by Lin McNulty
updated Sunday, Sept. 29 at 12:15 p.m.

Anthony Ghazel, who was a drummer at the time, first became a fan of Common Market in high school while living on Orcas. He saw Common Market a few times before leaving for college (at Bumbershoot, for example). While a freshman at the University of Washington, he heard that Common Market was playing a show at Orcas Center, and there was no way that he was going to miss it; he made the trip from Seattle to Orcas that weekend just to see the show.

This year, on January 11, he was playing a show in Seattle at the Nectar Lounge. When he walked into the green room after his set, hip-hopt artist RA Scion—formerly with Common Market—was sitting on the couch. Anthony introduced himself and they exchanged info. A few weeks later they met up for coffee and chatted about Sasquatch and the idea of Anthony playing for Scion as a live drummer.

They have been playing together since, including the Sasquatch Festival at The Gorge (in George, Washington), as well as other locations in Seattle.

Following a trip to Orcas this summer, the concept for a music video, to be filmed on Orcas, took form. The end project was just released on Friday, September 27.

Meanwhile, Anthony’s brother Christopher, who had experience with the camera that was used to shoot the video, was recruited to assist the director on the video.

And to complete the Orcas connection, Scion’s wife attended Camp Orkila as a young student.

Take a moment from your busy day to cozy up to some beautiful shots of our beloved island along with some alluring, mellow hip-hop:

 

Take a look at the  credits to see other islanders who contributed to this project:

  • Sarah and Allen Smith (www.VictorianValleyChapel.com)
  • Chase and Kate Jarvis
  • Janis and Tony Ghazel
  • Mark and Roz Van Maren
  • Yon Agnew
  • Mike Stolmeier
  • Rachel Harvey and her horse “Wampum”
  • Alicia Miller
  • Rod Magner
  • The Sides family (Ian “we can nail it back” Sides)
  • Camp Orkila
  • Imperial Motion Clothing Co.
  • Vintage Costumers on Roosevelt
  • The Community of Orcas Island for your kindness, generosity and Zen

 

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