our sights set on Nibz but, lo & behold, Studley came to the fore. And he loved having Victoria scratch his head & neck & chest & all that. They even stood there, forehead-to-forehead. And, on film, it looks absolutely stunning. So, in the end, it’ll be ol’ Studs who gets the true heavy-duty cameo that’ll be seen ‘round the world. Last evening, at the Buffalo Chip, I met the guys from the band. Great group of guys, too. And more of the video was shot during last night’s bull-riding there, too. Plus, on Monday, “Dakota” has to have a scene in which she plays cards with an ol’ cowpoke. And rumor has it that this ol’ cowpoke just might be her playing partner. I’ll keep you posted. But it was Studley & Nibz & Hollywood who stole the show yesterday. And all of us at Tierra Madre are thrilled about the whole deal. As soon as the video comes out, I’ll post it everywhere, so you’ll be sure to see it. In the meantime, though, I have to get busy trying to find an agent for our three video stars. Remember “Fury”? “My Friend, Flicka”? Who knows? Maybe the TV world is ready for “My Bud, Studs”! Have a nice day. And let’s all be nice to each other, okay? Remember – we’re all we’ve got. Peace. Out.