Post by Sugarmama on Aug 27, 2008 23:34:52 GMT -5
Susan Whitall / The Detroit News
Kid Rock was rolling old-school style Wednesday, filming the video for his latest single "Roll On" at the Motown Historical Museum, at 2648 W. Grand Blvd. in Detroit.
Rock, aka Bob Ritchie, was dressed to catch the breezes in his usual white tank undershirt, his face obscured by dark shades and a pork pie hat, flashing a massive Old English "D" ring on his right hand and wearing Ritz-Carlton terrycloth flip-flops under black pants.
The rocker arrived at Motown at about 4 p.m. in a big, dark red Prevost tour bus sporting a "Follow me to Waffle House" vanity plate on the back, a jibe at his much-publicized arrest last year after he was involved in an altercation at a Waffle House restaurant in Georgia.
Various members of his locally based band, including saxophonist Dave McMurray, and rappers Paradime and Trick Trick, arrived separately in their own cars.
"He's doing the video here because 'Roll On' has a soul-y vibe to it, so they wanted something old school," Paradime said.
Right behind Rock's tour bus was an early '60s Lincoln Continental convertible that was part of the shoot. Rock drove the sleek black car down West Grand Boulevard for part of the shoot.
The car was equipped with a camera mounted on its hood, so when Rock and several crew members pulled out of the Cole Funeral Home parking lot by Motown and drove around the west side of Detroit, the camera was rolling.
As he turned on West Grand in front of the museum to head west, a woman holding a basketball on the porch of a house across the street yelled out, "Hey, that's Kid Rock!," waving excitedly. Rock waved back, a study in cool, as he motored on down the road, the Lincoln's enormous engine booming for blocks.
On Tuesday, Rock and crew shot scenes at Lafayette Coney Island in downtown Detroit.
The plan on Wednesday was to shoot some of Rock and his band lip-synching "Roll On" in part in front of the Motown house while there was still light in the evening, and then inside Motown's Studio A, the famous "Snake Pit" where the Supremes, Temptations, Four Tops, Miracles and other Motown acts recorded their most famous songs.
By 6:30 p.m., as Kid Rock's crew set up lights and cameras out on Motown's front lawn, a speaker system blasted music by Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson and the Temptations as a crowd of about 20 looked on and traffic out on West Grand slowed to a crawl, gawking at a rock star at work.
Kid Rock was rolling old-school style Wednesday, filming the video for his latest single "Roll On" at the Motown Historical Museum, at 2648 W. Grand Blvd. in Detroit.
Rock, aka Bob Ritchie, was dressed to catch the breezes in his usual white tank undershirt, his face obscured by dark shades and a pork pie hat, flashing a massive Old English "D" ring on his right hand and wearing Ritz-Carlton terrycloth flip-flops under black pants.
The rocker arrived at Motown at about 4 p.m. in a big, dark red Prevost tour bus sporting a "Follow me to Waffle House" vanity plate on the back, a jibe at his much-publicized arrest last year after he was involved in an altercation at a Waffle House restaurant in Georgia.
Various members of his locally based band, including saxophonist Dave McMurray, and rappers Paradime and Trick Trick, arrived separately in their own cars.
"He's doing the video here because 'Roll On' has a soul-y vibe to it, so they wanted something old school," Paradime said.
Right behind Rock's tour bus was an early '60s Lincoln Continental convertible that was part of the shoot. Rock drove the sleek black car down West Grand Boulevard for part of the shoot.
The car was equipped with a camera mounted on its hood, so when Rock and several crew members pulled out of the Cole Funeral Home parking lot by Motown and drove around the west side of Detroit, the camera was rolling.
As he turned on West Grand in front of the museum to head west, a woman holding a basketball on the porch of a house across the street yelled out, "Hey, that's Kid Rock!," waving excitedly. Rock waved back, a study in cool, as he motored on down the road, the Lincoln's enormous engine booming for blocks.
On Tuesday, Rock and crew shot scenes at Lafayette Coney Island in downtown Detroit.
The plan on Wednesday was to shoot some of Rock and his band lip-synching "Roll On" in part in front of the Motown house while there was still light in the evening, and then inside Motown's Studio A, the famous "Snake Pit" where the Supremes, Temptations, Four Tops, Miracles and other Motown acts recorded their most famous songs.
By 6:30 p.m., as Kid Rock's crew set up lights and cameras out on Motown's front lawn, a speaker system blasted music by Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson and the Temptations as a crowd of about 20 looked on and traffic out on West Grand slowed to a crawl, gawking at a rock star at work.
