OH SHENANDOAH -A Cappella Version

I love this melody and melancholy sentiment. This version is A Cappella and from my CD Cloudwalker nominated for best vocal at the NM Music Industry Awards.

The song is also called Across the Wide Missouri in other sources. I tried to mix images of the Apalachee Indians, an old Foundry photo in the Apalachians and images of the Shenandoah River Valley as much as I could find them. I'm not trying to be a historian, documentarian or a purist...instead I wanted to convey the feeling of the song. I hope I did that to some extent and that you enjoy it. Our American history is intertwined and being of Native and some mixed ancestry I appreciate it all respectfully.
thank you for viewing and I know you'll forgive the misspellings.

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• oh
• shenandoah
• shenendoah
• across
• wide
• missouri
• cappella
• vocals
• singing
• folk
• appalachian
• apalachian
• native
• american

[aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa9219]

Why do people insist on singing in such an artificial manor these days? The soloist puts on these terrible affectations. It is intolerable.

[LoneGranger]

@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa9219 That is my natural, god given voice and way of singing Come to my concerts you'll hear it. . If you don't like it that's cool. But to make assumptions that I'm affecting anything is inaccurate. Let's leave the assumption making to the imbeciles which I assume you aren't. Right?

[totamics]

hey, i listened to this and my school is performing this in a a bit and i wanted to know where i could find a down-loadable version. If you could help that would be great.

thanks,

Totamics

[LoneGranger]

@totamics it is available on iTunes just put in Randy Granger Oh Shenandoah. Good luck with your performance. RG

[loringth3great]

So is this song really about the indian removal? Because Noone's actually been able to say what its about.

[LoneGranger]

@loringth3great Well, as with everything there are many versions of a story. The lyrics tell of a tale of a white man stealing away a native woman...etc. However, the melody is rumored to be a sea shanty and people argue about that. Regardless, I like the sense of longing in the melody and lyrics. Research the song and come to your own conclusion, or not. History is a misnomer.

[1redsoxfan1963]

I grew up hunting along the Missouri river in north central Montana. I spent many wonderful times there with my father and older brother. They were some amazing adventures for a young boy. They are both gone, and sadly I have moved away from my beautiful Montana homeland. This song gives me such peace because I know I will be back there again someday, and I will cross the Missouri again when they take me home to lay me to rest.

[allibeth68]

Beautiful!!!!

[1redsoxfan1963]

@Maritimer2009 Thanks so much for the kind words. This song is truly touching

[Maritimer2009]

@1redsoxfan1963 Be it ever so humble, there is no place home! This song, sung with such awesome feeling and love, makes me feel the longing and peace you had at that time of youth! We are all travelers along this journey of life across an ephemeral vision of beauty called earth! God Bless you for sharing such an expression of true spirituality! Nothing can make me forget my troubles like the majesty and visions of beauty so graciously offered by our lands and waters.

[vamperou122]

oh shenandoah i love this song. our choir is singing this song for festival

[lnoft97]

@LoneGranger

Most beautiful! I was given, at my advanced age of (mumble) years, an iTunes card and I picked a wild melange of disco, hard rock, opera, and of course Show Toonz. But your version of this lovely song I've always loved was my first pick. Love it!

[JEWELWI17]

Very nice, I love so much this song and your way to sing it ! Thank You :)

I Wish You a Happy Holiday Season...

Tess

[w3bc]

It's called "melisma" and is a valid musical interpretation. Singing just one note per syllable is called "strophic" and is also valid. The singer added melisma as a form of embellishment. The affectation is a countyr-western interpretation. It's not my cup of tea either, but I respect the artist's unique interpretation.

Bottom line for me is that it IS musical, and does not make me cringe. My own interpretation would be quite different, and that is what makes the world go around!!!.

[theroxors19]

@LoneGranger :( theres no backup singers!!!! im singing this in my concert 2 weeks from now and im kinda disappointed

[kevinwelch55]

@LoneGranger Nicely said my friend.

[bluRhonda]

Thank you for sharing this with us. Beautiful.. you have a wonderful voice.