Today is the last day to donate to our Kickstarter campaign for us to be able to do the Fall Music Fog Marathon in Nashville during the Americana Fest, September 12th - 15th. We wouldn’t have undertaken another campaign if we hadn’t been successful earlier this year. Funny, last time we were on deadline, which was back in March for the Spring Music Fog Marathon during SXSW, we had $4,000 to raise the last afternoon. It became something of my own personal telethon, as I did outreach via email, Facebook, and phone to friends and industry folks, keeping them updated as the goal got closer. We hit it with two hours to spare before the deadline. I do not expect to be doing that this afternoon, however, as we are still so far away. I am sorry that it is not likely to happen, and that Music Fog will not then be able to attend the Americana Conference to film another forty artists. The good news is, though, if you pledged and we don’t make our goal, the money simply reverts back to you. We can’t keep it, wouldn’t want to, either, because we needed the whole sum, $15,000 to be able to travel to Nashville for a week for a crew of five, and have a production budget. Maybe someone will wave a magic wand and make it happen. Ya never know!
One of the most watched artists we have filmed is James McMurtry. He is always in Music Fogs top ten watched videos. We are honored to be given access to capture him, and it happened again during our Spring Marathon at Threadgill’s. I love the way he occupies the narrative, he wears the words he sings, you can see it in his eyes. James is on a western swing of dates. Today we bring you a total classic, “Red Dress,” originally found on the 2002 Saint Mary Of The Woods CD, which I recommend highly. There is also a version of it on Live in Aught-Three. The latter album was re-mastered and reissued since its original 2004 release. We have a solo version from back in March for you today. ”Red Dress.”
-Jessie Scott
