Lisa LeBlanc unveils the video for her ferociously upbeat track Gold Diggin’ Hoedown off her mini-album Highways, Heartaches and Time Well-Wasted released via Bonsound.
Director Didier Charette wanted to showcase western communities outside of America. The video was filmed over 10 days in Tokyo, Japan, the perfect fast-paced city for this fast-paced song.
While researching, Charette stumbled upon the Little Texas bar in Meguro. The owners give line dancing classes and bring bands from around the world to play at their little basement venue. The Japanese have a long-standing love story with western culture and country music, stretching back to the war when Americans would broadcast their music over the radio (though enthusiam has waned somewhat with newer generations).
The video was mostly filmed guerilla style, says the director:
It was really interesting to shoot with Sanae because we couldn't really talk, she didn't speak English and I don't speak Japanese. So I had my little book, with basic Japanese stuff I had written down to tell her what I wanted to film. People would give us looks as a Japanese cowgirl was walking with three male foreigners.