{"id":21185,"date":"2020-01-30T09:03:15","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T16:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1817341"},"modified":"2020-01-30T09:03:15","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T16:03:15","slug":"watch-clint-blacks-cmt-hitstory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/music-news\/watch-clint-blacks-cmt-hitstory\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Clint Black\u2019s CMT HitStory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:686977?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\"> by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/cmtcomstaff\/\" title=\"Posts by CMT.com Staff\" rel=\"author\">CMT.com Staff<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\"><br \/>\n25m ago<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/embed\/mgid:arc:video:cmt.com:5850df02-492e-43a1-83e9-55d284b74ef2\">media.mtvnservices.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<p>When CMT.com sat down with Clint Black to talk about everything \u2014 like that gig in Houston that was paying him next to nothing \u2014 that led to his 1989 hit song \u201cKillin\u2019 Time,\u201d it turns out that sometimes, good ideas happen in bad situations. <\/p>\n<p>This is Black\u2019s CMT <strong>Hit<\/strong>Story.<\/p>\n<p>Black wrote \u201cKillin\u2019 Time\u201d with Hayden Nicholas and put it on his 1989 debut album of the same name. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHayden and I were driving to some $50 gig on the north side of Houston, talking about just how long it was taking. I said, \u2019I just hope it starts soon because this killing time is killing me.\u2019 We looked at each other. Our eyes lit up,\u201d Black told us.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old song seems to still have that effect on Black and his dedicated fans, which is why he named his recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B07Y42GN9K\/ref=dm_ws_tlw_trk10\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">live album<\/a> <em>Still Killin\u2019 Time<\/em> after it. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d gotten my record deal in 1987 and spent most of 1988 working on the album. It was just seeming to take forever before the release of the album. We knew we had the makings of a song, but it took a long time to write,\u201d he recalled. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got through most of it, but there was the elusive last line of the chorus that took us about a month to find our way to it,\u201d he said of the line about dying and being eternally doomed to be killin\u2019 time. <\/p>\n<p>Once they had that line, Black said, the song made history quickly, even though it was a last-minute addition to his first album. Black said that initially, he and Nicholas just recorded the song on an 8-track in Nicholas\u2019 garage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt felt like we had something. It became the album title and the second single. I figured if country fans heard that song, they would like it. You hope that you get some love on it, but that\u2019s always that thing that\u2019s unspoken.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew my life had changed. And I drove past the bar I played at many times for $50 or less, and I had this strong feeling that suddenly hit me,\u201d he said, \u201cthat walking into a bar in Houston\u2019ll never be the same.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since Black\u2019s debut album was released right around the time that country fans were getting hooked on music videos, he made one for \u201cKillin\u2019 Time.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe shot it at a little bar called My Place in Sealy, Texas, between Houston and San Antonio. I had family around. A lot of my family\u2019s in that video. Had a guy in the video on the dance floor that dances by and we make eye contact. That was believed to be George Strait for a while,\u201d he admits now, \u201cbut it\u2019s actually my older brother, Brian.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BAm4nHFOir0?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BAm4nHFOir0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<p>The next stop on Black\u2019s Still Killin\u2019 Time 30th Anniversary Tour is on March 6 at the Meadows Events Center in Altoona, Iowa. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1817341\/watch-clint-blacks-cmt-hitstory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by CMT.com Staff 25m ago Embedded from media.mtvnservices.com. When CMT.com sat down with Clint Black to talk about everything \u2014 like that gig in Houston that was paying him next to nothing \u2014 that led to his 1989 hit song \u201cKillin\u2019 Time,\u201d it turns out that sometimes, good ideas happen in bad situations. 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