Video In The Works For Strummer's 'Redemption Song'

Anti's website is reporting on the new video
in production for Joe Strummer and the
Mescaleros' cover of "Redemption Song." The video was shot by director
Josh Cheuse in NYC at Jesse Malin's Avenue A bar Niagara. Here's the report:

The video begins with classic scenes of the NY skyline - the Empire State
Building and the Chrysler Building - then blends into familiar street-level
sights and sounds of the city. Speeding taxis and screeching fire trucks fly
by as a crew of graffiti artists and painters descends upon a blank wall to
begin working furiously on a mural. As the artists consult a sketchbook, the
screen is filled with a montage of archival photos and live footage of JOE (including
The Clash at Shea Stadium and on the roof of Bonds, and never-before-seen footage
of JOE STRUMMER AND THE MESCALEROS at Brixton Academy). By this time New Yorkers
of all ages and ethnicities are watching the artists and listening to the song.
Some familiar faces from the crowd include JOE's friends such as Jim Jarmusch,
Steve Buscemi, Matt Dillon, Jesse Malin, Cara Seymore (Adaptation, Gangs of
New York), Cinque Lee (Spike's brother and co-star, along with STRUMMER
and Buscemi, of the Jarmusch-helmed Mystery Train), plus all of Rancid -
Tim Armstrong, Matt Freeman, Brett Reed and Lars Frederiksen.
As more details come into focus on the mural, it becomes obvious it's
of STRUMMER. The clip ends with passersby lighting candles and leaving tokens
at the base of mural, which reads "Joe Strummer 1952-2002."