If you haven't seen it yet, you might want to check out the new video for "Superman For a Day" by brothers Todd and Scott Smith. They perform as Smith & Wesley, and the North Georgia-based duo recorded the video on the farm where they grew up near Ringgold, Ga.
I was lucky enough to be there for part of the shoot, and it's pretty cool to see the finished product. I watched them shoot the kids in their capes running through the field. It's cooler still that the two have committed to donate 100 percent of the net proceeds from digital sales of the song to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Todd and Scott call themselves Smith & Wesley in honor of their father, Wesley Smith. He was a big supporter of St. Jude, so this is one more way for the guys to honor him.
Scott told me during the shooting of the video that the song is about reliving and reclaiming that sense of adventure and imagination we all had as kids. But that takes on a new meaning when thinking how people can help the work being done at St. Jude in their battle against cancer.
Barry CourterFamilies never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food while receiving care at the facility.
Smith & Wesley and Dream Walkin' Records will donate "no less than 69 cents" from the purchase price of each digital download from services such as iTunes, Apple Music, Amazon Music and others to the hospital through Jan. 31, 2018.
The duo also participated in the PB & Holiday Jam Music Wednesday special edition that you can watch beginning Wednesday, Dec. 13 on Facebook (#times freepress) and YouTube at timesfreepress.com.music.
They do a killer version of Alabama's "Christmas in Dixie." Also performing are recent Rhythm & Blues Music Hall of Fame inductee Mitch Ryder, Jimmy Tawater, Jermaine Purifory, Shane Morrow with Mary Edwards and Yolanda Morton, Heatherly and it marked the debut of Femme 'N M, which is actually Chattanooga Public Library staff members Meredith Levine and Mary Barnett. We recorded most of it in The Studio at the library, but we also recorded the Chattanooga Christian School Choir singing at Ice on the Landing.
It was a lot of fun and the music is pretty amazing. I hope you'll check it out. It's so-named because it's a benefit for the Chattanooga Food Bank, which is always in need of peanut butter. You can drop off jars at the library, here at the paper or the food bank on Amnicola Highway.
Contact Barry Courter at bcourter@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6354.