Music Video Monday is doing it for a good cause.
Memphis guitar hero Joey Killingsworth’s Joecephus and the George Jonestown Massacre has been laying down the heavy sound for years. In addition to a prolific output of original material, Killingsworth has a long-running side project of doing tribute albums for charity, beginning with Mutants of the Monster: A Tribute to Black Oak Arkansas. The latest album benefits the FSHD Society, dedicated to finding a cure for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, which took the life of beloved Memphis music supporter and FSHD poster girl Jonelle Spicer in 2018. Heirs of the Dog is a recreation of Nazareth’s 1975 Brit metal classic Hair of the Dog, featuring an amazing lineup of guest performers, including J.D. Pinkus of the Butthole Surfers, Luther Dickinson, and Nazareth’s own Manny Charlton.
For “Please Don’t Judas Me”, Neil Fallon of stoner rock legends Clutch takes the lead vocal duties. The video is another spectacular creation by Memphis animator and tattoo artist Nathan Parten, whose work for Louise Page earned him Music Video Monday’s Best Music Video of 2019. This one takes an appropriately gothic tone, and incorporates live action into the mix to send his menacing creatures stalking the streets of the Bluff City.
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