When you’ve already shot music videos damn near everywhere in the county (see below), sometimes you’ve gotta jump a few fences to score an original location to film. 

Such was the unique dilemma for Humboldt Live Sessions videographer Chuck Johnson during the production of the latest edition of his ever-growing local music series. Johnson and San Luis Obispo-based “banjo sweetheart” Erin Inglish recently took a trip down Arcata’s West End Road to shoot a clip for her song “The American Dream.” Chuck reports via email: 

“Extreme trespassing on this one. Two guys (caretakers) in a huge truck drove up right as we were leaving and blocked my car in. Once we explained, they were cool.”

Well, cool. Now, start your Tuesday with some pickin’ and dreamin’.

Humboldt Live Sessions music videos are produced by Chuck Johnson and feature local/travelin’-through musicians in non-traditionally musical Humboldt locations.

Previous Humboldt Live Sessions:

• The Pine Hearts
• Marty O’Reilly and the Old Soul Orchestra
• Brian Laidlaw
• Be Brave Bold Robot
• Shook Twins
• The Breaking Yard
• thelittlestillnotbigenough
• No Good Redwood Ramblers
• Space Biscuit
• The Blackberry Bushes Stringband II
• Front Country with Melody Walker
• Poeina Suddarth
• The Lost Luvs
• Green and Lilac
• Musaic
• Rooster McClintock
• Water Tower
• Cyber Camel
• Joe Capoccia
• UFO8
• Josephine Johnson
• O.C., Gary and Mike
• Lyndsey Battle
• Caitlin Jemma
• Cory Goldman and Colin Vance
• The Blackberry Bushes Stringband
• The 51 Cards
• Todd Krider
• Gunsafe