Video Shoot for "Where's My Parade"

Months of planning for the video came down to today. At 10am we lined up in downtown Lake Worth for the Parade.   A 16' flatbed truck served as our rolling stage. We sound checked, got the girls drunk, made up, outfits on, and brought the heat.  There was the 4 of us in the band, Lisa and Amanda singing backups and Mandy, Rebecca and Allie starring as the high society ladies gone wrong..... or right depending on how you see it.  The gay community & friends loved us!  Good to know in case I need to seek refuge.  Kenny 5 and crew filmed the band/ crowd through the entire parade route, Monica Kustra took the photos, Marc Ward provided the generator and Kevin and Justin manned the truck.  
After the Parade, we took the caravan to the Gstar School of the Arts movie lot.    Susan, Jenette, Alex, and Kyle were there setting up for the next phase.   Alex came through with some great party favors ie: flags, silly string, pom poms, balloons, etc.. Family and friends (old and new) and a 6' rabbit showed up to help recreate the parade.   We played the song over and over... and over so Kenny could get the footage he needed.   The shoot was a success.  Thanks to everyone involved!  

Now, we wait for the editing....
Next weekend we head up the Gulf Coast to play 3 shows in Sandestin and St. Petersburg. See ya.

WMP Video Shoot, Declan McAusland, & Elegbaland

All is well here in the swamplands.   We're busy planning for next weeks video shoot of "Where's My Parade".   Kenny 5 (Majic Robot Films) is directing the caper.  Shooting will start at the parade in downtown Lake Worth 3/29 @ 11am and resume at GSTAR studios in the afternoon.  All are welcome to come down and take part.   Sunday, March 29th, 2pm at Gstar.  email or call me for more info: (561)214-2575  email:  greg@blackfingermusic.  

Andy & Karen's baby "Declan" is 3 weeks tommorrow and making sure no one gets sleep over there.  Andy's playing the Zombie from one of Sean's songs.  

Our good friend Donny Paycheck of ZEKE fame has put the new website together BlackFingerMusic.com.   Love the simplicity.  Thanks Buddy!   

I'm helping Marc Ward (owner of Elegbaland Studios) with a few of his tunes.  These songs have so much honesty as well as hooks.  A real Randy Newman/John Prine bug in him.  We start tracking on Saturday with Jesse Dalton (best name in rock n roll) on drums, Sean Fernandez on bass, Marc, and myself.  Andy McAusland and John Ralston will put icing on the tunes.   We play Fort Lauderdale Friday night w/ Card Sound Road and Delray on Saturday night at Elwoods.  till next time...   greg

Great show/ New friends/ david baron? and our drummer is suing us!

The CD release show at City Limits in Delray was a great night for local music (Video of the show will be up soon). Marie Nofsinger started out the night with her warmth and way of singing that speaks to each person in the room. She's the best! For her last song, Andy, Sean, John, and I joined her in "Broken Heart" written by my close friend, Donny Hales, from the band Zeke.
myspace.com/marienofsinger
Next was John Ralston's Invisible music. Andy and I had the honor of playing in John's band over the last month. A modern day Mamas and Papas. SO GOOD. John's working on a new album, check out his blog. recordingwildandfree.blogspot.com
Then Black Finger. . . us. . . our new drummer, Jesse Dalton (best name in rock n roll). We started the set with "Where's My Parade". Our friends (Invisible Music) joined us on stage. One big party set the tone for our rock n roll assault. myspace.com/blackfingermusic.
After us, David Baron played with his hired musicians and cleared half the club. . . nice guy, but . . . american idol thing going on and I'm not talking finalist. . . . we were promised he'd draw a crowd... not so much. . . .he shouldn't have been on the show ok, enough. you live and learn. the bright side is that much of our crowd was able to leave at a descent hour. I know my Mom appreciated it.
NOW, the moment you've waited for. YES, Bill Meredith (our former drummer) has threatened us with an injunction to stop distribution of WMP pending a courtroom showcase showdown that will most likely put all the money into lawyer's pockets. What? ? I know. . . We're baffled to say the least and sure he doesn't have a case. Gonna stay at bay for now, but we'll keep you posted. Hopefully he will do the right thing and this won't be an issue.
Lastly, we're playing SunFest on the mainstage Thursday, April 30th before James Taylor and thinking about playing all Carly Simon tunes. wouldn't that be sweet. . . till next time. All the best. Greg

Where's My Parade available now!

