Walk With You 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, under the direction of 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.
I wrote this song about a friend who was going through a rough time. We took a walk one night along some railroad tracks as I listened to his struggle.
| “Walk With You” Words and music by Ryk Brown 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. |
“Walk With You”
Words and music by Ryk Brown
Night time,
I crossed the railroad tracks
And I looked up into the sky
I see a million white specks on black
A friend cried out
Showed his lonely side
Most caring I’ve seen (walk, walk, walk, walk alone)
He has something hurting to hide. (walk, walk, walk, walk alone)
And you say I’ll walk with you (walk with you)
You say I’ll walk with you (walk with you)
You say I’ll walk with you (walk with you)
I’ll walk with you (walk with you)
Surrounded most of all
by those who care for you
You’re not at ease with yourself (walk, walk, walk, walk alone)
Something hurting to hide (walk, walk, walk, walk alone)
Then I’ll walk with you (Walk with you)
You know I’ll walk with you (Walk with you)
Walk with you (walk with you)
You said I’ll walk with you (walk with you)
You know you said I’ll walk with you (walk with you)
And I’ll walk with you (walk with you)
You said I’ll walk with you (walk with you)
You said I’ll walk with you (walk with you)
Walk with you (walk with you)
And I’ll walk with you (walk with you)
Walk with you
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
