Hillbilly Vegas have a new single and video out now. “I Hope You Know” is the first release from the Oklahoma band’s upcoming album ‘A La Mode,’ due in May via Quarto Valley Records, and it hits exactly the way you would expect from a band with five Billboard Rock chart entries to their name. Driven by guitars and a blues-soaked southern rock groove, the track is about a relationship that has reached the point of no return, and vocalist Steve Harris wrote it from a real place. “It’s realizing the person you trusted isn’t in control anymore, and that you can’t fix it for them,” he says. “Sometimes the only thing left to do is let go and hope it gives them the motivation to fix themselves.”
The video, directed by GR1M and filmed at the band’s Oklahoma warehouse during what Harris describes as the worst snowstorm the U.S. had seen in 60 years, leans hard into the spirit of 1970s rock and roll. “We paid tribute to where we come from and the music that built us,” Harris says. “We kept it fun, like rock n’ roll is supposed to be.” The forced simplicity of the shoot, snowstorm and all, gives the whole thing an unforced authenticity that suits the song perfectly. Listeners are already pointing to it as one of the sharpest things the band has put out, calling it a locked-in, emotionally raw statement that shows exactly why Hillbilly Vegas has held a loyal audience for over a decade.
The band’s lineup brings serious pedigree to the project. Guitarist Geraldo Dominelli is a former member of Loverboy and has worked with Paul Rodgers, while bassist Todd Ronning comes from Bad Company. The group is managed by David Spero (Joe Walsh, Cat Stevens, Bad Company) and has built its reputation on relentless live work alongside acts ranging from Blackberry Smoke and The Kentucky Headhunters to Alabama, Travis Tritt and Blake Shelton. ‘A La Mode’ arrives in May. “I Hope You Know” is out now.