Video: Richard Hawley: "Valentine"
A wise man-- or wait, it might've been Jimmy Buffett-- pointed out that rock'n'rollers are the descendants not of poets, but of court jesters. I think of that line when I see a new video by Richard Hawley. Here he is singing a heartrending, dramatic ballad, the track that opens his recent album Lady's Bridge. He's selling the song all the way on the recording, but he's also secure enough about the strength of his music to let the video for the tune be a simple, entertaining, low-budget goof.