“The Red Oak Tree” music video premiered on August 23, 2014. The song appears on both of my new albums. I wanted to give a huge thanks to my #1 Fan and video financier, Charles Finch along with Indiegogo video sponsors Curtis Ingram Harley Johnson Lee Michael Demsey. Thanks to Videographer, Anthony Ladd, with assistance by Penni McDaniel (Hope River Entertainment), and Benjamin West for their hard work on 3 day video shoot – 12+ hours per day! Also a thanks to Chris Gore who was also very nice in assisting us!
Please view the slideshow of behind the scene photos at our Red Oak Tree Facebook page.
Also thank you to the Heritage Carriage Company, Denton Farm Park and to the High Point Theatre Company.
This video would not be possible without the assistance of all of the following friends and family that participated in the making of “The Red Oak Tree” video:
Kim Dillon – assisted with my hair, filming on Friday & Saturday
Karen Miller, Ruby, Brown Loflin – loaned us the Denton Farm Park for church scenes
Officer Tim Marlowe – helped police the funeral scene
Heritage Carriage Company – provided the horse drawn Military Caisson “Midnight,” and “Night” – giant black percherons who pulled the Caisson
High Point Theatre Company for loaning us props
Dene & Irene Bowman – for loaning us 1930 Model A Ford
Chris Gore – Played the role of the husband who shot his wife, lover/committed suicide/Confederate Soldier/funeral, church scenes /assisted with filming all 3 long days
Alan Kinney – played the lover
Jennifer Cockman – played the cheating wife
Andy Kearns – the carpenter, various other scenes
Ashley Madison – the young girl from picnic, joy riding, wedding, other scenes
Brian Kearns – the young man from picnic, joy riding, wedding, other scenes
Roxy Roessing – drove 3 wheeled bicycle
Aubrey Duncan – rode in basket on bicycle
Jan & Thad Loflin – young couple in 1930 Model A Ford
Marcos Cervantes – young man wearing tux, who stepped over homeless man
Tom Kenyon – loaned us the 1926 Dodge Touring Car, and appeared in funeral and church scenes
Joyce Leviner – funeral, church scenes
Darrien Walker – young girl who held baby, appeared in funeral scene
baby Colton – in scene with Mommy
Charles McMahan – Civil War Union Soldier
Kerry Thompson – Civil War Union Soldier (drove all the way from Goldsboro, 3 hrs. away)
Ruthie Thompson – little girl walking in cemetery, wearing 1800’s clothing
Mark Blair – homeless man
Austin Adams -WWII Soldier, Graveside Service, Sunday, July 20.
Tim Brown – appeared in funeral & church scenes
Barbara & Chad Hall – Owned gorgeous Victorian home where we filmed picnic, murder, and Mommy & baby scenes, and Chad & Barbara were in church scene. Barbara was in funeral scene
Alaina Stewart – church scenes
Carlie Stewart – taller girl running behind bicycle wearing green, also church scenes
Haiden Endicott – younger girl running behind bicycle – also church scenes
Donna Hill – funeral, church scenes
Gene Hutchens – funeral, church scenes
Ed Davis – funeral, church scenes
Carolyn Sue Haigwood – funeral, church scenes
Josh Lohr – funeral, church scenes
Michelle Outlaw – funeral, church scenes
Debbie Beasley – funeral, church scenes
Jay Beasley – funeral, church scenes
Jeannie & Mark Farlow – funeral, church scenes, MADE HOT DOGS FOR EVERYONE!!!
Anna Watts – funeral, church scenes
Daniel Watts – funeral, church scenes
Paul Farlow – funeral scenes
Chrystal Sawyer – funeral, church scenes
Shannon Yates – funeral, church scenes
Richie Hughes – funeral, church scenes
Kelly Hughes – funeral, church scenes
Hayden Hughes – three year old boy wearing bow tie and suspenders in the scene holding hands with little girl and Grandpa, also church scenes
Charlotte Hughes – three year old girl wearing little white dress, in the scene holding hands with little boy and Grandpa
Isabelle Hughes – one year old baby, in her Grandpa’s arms, while walking with the 2 small children
Richard Hughes – old man walking with children
Patsy Hughes – church scenes
Misty Owens – funeral, church scenes
Brent Owens – funeral, church scenes
Shay Owens – girl crying in front of walking funeral procession, church scenes
Tonya Cruthis Ward – funeral, church scenes
Bonnie Allyn – funeral, church scenes
Chuck Hoffman – funeral, church scenes Hannah Brown – funeral, church scenes
Jeff Hughes – funeral, preacher in church scenes Sharon Hughes – church scenes
Hannah Hughes – funeral, church scenes
Lisa Thompson – funeral, church scenes
Phillip Thompson – funeral, church scenes
Ed Paradis – push mowed the pasture for us to cross through with Model A, brought generator, and fan, funeral, church scenes
Sue Hughes – funeral scenes
Cody Mauback – funeral scenes
Nathan Small – funeral scenes
Kim Kime – church, funeral scenes
Jimmy Strickland – church, funeral scenes
Loraye Hughes – Donna’s Mom, church scenes
Lilly Milholen – little girl in front of walking funeral procession, church scenes
Melissa Nealey – church, funeral scenes