Fire spittin’ guitar slingin’ country gal Jordan Rainer is back and raising smoke with her official music video for her latest release Black Water Rise. The official music video premiered exclusively on The Country Network and immediately got added to their playlist rotation. Black Water Rise is available on all digital streaming platforms. This edgy, dark and mysterious theme inspired by the legends of Louisiana culture and the Everglades sets an eerie but intriguing presence in the outlaw country realm.
Behind the scenes of shooting off smoke bombs, fireworks, throwing guitars and lighting them on fire, acclaimed video director Alejandro Medina III captures Rainer’s badass energy shredding the guitar while knee deep in the swamp surrounded by a cloud of smoke. Letting out the grunge and angst, Rainer makes it apparent she’s not looking for remorse and feels the Black Water Rise throughout the scenes. “I started hammering out this cool guitar riff which we ended up keeping as the signature of the song. It was mean, swampy, dark, and a perfect mood setter.”
Penned by Rainer alongside melodic songstress Heidi Raye (Crossfire co-writer), and hit songwriter Kevin Brandt (Travis Tritt’s Love of a Woman), the single came about when “we talked about how we could make that ‘black water’ image to real life,” says Rainer. “Loving someone who’s toxic but also has this allure that that sucks you in, like the mud at the bottom of a marsh. You step in the pitch black water not knowing it’s dangerous, then your feet are stuck and the water starts to rise, threatening to swallow you whole. It’s a pretty dark song, conceptually.”
Black Water Rise was produced by Music Row’s Guitarist of the Year and CMA and Grammy veteran Ilya Toshinskiy. It also features some of the best studio players in the world including Toshinskiy himself on mandolin and splitting the electric guitar heavy lifting with Rainer, Sol Littlefield (Jake Owen) and Rob McNelley (Dolly Parton). The song also features legendary drummer Fred Eltringham (Sheryl Crow), Grammy-nominated Brent Milligan on bass (Backstreet Boys, TobyMac), and background vocals by good friend and fellow recording artist Matt Wynn.
While her previous release Crossfire caught the attention of SiriusXM’s The Highway host Storme Warren, Rainer is continuing to write music, produce and get back out on the road, performing for the fans.
About Jordan Rainer: Raised on Christian music in Oklahoma, it wasn’t until Jordan Rainer was a teenager when she discovered country music. Enamored by the stories and guitar slinging of artists like Keith Urban and Brad Paisley, she had found her home. With musically inclined parents, she picked up her innate ability to play music by ear. In fact, she never learned to read music. She can pick up most any stringed instrument and be playing a song on it five minutes later. Though her list of conquered musical instruments is lengthy (piano, saxophone, drums, mandolin, banjo, bass, dobro, etc), she has a soft spot for the guitar which she insists, “chose her.”
Signed to Black Diamond Row Publishing, Rainer has been continuously writing with Nashville heavyweights, expanding her repertoire and even opened for prominent artists including Brantley Gilbert, Chris Lane, and more. She also performed at the Mountain High Music Festival, joining artists including The Voice winner Sundance Head, Jamey Johnson, Craig Morgan, Pam Tillis, etc. on the same bill. This festival was presented by BMI and hit producer/prolific songwriter Dean Dillon. With her intricate lyrics, masterful guitar playing and commanding voice, she is catching the attention of some of the biggest names in country music. Rainer showcases an artistic vision that will prove her to be one of country music’s keenest working storytellers, bringing honesty and raw intimate talent back into this genre.
