Award-winning producer David Ferguson has shared the new video, for “Boats To Build”, the second track released from Ferguson’s forthcoming album Nashville No More, out September 3 via Fat Possum.
Grammy Award winner, David Ferguson knew exactly where to start on the production of his first ever music video. “Ferg called to ask if I’d direct a video for a song from this new collection, and I said yes,” recalls director Will Oldham. “He called a week later and said the song was to be ‘Boats to Build’ and that he had an idea: he and my 2-year-old daughter, Poppy, would sit on the floor building boats out of Legos.”
Just like that, the ideas were flying and the ball was set into motion, eventually rolling in a host of Ferguson’s long-time friends and collaborators including legendary songwriter and instrumentalist Verlon Thompson who originally co-wrote “Boats to Build” with the late, great Guy Clark. The end result is a perfectly-Ferg gumbo of green-screen nautical adventure and road trip buddy film.
Fans can watch “Boats to Build” now at this link and can pre-order or pre-save Nashville No More ahead of its September 3rd release right here.
“I met Ferg around 2001 when I went to witness Johnny Cash’s recording of a song I wrote called ‘I See a Darkness’ at Rick Rubin’s Hollywood home studio,” says Oldham. “Ferg was the man at the mixing board. He both charmed and impressed me greatly. We hooked up again a few years later in Nashville, and have been close friends since then. I love David Ferguson. I especially love how and why he thinks of music. He has zero patience for bullshit and bad music. He hardly has patience for good music, but thankfully he’s found his way to making this beautiful record that truly only a Ferg could have made.”
David Ferguson says of the track: “To me “Boats To Build“ is about breaking free from life’s chains …And doing something you’ve always wanted to do …. build a boat or climb a mountain… It’s about change, satisfaction and the feeling of accomplishment.”
