Lonely Tree

Story Behind The Song

In composing for this album, I wanted to write a feature piece for each of my four friends that would bring out the best of their individual styles. "Lonely Tree" was meant as a feature for Dave Edwards on electric bass. Once, during a solo trip to the Grand Canyon, I watched a dynamic sunset along the south rim. In the foreground, away from the rest of the plants and brush, and toward the edge of the rim, was the silhouette of a lone tree with a most intriguing and deep personality. If it could have communicated with me, I wondered what stories of the breathtaking, but lonely, wilderness my companion would have shared. With the exception of the electric bass, I purposefully stuck to acoustic instruments for this piece: The nylon string guitar, acoustic bass, and simple percussion items provide the kind of southwestern, almost Spanish/Mexican, backdrop of the Arizona landscape around the canyon. It is no accident that I chose mainly wooden percussion instruments, such as tuned temple blocks, a wood block, and claves, to further help paint the image. And I think there couldn't have been a more appropriate instrument to represent the tree's "voice" than the electric bass. Nor, in my mind, could there have been a more appropriate musician than Dave Edwards to bring out the emotion in a way that truly speaks. What stories does the tree tell you?

Song Length 5:39 Genre Jazz - Contemporary, Latin - Jazz
Tempo Medium Slow (91 - 110) Lead Vocal Instrumental
Mood Serene, Poignant Subject Loneliness, Land
Similar Artists Pat Metheny Era 1990 - 1999
Music Greg Federico Performance Greg Federico with Ron Velosky, B.D. Lenz, Steve Girardi & Dave Edwards

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