Videos
There's a rumor going around – okay, well, maybe we started the rumor ourselves – that the boys of The Flood don't show up on film. But we now have online proof to the contrary.
Live from the Riverfront
In October 2009, The Flood headed down to Huntington's Harris Riverfront Park for what's happily become the band's annual shoutout to the Belle of Cincinnati and her riverboat passengers. For the third straight year, the Belle sailed to town for the big "Lights of Autumn" fundraiser for Hospice of Huntington. The Flood -- sponsored again by the good folks of Magic 97.9 (thanks, guys!) -- offered free pre-boarding entertainment at the top of the park's amphitheater area. Here are several videos from the evening's frivolity. Click any of the images below to see the video.
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WSAZ-TV's Feature
Anchorman Tim Irr of Huntington's WSAZ-TV dropped by one of the Flood's weekly jam sessions in February 2009 and produced a feature story that beautifully captures the fun and foolishness of a Wednesday night at the Bowen Bower.
Click here to view Tim's entire four-minute report.
The Flood Flix
Here is more than an hour of additional music, film and photos in the form of music videos the Flood produced in 2008. Click an icon below to see The Flood move around and things...
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A big hunk of Flood history is covered here. Nearly a third of the videos are built around music and photos from the band's early days -- some from as early as 1979 -- with the sounds and images of Rog Samples, Stewart Schneider, Bill Hoke and other former Floodsters.
Two of the videos feature the great Chuck Romine, whose tenor banjo gave The Flood a new sound for more than five grand years. We even get to hear Chuck singing on a special rendition of “Bill Bailey,” recorded live in concert in the summer of 2002.
Of course, no collection of Flood tunes would be complete without some numbers by The Chick Singer. Michelle Walker's fabulous vocals are heard on “Walking After Midnight” and “Blue Moon.” She also joins in The Flood chorus on other videos in the set.
Speaking of wonderful singers, one video documents Kathy Castner's 2004 visit with the Flood, doing her drop-dead gorgeous version of that great Dobie Gray tune, “Lovin' Arms,” a track that also features Doug's terrific mandolin solo.
Music for these videos come from a wide variety of sources. The older pieces – Dave and Joe's “June Apple,” Charlie's rollicking “Samson & Delilah” and “Mama Don't Allow” -- come from party and coffeehouse tapes that somehow survived the '70s and early '80s.
Other pieces – like “Backwater Blues” and “Hootchie Coochie Man / 7th Son” featuring some hot guitar riffs by Jacob Scarr and Bub's driving bass – comes from tapes made at recent jam sessions.
Others – like Sam's crowd-pleaser, “Ain't No Free” and “Crazy Words, Crazy Tune,” with ragtime piano genius Jazzou Jones – were recorded live at the Flood's annual Coon Sanders Nighthawks Reunion gig last spring.
Some – like Dave and Charlie's “Georgie Buck” and the band rocking on “Jug Music Band” -- were captured by Pamela at recent gigs or practices with a hand-held Flip Video recorder.
Hands down, the best music of the entire collection -- “Down in the Flood,” “Didn't He Ramble?” “No Ash Will Burn,” “Sittin' on Top of the World” -- are the tracks recorded and mixed by long-time Flood pal, Bo Sweeney. Somehow Bo managed to make the practice room at the Bowen Bower sound like an uptown recording studio.