Each week, we’ll be posting a brand new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Regular guitarist is visually documenting folks, locations and occasions from his band’s 40-year run, with textual content by vocalist Jean Smith.

I used footage David shot in Cuba to make a video for this music, which by no means actually will get out from underneath the load of its title. The particular person within the video is David’s companion Wendy, seen principally from behind in very lengthy photographs strolling by means of a decidedly non-touristy a part of Havana.

If I used to be to say that the music is about talking out in opposition to social injustices as a person with solely a reputation to provide credence, then doubtless each the music and the video fall in need of imparting this intention, until the names within the moist cement are thought to be essential sufficient. Loly, Lori, Yohance Zamaray. What grew to become of them? Though, now that I give it some thought, perhaps it wasn’t so sensible of Yohance to supply their full identify. Loly and Lori most likely went on to take pleasure in regular Cuban lives, whereas Yohance’s life could have been negatively impacted by this offence. Cuba doesn’t strike me as a rustic that goes flippantly on defacing state-provided infrastructure.

What I used to be going to say, earlier than getting derailed by the journey by means of Havana, is that there are names with universally accepted clout, and orchestra conductor is one in every of them. Writer is one other, and it’s with nice remorse that I’ve left the aim of this missive to the very finish, realizing that few could have made it this far. The star of the video, Wendy Atkinson, has just lately purchased a long-standing  publishing home in Vancouver.

“What’s its identify?” you could ask.

“It’s prone to change, so I’ll depart this right here for now.”

“What’s Your Title?” from Empathy For The Evil (M’girl’s, 2014) (obtain):