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Released on our fourth album, "Driving By Candlelight," we decided to revisit our song "Crow Flies High" recently and to finally create a music video for it. Written on a tour through the Southwest back in 2016, we had to cancel our last tour date in Phoenix due to an approaching storm that had been washing out roads across Southern California. We took a more northern route, passing through Flagstaff and watching black clouds collect on the southern horizon for what felt like hours. It felt like we were riding the edge between two worlds and as we reflected on that feeling it brought up memories of friends and loved ones passing to the other side, and the choices we all have to make, sometimes daily, between the light and the dark, the known and the unknown, the self and the other.

We hope you enjoy our latest efforts here and will share the video the others you think might enjoy it. Laurel works tirelessly to coordinate every element of these videos and enjoyed searching through various public domain footage sources to bring everything together and represent all the variety, diversity, and beauty our crow might see, flying high, taking in all experience and all it means to be a being on this planet.

Song and arrangement by Dan Frechette & Laurel Thomsen. Violin, viola, and harmony vocals by Laurel Thomsen. Acoustic guitar and harmony vocals by Dan Frechette. Drums and percussion by Jimmy Norris. Double bass by Stan Poplin. Engineering, recording, and mixing by Justin Mayer, Bear Creek Recording Studio, Bonny Doon, California. Mastering by Jamie Sitar, Outta Town Sound, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Video concept, production, and editing by Laurel Thomsen. Videography by Dan and Laurel. Additional video clips care of videezy.com. Video budget $0. If you enjoyed this music, please help our grassroots career by sharing this video!

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Wednesday October 30th, 2024
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Laurel Thomsen

Violin, Viola, Vocals
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Based in Santa Cruz, California

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