Reba just released a powerful and personal new video entitled, “Just Like Them Horses.” In conjunction with the release of the deeply personal video, the country music icon also shared her story that relates directly to this song. The black and white video delivers all the emotions and all the feels throughout, and will connect with several on so many levels.
“Liz Hengber sent me a CD of “Just Like Them Horses” while I was listening to songs for my Love Somebody album. The minute I heard it, I knew I wanted it played at Daddy’s funeral. When my producer Tony Brown heard it, he loved it so much, that he insisted on putting it on the album. It made both – the album and Daddy’s funeral, October 2014.
I got the idea for the video one day and knew it was going to be the most meaningful heartfelt video I’d ever do. We shot the entire video in Chockie, OK on the McEntire homeplace. Those old hills mean a lot to me. I lived there 21 years and they still call me back time after time.
This is a song about goodbye, closure and letting go. Mama had to be in the video. She was and still is the glue to our family. Without a doubt, the ranch wouldn’t be what it is today without her. She was the partner, bookkeeper, #1 hired hand, cook, my best friend and as I said, the glue. So many times things could have gone south but she held us all together.
I dedicate this video to Daddy. His life was horses, cattle, land, rodeo and business. Daddy did a lot of traveling in his life. When he wasn’t rodeoing or buying cattle, he was working hard on the ranch. I took him to Europe and Australia. On one of those trips he said, “If I ever get home, I’m not gonna go past the mail box.”
My favorite line of the song is, “Just like them horses, now it’s time to run.” He did. He ran all the way to heaven. Just like them horses.”
– REBA
