Donovan has shared a new video for his 2010 song, “I Am the Shaman,” directed by David Lynch. The clip arrives on the Folk musician’s 75th birthday. Watch the officia<l video through the YouTube player below:
Donovan’s “I Am The Shaman” produced by David Lynch in his LA Studio, engineered and co-mixed by Dean Hurley.
Donovan plays his Ferrington acoustic guitar ‘Kelly‘ and sings.
David plays his unique Ferrington Modal Chord Guitar Textures and effects.
The video directed by David Lynch.
Stream the song everywhere: https://donovandiscs.lnk.to/IAmTheShaman
“I Am the Shaman” first appeared on Donovan’s 2010 album, “Ritual Groove,” and Lynch actually co-produced the track at his studio in Los Angeles. The new video is centered primarily around footage of Donovan performing the ghostly tune, although it’s packed with plenty of Lynch-ian flourishes, from surreal close-ups of Donovan’s floating head to abstract shots of ocean waves and star-filled skies.
In a statement shared on his Facebook page, Donovan recalled making the song with Lynch: “It was all impromptu. I visited the studio and David said … ‘Sit at the mics with your guitar Don’. David in same room behind control desk with my [wife] Linda [Lawrence]. He had asked me to only bring in a song just emerging, not anywhere near finished. We would see what happens. It happened! I composed extempore … the verses came naturally. New chord patterns effortlessly appeared.”
