2025 Competition Entry:

Small Reminder by Craig Marshall

Genre

Rock

Co-writer(s)

no

Performer(s)

Craig Marshall – Electric guitars / vocal
Jon Notarthomas – Lead guitars / harmony and backing vocals
Derek Morris – Piano
John Thomasson – Bass
Jeff Botta – Drums

Description

I wanted to write something with a classic sound and cinematic feeling

Bio

Awarded – “2016 SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR”!

by the Austin Songwriters Group http://austinsongwritersgroup.com/?p=2471

“Marshall deftly weaves a bit of rockabilly with a twang and a rock beat. This winning combination showcases his solid songwriting and guitar skills.” – Guitar World

NEW EP “BREAK SOME RULES” NOW RELEASED ON ALL STREAMING SITES!

Craig Marshall’s lengthy musical resume stretches back to his teen years performing with various combos in his hometown of Syracuse, New York. He moved to Austin in the early 1990s with his then-band, the country-leaning Delta Rays, but soon found himself founding and leading the locally popular Sinatra-style jazz-swing outfit The Lucky Strikes.

Over the past two decades, the Austin, TX-based singer-songwriter-guitarist has quietly built a remarkably accomplished body of work, drawing upon his wide-ranging musical background to craft engagingly melodic, personally-charged music that’s as emotionally resonant as it is catchy.

Lyrics

SMALL REMINDER


I THINK I CAN SHOW YOU HOW
LIFE CAN BE MUCH BETTER THAN NOW
YOU MAY NOT BELIEVE IT’S TRUE
WHEN YOU’RE FALLING APART


(CHORUS):
IF YOU LET ME SPEND THE DAY WITH YOU
I THINK THAT WE COULD FIND
SOMETHING TO SAY
I DON’T KNOW IF YOU FEEL LIKE I DO
BUT IF YOU NEED SOME TIME SLIPPING AWAY
LET ME GIVE YOU
A SMALL REMINDER


EVERYTHING THAT CAME BEFORE
I DON’T NEED TO KNOW ANYMORE
MAYBE THIS IS NOTHING NEW
BUT WHEN YOU’RE READY TO START


(CHORUS)

SMALL REMINDER

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