YOU STAY IN MY MIND by Garry Manuel

YOU STAY IN MY MIND

GARRY MANUEL'S latest Sunflare Songs release is a blues/rock ballad capturing a distinct romantic, winter mood.

"You Stay In My Mind" features weaving and searing guitar lines, strong vocal delivery, and a rich instrumental backdrop. that features Brian Soule on keyboards, Chuck Bianchi on bass, and Garry on vocals and electric guitars. Marshall Manuel was the recording engineer once again.

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You Stay In My Mind

A hauntingly romantic, blues-rock ballad with a Winter theme, written, performed, and produced by Garry Manuel.

NEARLY EVERY SONG HAS A STORY, it’s either embedded in the song itself or about how it evolved, and in some cases, both. Garry tells the story: “You Stay In My Mind” was actually written in 1969!. Imagine, the song is 56 years old! There were a number of songs that were written to be performed at a high school formal dance. In addition, I had gone out and photographed Winter scenes to accompany the songs in the background. You have to consider there was no digital format at the time, so these were going to be slides that changed periodically behind the band as we played My point here is here was a lot of preparation that occurred. for this event.

One day at school, the girl who gave us the nod to perform and headed up the event, came up to me in tears and told us we were not going to be able to play for the dance afterall. The committee had determined they wanted to hire another band. I later found out that it was one individual who was the primary culprit in raising a stink about us playing. He was a musician too. Whether he was jealous or didn’t think we could cut it, I’ll never know. Being canceled was a huge blow to the group, and I was not pleased about all the work I’d put into making this a special event.

The bottom line is this: I did write a few decent songs that continued to hang around in the back of my mind. “You Stay In My Mind” was one of those songs. There have always been other songs that were newer that I prioritized for the recording process. Finally, I got the song recorded. I must say, it was rather a surprise at how much I enjoyed recording it, as well as the results. The tune is a blues-rock ballad, with a memorable hook. What I had the most fun with, however; was the guitar solo, where in one spot I used the first guitar lick I ever learned at age 14. I’m pretty sure it was an offshoot from blues guitarist, Mike Bloomfield.