Our new album will be available on itunes within the week. It is available now through cd baby at the link below: thanks, greg
click to buy the album

Where's My Parade: Album Credits

Track 1- Where's My Parade
Lyrics: Sean Fernandez
Music: Sean Fernandez, Greg Lovell
Performed by Black Finger
Recorded by Zach Brown & Marc Ward at Elegbaland Studios
Edited by Zach Brown at Homeland Studios
Mixed by Charles Dye at Ranch Lab Studios
Mastered by Brad Blackwood at Euphonic Masters
Musicians:
Greg Lovell- lead vocal, acoustic gtr, electric gtr, backing vocal, tamborine
Andy McAusland- lead gtr, backing vocal, noise maker
Sean Fernandez- bass, backing vocal
Bill Meredith- drums
backing vocals: Chuck Andrews, Zach Brown, & Marc Ward

Track 2- Hold On
Lyrics: Ben Cecil
Music: Greg Lovell
Performed by Black Finger
Recorded by Zach Brown, John Storch, & Marc Ward at Elegbaland Studios
Mixed by Kramer
Mastered by Brad Blackwood at Euphonic Masters
Musicians:
Greg Lovell- lead vocal, acoustic guitar
Andy McAusland- lead gtr, backing vocal
Sean Fernandez- bass
Bill Meredith- drums

Track 3- Tom B
Lyrics: Ben Cecil, Greg Lovell
Music: Greg Lovell
Performed by Black Finger
Recorded by Zach Brown & Marc Ward at Elegbaland Studios
Edited by Zach Brown at Homeland Studios
Mixed by Charles Dye at Ranch Lab Studios
Mastered by Brad Blackwood at Euphonic Masters
Musicians:
Greg Lovell- lead vocal, electric and acoustic rhythm guitar
Andy McAusland- lead guitars, backing vocal
Sean Fernandez- bass
Bill Meredith- drums

Track 4- You're From New York
Lyrics: Ben Cecil
Music: Greg Lovell
Performed by Black Finger
Recorded by Zach Brown, Marc Ward & John Ralston at Elegbaland Studios
Edited by Zach Brown at Homeland Studios
Mixed by Charles Dye at Ranch Lab Studios
Mastered by Brad Blackwood at Euphonic Masters
Musicians:
Greg Lovell- lead vocal, acoustic rhythm, banjo
Andy McAusland- lapsteel guitar, electric guitar, ghosts in the machine
Sean Fernandez- bass
Bill Meredith- drums
Chuck Andrews- harmony vocal

Track 5- Sugar
Lyrics: Ben Cecil
Music: Greg Lovell
Performed by Black Finger
Recorded by Zach Brown at Homeland Studios
Mixed by Charles Dye at Ranch Lab Studios
Mastered by Brad Blackwood at Euphonic Masters
Musicians:
Greg Lovell- lead vocal, acoustic guitar, synth, accordian, tamborine, harmony vocal
Andy McAusland- Dobro
Chuck Andrews & Zach Brown- backing vocals

Track 6- Holidays
Lyrics: Ben Cecil, Greg Lovell
Music: Greg Lovell
Recorded by Zach Brown, John Storch, & Marc Ward at Elegbaland Studios
Mixed by Kramer
Mastered by Brad Blackwood at Euphonic Masters
Musicians:
Greg Lovell- lead vocal, electric rhythm gtr
Andy McAusland- lapsteel guitar, electric guitar
Sean Fernandez- bass
Bill Meredith- drums
Keith Michaud- backing vocal

Track 7- True Love
Lyrics: Ben Cecil
Music: Greg Lovell
Performed by Black Finger
Recorded by Zach Brown & Marc Ward at Elegbaland Studios
Additonal recording & editing by Zach Brown at Homeland Studios
Mixed by Charles Dye at Ranch Lab Studios
Mastered by Brad Blackwood at Euphonic Masters
Musicians:
Greg Lovell- lead vocal, acoustic guitar, mandolin, synth, backing vocals
Andy McAusland- 1930's national resonator, electric guitar, backing vocals
Sean Fernandez- upright bass
Bill Meredith- drums

