John Jacob Niles - The Maid Freed From The Gallows

Visit www.popexpresso.com for exclusive pop culture articles and interviews John Jacob Niles - The Maid Freed From The Gallows - I decided to do a video for this song as I noticed there's no video for it anywhere. The concept it's unconventional and is pretty much trying to approach the idea of the song, on what kind of thoughts can go thru someone's mind if they somehow know they will die or they're soon be executed, I've mixed several footage from the 1920's and some footage from sea storms and tornados, stuff like that. The video was edited using several layers so there's a lot of experimenting with transparency on it, I don't think the final result was perfect but I am ok with it and I hope you enjoy it - about the song, personally this is my favorite version of it, I love John Jacob Niles vocals and songs and there's just one glimpse of him during the video as I didn't found any other footage from him. If you own some of this footage please let me know. Thank you. ABOUT THE SONG "The Maid Freed from the Gallows" is one of many titles of a centuries-old folk song about a condemned maiden pleading for someone to buy her freedom from the executioner.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Maid_Freed_from_the_Gallows ABOUT JOHN JACOB NILES John Jacob Niles (April 28, 1892—March 1, 1980) was an American composer, singer, and collector of traditional ballads... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jacob_Niles