Ola Podrida's "Eastbound" Music Video

The last three days, I've been waking up about an hour or so before sunrise to shoot a new music video for Ola Podrida. The song is "Eastbound" and documents the band's move from Texas to New York. Characterized as pure Texas music, Ola Podrida's folksy beat just seems a perfect travel companion along those long, familiar stretches of Texas highways. David Lowery (Deadroom, The Outlaw Son) was chosen to write and direct the project, and it stars Barlow Jacobs (Low and Behold), who drove in to Fort Worth from New Orleans to shoot the project and hang out for a few days.



The first day of shooting went rather smoothly; probably because our location was right around the corner from James M Johnston's home in Fort Worth. However, the second day was a complete waste because Barlow was pulled over due to the fact that we'd all forgotten to take the gaffer tape off of his brake lights! And to make things worse, the officer that pulled him over was in training, so not only did Barlow receive a citation given everything had to be "by the book," but to top it off, we couldn't shoot that day because it took over thirty minutes to write the ticket. Luckily, this morning went smoothly and we got some great footage.



But the real highlight of the weekend was this totally unique and awesome tailgate we saw on the way back from The Spiral Diner!



When the final cut is available, I'll post it here. In the meantime, check out all the production stills, learn more about Ola Podrida, and see the phenomenal music video for Ola Podrida's "Lost & Found," directed by Todd Rohal (The Guatemalan Handshake).