By: Sterling Whitaker - Taste of Country
Dallas Moore delivers a dose of praise in his new video for "Blue Jean Jesus." The singer-songwriter salutes those who look at life a little bit differently while still shining a light for all to see, and it was inspired by a friend of his
Moore's "Blue Jean Jesus" video stars actor, comedian and MC Jack Schit as a street corner preacher who delivers his gospel message to anyone who wanders by — sometimes to a great deal of suspicion and mistrust. The video, which premieres exclusively via Taste of Country on Friday (Nov. 19), will remind almost any viewer of someone they've seen in real life and perhaps given a wide berth, but Moore's song protests that the man with the message means no harm.
"Was he just some crazy fool who hung out on the street / Or did he have the answers to this life for you and me / Or was he just some hippie string out on weed and wine / Well they called him Blue Jean Jesus and he was a friend of mine," he sings in the chorus.
“I wrote 'Blue Jean Jesus' based on a guy folks used to call Weird Harold in my hometown of Cincinnati, and this video is a humorous take on my many experiences running into him," Moore explains to Taste of Country. "He would preach street corner gospel to anyone passing by or sometimes to an imaginary audience that only he could see in his mind. He would always get shoved away or told to move along but he never meant any harm to anyone, and he was indeed a friend of mine. I reckon we've all met a version of Weird Harold somewhere in our lives.”