DJ George Bowie has teamed up with Glaswegian country singer Kevin McGuire to release an official music video for their cover of Wagon Wheel with local line dancers featuring in the video.
Last year, the Clyde 1 radio host teamed up with the Scots singer to record a song with the pair collaborating to sing Wagon Wheel which soared through the Scottish charts.
The DJ stumbled across Kevin on YouTube and soon discovered he was a long-term collaborator of one of George’s oldest friends, songwriter, producer and artist John McLaughlin aka Johnny Mac.
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The hit song is still said to be getting countless streams to this day with it being requested every week on the GBXperience. Originally written by Bob Dylan and renowned in the USA thanks to Old Crow Medicine Show, it's known by many generations. However the reimagined cover has now brought with it a whole new audience.
The pair also performed a special one-month release Cash For Kids remix in December 2022 and because of this, the boys got together again to make a video for the country-dance smash to celebrate the main cover hitting 100k streams on Spotify alone with it having been played 250,000 times across all platforms.
George said: “We knew this tune had something special and it was the perfect way to launch our collaboration, it’s the first of many things we will do with Kev.
“I’ve always wanted to do something in that country dance style Avicii did so well before he sadly passed away, and Kev is the guy to do it.
“The Cash For Kids mix did well but this main version we did has really captured people’s imagination with 100,000 streams on Spotify and 250,000 across all platforms – so we thought let’s do a mad video that really shows off the whole fun vibe of the tune.”
With the help of their teams, friends and families, the duo hired one of Scotland’s most iconic venues, roped in a group of Scottish line dancers and a load of extras to make an epic video.
Speaking about the experience and popularity of the song, Kevin said: “It was wild. We knew the interest in the song was growing and growing, rather than dying down, so we wanted to really give people something extra.
“George, his wife Ellene and Sparkos aka Marc, plus me and my manager John McLaughlin, plus Olivia Pink from Dirt Comms who works with both artists, were throwing loads of ideas around but there was one that kept cropping up as the only place to go – The Grand Ole Opry.
“It took us weeks to pin them down but eventually we got a date nailed and we had it for a Sunday.
“Meanwhile we had our PR guys scouring Scotland for line dancers and Olivia there sorted this brilliant group of ladies, sent them our song and they worked out a special dance routine for it.”
Thanking those involved George added: “The dancers were amazing – thank you to Maggie’s Line dancers from Bishopbriggs St Dominique Church, you were incredible and the dance routine was epic.
“Standing on the stage in there watching everyone line up and dancing to our tune was a really special moment – I’ve done a lot of weird and cool things in my time but this felt really out there and like we had really nailed it.
“It was definitely one of the strangest days I’ve ever had. And it may be a while before I eat another Wagon Wheel.”
Kevin then continued: “You wonder just how big this could get – we haven’t been pushing it and the numbers are crazy, so if this video goes wild it could get really massive.
“Geo, Marc and Ellene have been amazing, they’re rally helping shine a light on not only me but country music in Scotland and I can’t thank them enough. We have so many other plans together and you’ll hear more from us soon.”
George concluded: “Thanks to everyone involved – Gemma the camera ace and Kev for the amazing job on producing the whole video – and of course our lovely line dancers.
“We’ve actually heard about a class in the States using our song to dance to as well which is crazy. It all really kicks off now for GBX x Kevin McGuire or wee Kevicii as we call him.
“We have so much great stuff coming – but this video is the perfect way to kick it all off.”
You can watch the GBX and Sparkos x Kevin McGuire’s Wagon Wheel music video here.
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