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Lyrics

Liner Notes

Ooo do you still remember?

(Verse 1)
I remember meeting you
A campfire in the mountains, the smell of your perfume

Through the flames I caught your stare
We left the crowd behind, to be alone out there

Ooo, starlight through trees
Ooo, the touch of a summer breeze

(Chorus)
Shenandoah take me there
Take me back now to that moment that we shared
Shenandoah take me down
To the river when there's no one else around
Ooo, do you still remember?
I will well into forever
Let's go back there if you dare
Shenandoah take me there

(Verse 2)
I remember it so clear
It was many years ago since we both were here

Skimming stones at waterfalls
The water was so cold But we didn't mind at all

Ooo, your silhouette
Ooo, and the feeling I just can't forget

(Chorus)
Shenandoah take me there
Take me back now to that moment that we shared
Shenandoah take me down
To the river when there's no one else around
Ooo, do you still remember?
I will well into forever
Let's go back there if you dare
Shenandoah take me there

CREDITS:

Music and Lyrics by
Mark Greenawalt (Future-Class X Publishing, ASCAP)

Lead and HarmonyVocals - Mark Greenawalt
Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, and Harmonica - Mark Greenawalt
Drums - Roger Weidabach

BEHIND THE MUSIC:

This song is about a chance encounter in the Shenandoah mountains between two strangers at a camp fire party. It becomes a magical night by the waterfall under starlight. I wrote this song when I lived in Nashville, TN. It originally had different lyrics and was called "Leave A Message At The Tone", but those lyrics eventually sounded dated. I opted for a rewrite in 2019.

One interesting note about this song is that it was played live on stage at Douglas Corner in Nashville on the day that I wrote it. They have a band there that plays your song if you bring them the charts in the form of the Nashville Number System. I learned to be able to write my songs in that format and it served me well. I may still have a cassette recording around here somewhere of that first night.

While visiting family back east, I had the opportunity to go to Shenandoah State Park in Virginia to film the video for the song. I had planned to have an actress along to be in some of the scenes, but ended up going alone on a very, very cold autumn day. I brought the remote controlled camera dolly along with me and went to Home Depot to buy some conduit to make a rail for it to run on. It was so cold and, try as I might to get that to work smoothly, I soon gave up and opted for mostly static shots. I didn't bring a tripod so the camera was sitting on picnic tables, retaining walls, whatever I could find. I brought my new chromatic harmonica to add to the lip-synch fun, but it was actually a blues harp that I actually played in the studio. I did get some awesome footage of the changing leaves, especially the shots driving along the ridge with the camera resting on the dash. I knew I didn't get enough performance shots for the video so the following day I set up some shots by Licking Creek in Big Pool, Maryland. I did get the dolly to work...for the most part...watch the video to the end to see where my camera took a nose dive towards the river.

I didn't edit the video right away when I got home. Several weeks later the leaves where finally changing here in Arizona. I asked my son Zane to come out to my front yard and film me playing the acoustic guitar in front of a tree. I stood on a step stool and he had the tripod mounted low to the ground looking up. I edited the clips together using Premiere and then uploaded the video to YouTube. 

TECHNICAL:

UPC - 099451717728
ISRC - QZ8251927057

Original tracks recorded on Digidesign Session 8 software in Nashville: Epiphone 12-string acoustic, Jackson bass, and Ludwig drums.
Additional tracks recorded and mixed using Logic X in Phoenix: Vocals on CAD Equitek microphone, Yamaha Moxf8 keyboards, and Honer harmonicas.

PLACEMENTS:

Official Music Video - Produced, directed, filmed, and edited by Mark Greenawalt using a Canon 5Dmiii and Premier. Additional camera operator Zane Greenawalt on guitar scenes.