Dare To Be Great -- original

[Glennwillow]

Originally Posted by Warren Gilmour

What a great song Glenn - from the story, melody, chord changes and the recording. Impressive!

Thank you Ryan -- for listening and taking the time to comment!

- Glenn

[MaurysMusic]

Very cool! I really like it.

[Glennwillow]

Originally Posted by MaurysMusic

Very cool! I really like it.

Well thank you, Maury! How nice of you to take the time to listen and comment. I enjoyed your recent thread in Show & Tell also.

- Glenn

[Grinning Boy]

What a wonderful example of the true spirit of great folk music. Great vocals and guitar work, awesome tune and what a story to tell. Thanks for posting that!

[Glennwillow]

Originally Posted by Grinning Boy

What a wonderful example of the true spirit of great folk music. Great vocals and guitar work, awesome tune and what a story to tell. Thanks for posting that!

Thank you so much, GB! I think you just made my day with your generous and encouraging comments! Very much appreciated!

- Glenn

[KevWind]

I agree awesome tune and has a bit of that Lightfoot mariner feel.
The prosody is great .

Ah yes crossing the Columbia bar, a wild ride when the swells are running high.
Only ever got seasick twice in my life both times crossing that roller coaster "Hooray and up she rises"

[Jeremy]

A great, epic ballad. Instant classic in my book. Nicely done, Glenn.

[JakeStone]

Wow! Really enjoyed this one Glenn.

Also thanks for the history lesson...
It was enjoyable to read, watch and listen.

Cool stuff.

[Glennwillow]

Originally Posted by KevWind

I agree awesome tune and has a bit of that Lightfoot mariner feel.
The prosody is great .

Ah yes crossing the Columbia bar, a wild ride when the swells are running high.
Only ever got seasick twice in my life both times crossing that roller coaster "Hooray and up she rises"

Hi Kev,

Thank you so much for watching and commenting!

Have you been over the Columbia River bar??!! The Graveyard of the Pacific! Wow! I never have, though I have gone over the Grays Harbor bar a few times, and that is scary enough!

Thank you for watching and for your comments!

Originally Posted by Jeremy

A great, epic ballad. Instant classic in my book. Nicely done, Glenn.

Thank you very much Jeremy! You have done so many originals on S&T, you know what this is like, putting your own stuff out there for the public! I appreciate your comments!

Originally Posted by JakeStone

Wow! Really enjoyed this one Glenn.

Also thanks for the history lesson...
It was enjoyable to read, watch and listen.

Cool stuff.

Hi Jake,

Thank you so much. Regarding the history lesson, for a couple of days when nobody commented on this thread, I thought I had scared everybody away with the history lesson. At the same time, it's an interesting connection of the East Coast to the West Coast during America's infancy. Robert Gray and his crew were the first Americans to circumnavigate the globe and they did it twice over a period of just a little more than 4 years. It's kind of phenomenal, and yet most people have never even heard of Robert Gray.

In fact 39 years ago when my family and I moved to Grays Harbor, I thought the place was named after the gray, overcast skies. We are so close to the Pacific Rainforest that we get about 100 inches of rain a year here. Nope... It turns out the place is named after a sea captain that most people have never heard of!

- Glenn

[marty bradbury]

Very nice Glenn. Cool song! Love the history also as being born and raised here.

[Glennwillow]

Originally Posted by marty bradbury

Very nice Glenn. Cool song! Love the history also as being born and raised here.

Hi Marty,

Thank you! Yes, nice time you drive over this way towards the ocean beaches and you see the sign for Grays Harbor, it will have new meaning for you!

Thanks,
Glenn