Hillbilly Vegas Debuts New Single, ‘I Hope You Know,’ Video

By: Philip Sayblack

​Independent rock act Hillbilly Vegas premiered its new single and video this week.
The band premiered its new single, ‘I Hope You Know‘ and the song’s companion video Thursday. The song is featured in the band’s forthcoming album, A La Mode, which is scheduled for release in May through Quarto Valley Records. Its exact release date is under consideration.
The song’s musical arrangement is a familiar southern blues-rock style arrangement that is sure to appeal to a wide range of audiences. It is a stylistic approach that has been used by plenty of the band’s contemporaries, such as Jared James Nichols, Eagles, and The Allman Brothers Band among countless others.
The song’s lyrical theme is familiar in its own right. Band member Steve Harris discussed the theme in a prepared statement:
“I Hope You Know’ comes from a very personal experience in my life, but it’s a moment a lot of people recognize,” said Harris. “It can be a romantic relationship, a friendship, family, or even a professional relationship. In my case, it was a professional relationship and a lifelong friendship that slowly deteriorated due to substance abuse. It’s realizing the person you trusted isn’t in control anymore, and that you can’t fix it for them. Sometimes the only thing left to do is let go and hope it gives them the motivation to fix themselves.”
The song’s video is its own familiar type of presentation. It features the band performing its new single on a sound stage that includes a green screen behind the group. Various pyschedelic images play behind the band as it performs its new single.
Harris addressed the video’s treatment in his statement.
“With the ‘I Hope You Know’ video, we paid tribute to where we come from and the music that built us,” said Harris. “’70s era rock was the greatest era of rock and roll. We kept it fun – like rock n’ roll is supposed to be and let the visuals reflect that golden age. We shot it at our warehouse during the worst snowstorm the U.S. had seen in 60 years, which forced us to keep it simple. Honestly, that made it even better.”