Dexter and Sara Romweber are intense performers without any sense of artifice. They go somewhere outside of time when they play. When filming, it is both inadvisable and impossible to cut a take, because they're beyond communication.
Capturing this intensity was our goal with this video.
From a series of performances of the Big Star Third album featuring a band assembled by Chris Stamey.
This video captures two separate performances. Players included Big Star's own Jody Stephens, Mike Mills (R.E.M.), Mitch Easter (Let's Active), Stamey, and members of the Love Language, Megafaun, The Rosebuds, Lost in the Trees, The Old Ceremony, Birds and Arrows, Mayflies USA, the Tomahawks and the NC Symphony.
Lead vocals by Django Haskins of The Old Ceremony. Additional vocals by Sidney Dixon. Ari Picker from Lost In The Trees conducted the orchestra.
A duet, choreographed by the two dancers, Bennett Williams and Casey Olejar.
Shot and edited by Shay Stifelman (with guidance from the performers).
45 MINUTE SESH from
Bennett danced for 45 minutes to a bunch of Chance the Rapper. Shay filmed it. Shay edited it.
Boom.
