Nobody Else

Tex Pistol and Rikki Morris , Music Video – 1988

from the album Nobody Else (1988)

For this lush, spacious ballad, fledgling director Paul Middleditch continues the striking visual style established the previous year with his video for Tex Pistol hit 'The Game of Love'. Tex (Ian Morris) wears the same outfit, while his brother Rikki is clad in the reverse — white shirt and black jeans. Backing vocalist Callie Blood appears again (although she didn't actually sing on this recording), alongside a Telethon-like children's choir. The song's finger click bridge is complimented by a split screen shot of Ian and Rikki in shadowy profile, before the walloping final chorus turns the dial up to anthemic.

Released in late 1988, Nobody Else was a light-hearted album that displayed the eclecticism of Morris’s craft. It mixed cover versions updated for the 1980s with Morris originals that showed his love of country music; a sincere country fan, his own efforts were always delivered with humour. The dominant personal statement of Nobody Else is mateship.
– Chris Bourke on Ian Morris's musical alter ego Tex Pistol, AudioCulture