Pardi's "Friday Night Hearbreaker" gets video treatment
Released as the lead track off his upcoming fifth studio album, the video was directed by Jim Wright and shot in Nashville's Printer's Alley. The song highlights Pardi's signature mix of honky-tonk rhythms and contemporary sounds, capturing the bittersweet blend of infatuation and heartbreak often felt during fleeting moments of romance.
"I always enjoy filming with Jim Wright, even if it means being in Printer's Alley until 2 a.m.," said Pardi. "You really see some wild characters down there at that hour. One of my favorite parts of the shoot was chatting with the actors and actresses who performed the circus stunts. They were amazing. All I had to do was play guitar and drive a cool car while they were over there breathing fire and swallowing swords. It was awesome to watch it all come together."
More news for Jon Pardi
- 01/17/25: Pardi announces "Honkytonk Hollywood"
- 12/04/24: Pardi returns to the road
- 10/27/23: It's Xmas in October with Pardi plus Judds tribute, Flatland Cavalry, Springsteen deluxe
- 10/24/23: Pardi officially joins the Opry
- 10/02/23: Pardi announces first Xmas disc
- 04/29/23: Pardi receives huge surprise at Stagecoach - an Opry invite
- 03/20/23: Pardi, Mr. Saturday Night, returns to action
- 02/21/23: Pardi becomes a dad
CD reviews for Jon Pardi
You know from the first notes of Jon Pardi's "All I Want For Christmas" that this is going to be good album as it starts off with a steel guitar intro. Later, there is also a twin fiddle solo. These elements reveal how this track is a true country version. It's also executed well, which makes this old holiday warhorse of a song somehow sound fresh and new. It's one of 12 winners and proves once again what a gift Pardi is to us all.
The content is consistently secular, ...
Jon Pardi's "Mr. Saturday Night" sounds as though most of its stories take place on the weekend at an idealized country honky tonk. Many of these drinking holes also feature swinging doors and jukeboxes. They don't seem like citified bars, but they perfectly fit Pardi's enjoyable neo-traditional song cycle.
Although the drums pound much harder on the single "Last Night Lonely" than they do on truly traditional country music, Pardi incorporates far more fiddle ...
Jon Pardi may sing about heartache medication with this collection of songs, but his focus on arrangements filled with traditional musical elements (fiddle, steel guitar and twangy electric guitar) is joyfully medicinal for anyone sickened by so much mainstream country music that lacks many (if not all) of these essential country instruments.
These songs read as well as they sound, though. For example, the drinking song "Me and Jack" begins with a thumping, Johnny Cash-inspired country groove. ...
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