Guest Blog/Video Premiere: Wall Of Tom, “Cherish Every Moment’

Hello fellow songwriters and music lovers across the globe! My name is Tommie Vaughn from the Los Angeles indie alt-country duo Wall of Tom. I would like to share with you our new video ‘Cherish Every Moment’, the first single from our upcoming album The Lovers.

Wall of Tom is made up of myself Tommie Vaughn, and my guitarist and songwriting partner Tony Grimes. We have been playing shows and recording together for the last 10 years. Two and a half years ago, we broke the band rule and got hitched. While on our Honeymoon we took home an unexpected souvenir… and nine months later we welcomed our first child. Our lives went from playing shows and recording albums to changing diapers and singing lullaby’s real fast!

Becoming parents didn’t slow us down too much, it actually has made us even more creative! For the past year we have been recording Wall of Tom’s new album, The Lovers set for a late May release, completely independent of label backing, which means we did everything ourselves!! I even penned my first rock n’ roll novel in a series of three, This Rock in My Heart is now out on Amazon and Barnes N’ Noble, and select independent bookstores across America.

The song “Cherish Every Moment” was our first pick, for a single off the new album. It just felt right to do our first video for that song, since this song was written for our son. The song is so close to our hearts, we just had to do the video right. We found the location on a lark, a few months ago when taking our little boy to LA’s Griffith Parks Travel Town one afternoon. When we walked into one of the antique boxcars, Tony and I took one look at each other and we both knew that the location had been found.

Chris Knitter of Overlooked Productions, who shot Wall of Tom’s first two videos, ‘Tells me Nothing’ and ‘Blackberry Pie’, flew out from KC and shot the whole thing with one camera, in two days.

This video was a family affair, just like the entire album has been. Tony and I had thought that maybe we would not have our son in the video, use a different child for the shots, but since the song was written for him we said screw it, and he had a ball with us the entire time… well, almost the entire time. Now that I look back at the footage I am overjoyed with our decision. I think having him included has given such a beautiful, personal touch, that we will indeed cherish this video, for the rest of our lives.

We hope the song resonates with all your hearts as it does ours, so far it seems even the toughest critics hearts have been touched by the video, with a quote from the true renaissance man himself Mr. Henry Rollins, “Wall of Tom’s new single, ‘Cherish Every Moment,’ is a well written, performed and meant song, free of cynicism. Rare in these times.”

Look for Wall of Tom’s new album The Lovers available on iTunes in late May and the single “Cherish Every Moment” is already up and available for purchase. Plus don’t forget about my novel for all you rock fiction fans who want a sneak peek inside the LA underground music scene… check out This Rock in My Heart. Wall of Tom hopes to hit the road for some shows soon, but for now we are cherishing every moment at home with our son, it really does go by so fast.

Much love and light,

Tommie Vaughn and Wall of Tom
www.walloftom.com

“Cherish Every Moment” Video