Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Retro Video of the Week: "Low" by Cracker

Friday is the 25th anniversary of the release of Cracker's sophomore album Kerosene Hat.  Today -- five minutes ago, to be exact -- I learned that the title of the album took its inspiration from when lead singer David Lowery and guitarist Johnny Hickman lived together in a run-down house in Richmond, Virginia during the band's early days.  Two kerosene heaters were the house's source of heat, and they would have to go to the gas station to get kerosene when they ran out.  When it was cold, Lowery wore an old hunting cap that he called his "kerosene hat."  That's fun little rock and roll anecdote, isn't it?

Kerosene Hat was the band's highest-charting album, reaching #59 on the Billboard album charts, and "Low" was the band's highest-charting single, going up to #62 on the Billboard Hot 100.  It seems like that's too low (no pun intended), since I remember hearing the song all the time on Q101.  Anywho, here's the video.

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