Track 8- I Just Wanna
Lyrics & Music: Sean Fernandez
Performed by Black Finger
Recorded by Zach Brown, John Storch, & Marc Ward at Elegbaland Studios
Mixed by Kramer
Mastered by Brad Blackwood at Euphonic Masters
Musicians:
Greg Lovell- lead vocal, acoustic & electric rhythm gtr, backing vocal
Andy McAusland- lapsteel guitar, backing vocal
Sean Fernandez- bass
Bill Meredith- drums

Track 9- Kings of Asheville
Lyrics: Ben Cecil
Music: Greg Lovell
Recorded by Zach Brown & Marc Ward at Elegbaland Studios
Keyboards recorded by John & Bill Storch
Additional recording & editing by Zach Brown at Homeland Studios
Mixed by Charles Dye at Ranch Lab Studios
Mastered by Brad Blackwood at Euphonic Masters
Musicians:
Greg Lovell- lead vocal, acoustic gtr, synth
Andy McAusland- electric slide gtr, electric guitar tuned to A, backing vocal
Sean Fernandez- bass, backing vocal
Bill Meredith- drums
Bill Storch- keyboards

Track 10- Dead Hook
Lyrics: Ben Cecil
Music: Greg Lovell
Performed by Black Finger
Recorded by Zach Brown, John Storch, & Marc Ward at Elegbaland Studios
Mixed by Kramer
Mastered by Brad Blackwood at Euphonic Masters
Musicians:
Greg Lovell- lead vocal, acoustic gtrs
Andy McAusland- lead gtrs, vocals
Sean Fernandez- bass
Bill Meredith- drums
John Ralston- intro vocals, keyboards

Track 11- Run Train
Lyrics: Ben Cecil
Music: Greg Lovell
Performed by Black Finger
Recorded by Zach Brown, John Storch, & Marc Ward at Elegbaland Studios
Mixed by Kramer
Mastered by Brad Blackwood at Euphonic Masters
Musicians:
Greg Lovell- lead vocal, electric rhythm gtr
Andy McAusland- electric guitar, backing vocal
Sean Fernandez- bass
Bill Meredith- drums

Track 12- Ballad of Margaret
Lyrics: Ben Cecil
Music: Greg Lovell
Performed by Black Finger
Recorded by Zach Brown, John Storch, & Marc Ward at Elegbaland Studios
Mixed by Kramer
Mastered by Brad Blackwood at Euphonic Masters
Musicians:
Greg Lovell- lead vocal, acoustic gtr,
Andy McAusland- lapsteel gtr, backing vocal
Sean Fernandez- bass
Bill Meredith- drums
Keith Michaud- backing vocal

Track 13- Hold On
Lyrics: Ben Cecil
Music: Greg Lovell
Performed by Black Finger
Recorded by Zach Brown, John Storch, & Marc Ward at Elegbaland Studios
Mixed by Kramer
Mastered by Brad Blackwood at Euphonic Masters
Musicians:
Greg Lovell- lead vocal, acoustic gtr
Andy McAusland- lead guitar, backing vocal
Sean Fernandez- bass
Bill Meredith- drums

Track 14- Dixie Anthem
Lyrics: Ben Cecil
Music: Greg Lovell
Performed by Black Finger
Recorded by Zach Brown, John Storch, & Marc Ward at Elegbaland Studios
Mixed by Kramer
Mastered by Brad Blackwood at Euphonic Masters
Musicians:
Greg Lovell- lead vocal, acoustic gtrs, backing vocal
Andy McAusland- lead gtr, backing vocal
Sean Fernandez- bass
Bill Meredith- drums

Track 15- Mountain State
Lyrics: Ben Cecil
Music: Greg Lovell
Performed by Black Finger
Recorded by Marc Ward at Elegbaland Studios
Mixed by Kramer
Mastered by Brad Blackwood at Euphonic Masters
Musicians:
Greg Lovell- lead vocal, acoustic gtr
Andy McAusland- lapsteel gtr
Bill Meredith- percussion
Ginny Meredith- Violin