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Artiest/Band: Eric Jerardi
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Guitarist/Singer Songwriter Eric Jerardi Releases New Single, “Thorns & Roses,” Today (8/21) from His Upcoming The Game Album on Alternator Records/Niche Records, with Cinematic Video to Follow
Director Allen Farst brings Eric Jerardi’s new single, “Thorns & Roses,” releasing on August 21st, to life with a neon-soaked nighttime journey featuring a treasured 1963 yellow Corvette, (first year of the Stingray), a 1967 vintage Fender Stratocaster guitar (a rare hybrid with a 1965 neck), and two exceptional roller skaters. The guitarist, singer and songwriter will unveil the official music video for “Thorns & Roses” soon, offering the first cinematic glimpse into the world surrounding his forthcoming album, The Game, due October 30.
“Thorns And Roses” was co-written by Eric R Jerardi and Michael James Marchesano. The track reflects Jerardi’s blend of blues, rock, soul and Americana, pairing his lead vocals and guitar work with a full-band arrangement. The track was produced by Michael James, Eric Colvin, and Rachael Schroeder, with Allen Farst serving as Executive Producer. Michael James mixed the recording. Engineering credits include Michael James, John McGuire, Bryan Knapp, Eric Colvin, and Jimmy Nutt. The recording features Michael James on guitars; Eric Colvin on keyboards, bass and drums; and background vocals from Cindy Walker, Marie Lewey, and Rachael Schroeder. The song was recorded at Estudio Rio Gato in Petaluma, California; Stillwater Sound Studio in Dayton, Ohio; and The Nutthouse Recording Studio in Sheffield, Alabama.
Directed by filmmaker Allen Farst, the video moves away from a literal interpretation of the song and instead creates a dreamlike story about memory, youth, freedom and the things in life that remain just beyond our grasp.
At the center of the film is Jerardi traveling through the city at night in his striking yellow 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, while two roller skaters move effortlessly through streets, parking structures and pools of neon light. Rather than functioning as traditional characters in a linear narrative, the skaters become almost mythic figures — embodiments of movement, possibility and a fleeting moment that Jerardi can see but never completely hold onto.
The Corvette carries an emotional significance far beyond its visual presence. The car originally belonged to Jerardi’s father, who has since passed away, turning what might otherwise have been a piece of production design into one of the most personal elements in the film.
“Once I understood the history of that Corvette, it changed the way I looked at the entire video,” says director Farst. “It wasn’t just this beautiful yellow car that was going to look incredible moving through the city at night. It carried Eric’s father with it. Suddenly the car represented memory, history and time. That became much more interesting to me than simply making a cool car video.”
Farst conceived “Thorns & Roses” as a visual story that could exist beside the song rather than attempt to illustrate every lyric.
“The lyrics gave me permission to dream a little,” Farst explains. “Eric had already written something poetic and abstract, so I didn’t want to turn around and explain it visually. I wanted to build a world around the music. Eric, the Corvette, these two extraordinary skaters and the city at night became the ingredients. From there, the story became about chasing a feeling — youth, freedom, memory, whatever it means to the person watching — and realizing that you may never completely catch it.”
The production embraces an atmospheric, cinematic nighttime aesthetic, contrasting the Corvette’s unmistakable yellow bodywork with practical streetlights, neon, deep shadows and reflective pavement.
Another important visual element is a vintage 1967 Fender Stratocaster guitar featured with Jerardi throughout the film. Against the contemporary imagery of the skaters and the nighttime city, the guitar and Corvette introduce objects with history — things that have survived, accumulated stories and become inseparable from the people who own them.
Throughout the video, Jerardi remains the emotional center — sometimes driving, sometimes performing, sometimes simply observing the world moving around him.
The result is deliberately more cinematic short film than conventional performance video.
“Music videos are one of the few places where a filmmaker can follow an emotion instead of explaining every piece of a story,” Farst says. “I wanted there to be images from Thorns & Roses that people remember after the song is over — the girls skating through an empty street, Eric behind the wheel, that yellow Corvette under the lights, the guitar, the wind, the city disappearing toward morning. You don’t necessarily have to know exactly what it all means. You just have to feel something.”
ABOUT ERIC JERARDI
Eric Jerardi is a guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and recording artist whose work draws from blues, rock and soul while maintaining a distinctive musical identity built around expressive guitar playing, songwriting and performance. “Thorns & Roses” is featured on his forthcoming album, The Game, due out October 30th.
VIDEO PRODUCTION
- Artist: Eric Jerardi
- Song: “Thorns & Roses”
- Album: The Game
- Director: Allen Farst
- www.ericjerardi.com
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