Songs for Presidents Concert

video performance

Commissioned by Jefferson Pitcher to provide visual projections for "Songs for Presidents: A Bands for Lands Benefit" a performance of songs from the critically acclaimed album "Of Great and Mortal Men: 43 Songs for 43 U.S. Presidencies." The video projections are a mix of archival footage and animated source files from the album artwork. The video shown here contains clips from a concert given on the eve of the 2008 inauguration of Barak Obama. The music is from the song for President Hoover taken from the "Of Great and Mortal Men" album.

 

Featuring:
Nellie McKay * Jukebox the Ghost * These United States * Laura Burhenn * Tim Fite * Joe Pug * Magnolia Summer * Denison Witmer * Silver Darling * Tom Carter (Charalambides) * and many more!