Thunder by Geneva (1988)
In 1988, I was playing guitar and flute in an original band called, Geneva. After the release of our first EP, No Time To Pray, in 1987, we went back into the studio the following year to record a half-dozen songs for our next album. These were recorded at SRS Studios in London, Ontario, Canada, with Juno-award winning producer Dan Broadbeck (back when he was still Danny and before he won a Juno.) We ran out of money so the recordings were never completed and the second album was never released. This is not a final mix. The recordings were only rough-mixed onto audio cassettes that ended up in my basement for over 30 years. In 2022, I converted the recordings to mp3 and ran them through audio filters to clean them up and do my best to compensate for 3 decades of deterioration.
| “Thunder” Words and music by Lori DeGraw from the unreleased SRS recording session Recorded in 1988 Audio recovered in 2022 from 30-year-old audio cassette tapes | Geneva: Lori DeGraw – Lead Vocals, Guitar. Ryk Brown – Lead and Rhythm Guitar. Paul Hunter – Bass, Vocals. Rob Carter – Drums, Vocals. |
“Thunder”
Words and music by Lori DeGraw
This freedom’s got no chance to reign supreme
Someone’s got to take control
Mixed emotions feed the soul of me
Granite eyes take you home.
Stifled cries from the land of the free
Starting versus something known
Somewhere in his heart he pleads to me
Somehow I know I must go
Assorted colours fade to morning light
A never ending cyclone floods, floods.
Faded vision, jaded thunder
Where the fever never grows.
Somehow, somewhere, I might feel complete
Before I deal the final blow
Somewhere in your heart you beat for me
Yet I feel you in my soul
Assorted colours fade to morning light
A never ending cyclone floods, floods
Faded vision, jaded thunder
Where the fever never grows.
Credits
Produced by Geneva and Danny Broadbeck
Engineered by Danny Broadbeck
Recorded at SRS Studios, London, Ontario, Canada, 1988.
Audio recovered in 2022 from 30 year old audio cassette tapes
Photo by Ian Houghton
