BY LARRY DEKLINSKI
COAL TOWNSHIP - A Shamokin-based rock band has hit a new high note with the release of their first music video.
Red Halo premiered "Fly Me Courageous" during a release party Thursday evening at Brewsers Sports Grille. The song was originally released in 1991 by Atlanta-based rock band Drivin' N' Cryin'.
The video played in front of family, friends and fans and also streamed online. It was filmed primarily at Goodfellas Café in Pottsville, an abandon industrial building and in the band's purple-colored tour bus that was recently purchased from "the side of the road" and given a cosmetic makeover.
Red Halo members Al Dobson, bass and vocals; Lee Lentes, guitar and vocals, and Ed Mertz, guitar, were on-hand to celebrate the occasion. Drummer Scott Slodysko was unable to attend the premier.
The video was shot by Mike Danger and the song recorded at Shadow Sound Design in Morea, Schuylkill County.
"Ours is way, way better," Lentes quickly replied when asked how Red Halo's version compared to the original.
Lentes said the band is working on an album of original material with a release date sometime next spring. In the meantime, the band will continue playing shows throughout northeastern Pa. Upcoming gigs include today at The Den in Hamilton; Sunday, Nov. 24, at WQSU FM The Pulse in Selinsgrove, and Wednesday, Nov. 27, at the Rescue Fire Company, Shamokin.
The band does not have an official website, but can be found online on at Twitter, Facebook, Youtube and ReverbNation.Larry Deklinski/Staff Photo
