A couple months ago, we shot a pair of music videos in Charlottesville for songs on our new album West of Here. Here, finally, for your viewing pleasure, is the first of those: “Hold Me Here.” Shot by our good friend Tom Campbell and edited with the assistance of the peerless Yu Gu, the video features Jimmy’s dramatic acting debut… and hey, he’s not bad! We had a great time shooting these videos, and Tom captured some really beautiful scenes of our Cville neighborhood.…Read More
We. Are. Beat. This past weekend we had the pleasure of performing at Rock By The Sea 10, the tenth annual charity music festival on St. George Island, Florida. It was five straight days of live performances, great causes, beach games, and new friends–five straight days of going to bed too late, getting up too early, and then doing it all over again. It was an exhausting, happy blast, and we felt so warmly welcomed. Now we need to sleep for…Read More
On May 5, 1862, a rag-tag, outnumbered, underdog army of Mexicans won an impressive victory over a host of imperial French forces at the Battle of Puebla. What did that mean at the time? Not much. The French went on to oust the Mexican government, installed a puppet emperor (yes, an emperor, like in Star Wars) in Mexico City, and occupied the country for several years. It wasn’t until after the American Civil War that Mexico pushed the invaders out, presumably in part because…Read More