Jon Pardi and Midland’s “Longneck Way to Go” music video features a bowling game between two teams, each one led by the country acts. As it turns out, that premise is based on real-life events that happened when they were touring together.
“Actually, this happened once on tour,” Midland’s Cameron Duddy says in a new behind-the-scenes video of the video shoot. “And Jon offered $500 to the winner. And Midland beat Jon’s team in real life.”
The Midland guys may be better bowlers than Jon, but there’s no bad blood. The two acts have been friends since their early days in country music. Still, that doesn’t stop Cameron from giving Jon a little grief about his bowling chops — or lack thereof.
“He’s not very good. He’s too big to play bowling,” Cameron continues. Jon, for the record, stands at 6’7″ when he’s in cowboy boots and a cowboy hat — and he’s wearing those two things most of the time.
“Actually, they say, it’s like jockeys. You have to be smaller than 5’10 to really dominate,” Cameron jokes. “Which sucks for me because I’m 6 foot.”
See all the behind-the-scenes antics in the new video, which is available now.
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