On Friday’s Loudwire Nights (May 17), Jesse James Dupree joined Chuck Armstrong to not solely rejoice the discharge of his new music video for “Stranded,” however to take listeners behind-the-scenes on the making of it.

“Much like the album, the video just happened,” Dupree informed Chuck concerning the newest single from his solo album, Breathing Fire. The video was filmed within the Black Hills of South Dakota, close to the Full Throttle Saloon and Sturgis.

“It’s just an amazing experience for anyone to go to that part of the United States,” Dupree stated.

“I mean, the Black Hills of South Dakota are a magical place and they’re also a humble place when you think about all the BS that’s going on in this country with our government and with the economy and with all the things that we’re dealing with. When you go out there and you look at that area of the country…if you can’t stand there and be humble and proud of this country in spite of these jerks that are running things into the ground and trying to divide us — there’s a common bond in celebrating that freedom that you experience out there.”

From getting up in freezing chilly climate earlier than the solar rose to being shocked by a herd of buffalo when filming, “Stranded” got here collectively in methods Dupree and his Director of Photography Tristan Barnard could not have predicted.

“If you had told somebody, ‘I want to shoot a video, go make sure we’ve got 100 buffalo that come,’ you couldn’t have done it,” Dupree stated. “I couldn’t afford it.”

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They have been additionally shocked by one of many places they filmed as a result of it simply so occurred to be the precise spot the place a Western people hero was shot and killed.

“I’m standing on the ground that Wild Bill Hickock got shot,” Dupree recalled, with an apparent awe in his voice. “The whole video just happened…just like the record, in the spirit of the album. I’m very proud of it.”

Watch Jesse James Dupree’s Official Music Video For “Stranded”

What Else Did Jesse James Dupree Discuss on Loudwire Nights?

• Why he is not revealing the non-public particulars of what impressed “Stranded”
• What’s on the horizon for Jackyl this 12 months
• Why everybody — whether or not you experience or not — ought to expertise Sturgis

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Jesse James Dupree joined Loudwire Nights on Friday, May 17; the present replays on-line right here, and you’ll tune in stay each weeknight at 7PM ET or on the Loudwire app; you may as well see if the present is offered in your native radio station and hearken to interviews on-demand.