Let Her Run (Official Video) - JD Hardy/ JD Hardy At The Bourbon Room

 

When #musicmaven9 first began hearing about Country music's "Bad Boy from Bakersfield" and all the plans that were in the works for him, we decided to sit back and let his music take JD on a magical mystery soiree into his vision and making it work in Hollywood.

During his show at Hollywood's Bourbon Room, JD Hardy played a rocking' Country set of his originals such as "Let Her Run" which really epitomizes what Country music is all about and Hardy also threw into the set Guns N' Roses' "Sweet Child O' Mine"in order to pay homage to his high powered, Grammy winning, record executive and manager Vicky Hamilton.

Hamilton and Hardy took a working jaunt to Nashville, Tennessee recently to play a gig there at The Basement for "New Faces" night and then they began working on some material of Hardy's at the infamous and legendary "Cash Cabin." The "Cash Cabin" is where John Carter Cash's mother June Carter Cash recorded a Grammy winning album titled "Press On" under the watchful eyes and trained ears of the irrepressible Hamilton. During those sessions Country talents Rodney Crowell and Marty Stuart were jamming right along with Cash.  

#musicmaven9 cannot wait to hear his new material recorded under the aegis of John Carter Cash and a very talented bunch of Country music denizens such as Trey Call. Wonder what Hardy will call it? His most recent album is titled "Killer" which resonates.  During his set at the Bourbon Room he was repeating phrases like C'Mon Back and was throwing the label of "Outlaw Country" around just a bit.

Whatever the title Hardy dubs this effort, I'm sure it will live up to his  "Bad Boy of Bakersfield"  reputation and his penchant for creating authentic and unique sounds.

The only thing that #musicmaven9 asks is that Hardy keeps his boots and Stetson on for all photos. It was too much of a shock to see Hardy in a cap and tennis sneakers for #musicmaven9 to wrap her head around.

We did find the decor of the Bourbon Room delightful, interesting and very male but done up tastefully and was a nice place to do some drinking. This was our maiden voyage into the dark recesses of the Bourbon Room.  

As I recently reiterated in a message to Orville Peck "just because I am known primarily for Rock and Rock N' Roll (there is a difference) doesn't mean that I cannot make the crossover to Country the same way that some Country artists cross over to Rock N' Roll/Rock...case in point Hardy doing "Sweet Child O' Mine" by Guns N' Roses and doing it very well."  

It all kind of reminded me of Gram Parsons' "Cosmic American Music" in its play on Rock N' Roll/Rock music as well as Country and how much influence Parsons' had upon his fellow musicians such as The Rolling Stones. Maybe Hardy is the same kind of force as Parsons was to music.