Pistol Annies Are "Takin' Pills" In New Clip

Miranda Lambert's side project the Pistol Annies have made a mark on the country music scene. With their beautifully blended vocals Lambert, Ashley Monroe, and Angaleena Presley have just unleashed their second-ever music video for the fun-sounding song, "Takin' Pills," the follow up single from the Country trio's 2001 gold selling debut album, "Hell on Heels."
The fun single finds Pistol Annies celebrating everything the self-help books warn against, including cigarettes, pills, booze, truck-stop burgers and fries, as they sing about each other and life on the road. The group do a fun take on the perils of having vices and being a musician. While the song may be upbeat, the lyrics mask the darkness of what the song actually is. The song narrates what it is like to be touring musicians who are down on their luck.
Pistol Annies performed on the 2012 CMT awards with their new autobiographical single "Takin' Pills," which the Associated Press said: "illustrates how the Pistol Annies stomp their cowboy boots into territory no established country star has dared to tread, at least not since the heyday of Hank Williams Jr. and Waylon Jennings." If the band ever does release something to radio, I'm sure they'd be interested as it's unique, charming and just plain fun music!
The Annies are bringing their tongue-in-cheek "Takin' Pills" to life and acting out all their vices in the clip, Lonestar Annie (Lambert) is the one drinking while Hippie Annie (Monroe) takes pills, and Holler Annie (Presley) lights up her cigarettes. They are all smiles as they sing about their addictions. The trio shot the video riding around Nashville in a vintage VW van, and rehearsing for a gig with their instruments and various vices. "We had a blast filming this video," said Lambert. "We left the driving to me since I was just smoking," laughed Presley.