Don’t deny it.

Cowboy Doll is handsome as hell.

Lou wrote a guest post for us back when she and Lou Doll filmed Cowboy… read all about the trials and tribulations of working with diva dolls and venue blow-outs here.

Only in the hills of Mullumbimby could this gig take place! Lou Bradley here… how are all you townies?! Just wanted to tell you about a music video and gig that I had going on over the weekend up here in the Mullumbimby Hills.

The idea was this. We were shooting a clip for my new single Cowboy. Rather than follow the tradition of “hammy crappy country music cowboy clips, where hunky cowboy meets barbie blonde and falls in love approach’, I decided that using dolls would be fun. So we had a “Lou” doll and a hippy style mountain man cowboy doll and ran around the streets of Mullumbimby and up in the rain forest, pretending that they were human. It was way fun! The end of the clip was suppose to incorporate the dolls getting together at the local country hall and watching a gig (Lou Bradley gig) for a dance (and a pash). So I booked the hall and was going to put on a show for all the colourful locals to attend and have a wing-ding. But half way through the day of the shoot I found out that the hall was double booked by a 90th birthday party! Bumma! I had advertised through radio and print media and had the local ABC lady texting me saying how excited she was to come to the hall for the gig! I figured it was not really the done thing kicking out the grannys, so… we raced up the valley to the hall and pinned up signs and put up arrows and balloons all the way to my house (which is way up high in the mountains and almost impossible to find). We figured we would put on a house concert in true hippy style… find us if you dare. It was a hoot!

We managed to get around 40 or 50 people and it was such a great show..we ate stew and curry and drank wine and well… you know??? And the best part was, the dollies had a great time dancing and ended up being caught out on the couch!!

Never a straight line for me! Thank God!

Hey y’all city folk!

Now don’t be scared now…. just a little hippie from the hills behind Byron Bay here. Thought I’d say hello and let you guys know what I get up to up here in the forest…

Well apart from all the lovely things that spring to mind when the words “Byron Bay” and “Hills” are mentioned, my day consists of writing songs, listening to songs, swimming in the water hole and at the moment, conversing with the resident python that has decided to get comfy in my kitchen! You can check him out on myspace.com/loubradley… oh yeah…that’s me… Lou Bradley. And i am a girl in case you are wondering!

And in case you are interested, lately i have been listening to the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. When I came down to Sydney to launch my new album, I went into EMI to meet and play some songs for the folks that work there and I was lucky enough to be given Nitty’s latest album… lovin it! No country fluff there! Well if you made it this far into my blog thing, then thanks for reading.

And you should buy my album… they tell me it’s pretty good! Got a 4 starry in the Sunday Tele on the weekend!

And we all know it’s all about the stars isn’t it? NOT!!! xxx