James Johnston

Manning River Times

See James Johnston making a music video of his new song at the Wingham Pub

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00:00 So bartender, pour us another

00:03 The band's back together

00:05 This fool's been waiting here for you

00:09 Now sitting here with a cold beer and an old friend

00:13 It's a good thing, some things never change

00:16 The song's all about coming back to a small pub

00:20 and you haven't been back to it in 10 years

00:22 and reconnecting with a bunch of old friends

00:24 and I thought, if I'm gonna film a music video

00:26 I'm gonna come back to my old stomping ground

00:28 and shoot it right here

00:29 We're here to have a beer with James

00:31 to celebrate his new song

00:32 We can't wait to hear it

00:34 It's great to support local people

00:36 and he's down to earth back in his hometown

00:38 Here's to James

00:40 Yep

00:40 We're down here supporting James

00:42 Woohoo!

00:43 This was my Friday night, pretty much

00:45 You know, growing up

00:46 and I was either sneaking through the back door

00:48 to try and jump up and play a gig

00:49 or, you know, trying to sneak a beer

00:51 So it's just good to be here

00:53 James Johnson

00:56 Yeah, but what song do you always sing in the car?

00:58 Green Green Grass

00:59 No

00:59 Well, this single is with a duo called Zach and George

01:04 and it's just been this crazy 24 hours

01:07 I met them at the airport this morning

01:09 Surprised them, asked them to be on my song

01:11 Pretty much, we've been in the studio all day

01:13 We've driven them, driven down from Sydney

01:15 and now we're here

01:16 and it's just been this whirlwind

01:18 and tonight we're gonna shoot the music video

01:19 James Johnson, woo!

01:21 Do you like James Johnson?

01:24 Yes

01:25 And are you gonna see him today?

01:27 Yes

01:28 Yeah, we wrote it in Nashville about a month ago

01:32 and I just didn't tell them that I was gonna have him on the song until this morning

01:36 A big day today

01:37 Great to see James back in our hometown

01:40 where he grew up

01:41 and the song Raised Like That originated from

01:44 Shona's come back home as well

01:47 and left her four kids to see her little bro

01:50 and yeah, it's really exciting

01:52 and we know so many faces

01:53 and we're just, yeah, we're really excited

01:56 We're loving it

01:57 This is our old stomping ground

01:59 so to be back in our hometown with all of the local support is awesome

02:02 and yeah, it'll be a good night

02:04 We've got the song pretty much finished

02:06 This is the first mix come back

02:07 so that's what you'll be listening to today

02:08 but we feel like we've kind of finished it

02:11 but we're just gonna sing along to the chorus a few times

02:14 just hang out, we'll bring the energy

02:15 and just, you can talk, you can hang out, you can drink

02:18 you can do whatever you want

02:19 If you wanna learn the song, learn the song

02:21 But yeah, it's a pretty casual old thing today

02:25 so we'll just figure it out as we go

02:26 but thanks for being here

02:28 There's a band playing tonight called Circus Mule

02:31 and they were actually made up of the people

02:34 that got me into music when I was four years old

02:36 and that just happened to work out that they're playing tonight

02:40 so it feels like a full circle moment

02:42 that I'm here shooting the music video

02:44 Watching James Jones

02:46 What's his name?

02:48 James Jones

02:50 So I live up in Queensland at the moment

02:53 I've been up there for a few years

02:55 but I still call Wing a Bone to be honest

02:57 Doesn't matter where I go, I still call this place home

02:59 So yeah, I'm here at the moment, I'm shooting the music video

03:02 and I'm just hanging out with the people that I know

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