For Your GRAMMY® Consideration:
“CHERRY RED” by Charming Disaster
Best American Roots Song
Best Americana Performance
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Charming Disaster’s “Cherry Red” is a ghost story about a haunted house…or possibly a cautionary tale about carbon monoxide poisoning, whose symptoms are very similar to the classic signs of a haunted house.
Many people who have experienced haunted house phenomena have been found to have carbon monoxide in their blood. Our question is, who (or what) caused the leak—was it a ghost? And what caused that ghost’s death—was it a carbon monoxide leak?
The song’s title comes from another symptom of CO poisoning that usually isn’t discovered until it’s too late: the bright red color it turns one’s blood.
“The song…builds and builds with the most delightful sense of dread imaginable. If you’re the type of person that finds the macabre fun and intriguing, you’re going to adore ‘Cherry Red.’”
