Richard Hawley: "Tonight the Streets Are Ours" Video

Video description: It's true. Hawley's '07 album "Lady's Bridge" is a far more varied set than 2006's "Coles Corner." The trademark voice is still there, but here he explores more than just those warm effortless ballads; he puts forth rockabilly and doo-wop, too. The rockabilly tracks—“Serious” and “Looking For Someone To Find Me”—come following his acting debut in the movie Flick, in which he appears as a rockabilly radio DJ opposite Oscar winner Faye Dunaway. “I was supposed to be recording the soundtrack, but I got distracted like I always do,” he says. “Instead of doing what I was supposed to be doing, I wrote ‘Serious’ instead.”

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