Through the years, Tim has been a member of several different bands, Decoration Ghost is his current and probably final band that he’ll be performing on stage with. Andy and I originally started filming a couple of Decoration Ghost practices because we figured we would work it into one of Tim’s episodes as part of something that he did. As we were around the band more, we were impressed with how good they are. We ended up filming several live performances of the band and were first hand witnesses at the challenges they faced having someone perform live that is battling ALS. Their story is really a feature length documentary unto itself. We decided that we would make the band’s story a two-parter because it was too big to fit within the 10 minute time restriction of Youtube. The first part discusses the origin of the band and the challenges they face having a member who is battling ALS. The second part will discuss the recording of their album and the urgency of doing so since Tim was losing the ability to play bass. Because we want the series to be in somewhat chronological order, we’ll be posting the second half of this story after a few more episodes.

“It’s fucking earnest and soulful. It’s too important to ignore.” – 10Listens

Photo courtesy of Katie Southard

Decoration Ghost is an incredible band. All friendship’s aside, I think they are one of the best bands I’ve heard in quite some time and their CD is great. North Carolina has a very rich and diverse musical history and Decoration Ghost will no doubt add something very special to that history. You can download a free song here (where the album is available for purchase, hint, hint). The album can also be downloaded at Digstation. Find them on Myspace and Facebook, you will be glad you did.