{"id":20980,"date":"2020-01-15T14:59:11","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T21:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1816277"},"modified":"2020-01-15T14:59:11","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T21:59:11","slug":"after-30-years-clint-black-is-writing-touring-and-still-killin-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/music-news\/after-30-years-clint-black-is-writing-touring-and-still-killin-time\/","title":{"rendered":"After 30 Years, Clint Black Is Writing, Touring, and Still Killin\u2019 Time"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Tony Martino<\/a><\/span>
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Clint Black built the foundation for a \u201990s explosion of country music with his impeccable 1989 debut album, Killin\u2019 Time<\/i>. A traditionalist with a Texas twang, the singer-songwriter brought a youthful energy and an appealing look to the mainstream scene after cultivating an audience in clubs. <\/p>\n

Thirty years later, the singer-songwriter is looking back with Still Killin\u2019 Time<\/i>, a combination of live tracks and two new songs from the Killin\u2019 Time<\/em> era recorded especially for this project. A Grand Ole Opry member since 1991, Black chatted with CMT about those old days as well as \u201cThis Old House,\u201d his new single and music video.<\/p>\n

CMT.com: It\u2019s been 30 years since you released your album Killin\u2019 Time<\/em>. Your videos were playing non-stop on CMT at that time. How important were those first few music videos when you were establishing yourself as a new artist?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Black: I remember CMT was just getting started. There weren\u2019t a lot of videos made at that point, but we were starving for them. We loved them back home, and we just couldn\u2019t get enough of them. My first thought in making a record was, \u201cAm I going to get to make a video?\u201d I felt like I had to, so my mind was focused on that, since it hadn\u2019t come up with the record company. <\/p>\n

I had a show in Belton, Texas, which was at the Bell County Expo Center. I called my manager at the time and said, \u201cI have a show coming up, maybe we can shoot some footage and get ready to make a music video,\u201d and we did. I\u2019m sure the record company would have wanted a music video for our new song, but regardless, I was pushing for it. I really wanted a video out there.<\/p>\n

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