"A Mountain for Elodie" is a song from Benjamin Scheuer's new show, ELODIE'S MOUNTAIN. This performance by Scheuer was recorded live in London, at Abbey Road Studio 2. (Lyric below.)
Performances:
Wednesday, February 2, 2022. Phoenix Arts Club, London. (Live-stream & in-person)
Monday, February 21, 2022. Joe's Pub, New York. (In person)
Wednesday, March 9, 2022. Phoenix Arts Club, London (live-stream & inn person)
for tickets, visit http://www.BenjaminScheuer.com
ELODIE’S MOUNTAIN is a new solo show from American singer/songwriter Benjamin Scheuer. In the show, he talks with his small daughter about big ideas, and learns that when you have kids you can’t choose who they are. Scheuer is the creator/performer of THE LION (Off West End Award for Best New Musical, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance). His work “gets to the heart of the matter” (The New York Times). And he “plays guitar like he invented the instrument” (Los Angeles Times). He is the recipient of the 2021 Kleban Prize for Lyrics. ELODIE’S MOUNTAIN runs 60 minutes with no intermission.
Audio engineered & mixed by Robin Baynton
Director: Alex Stenhouse http://www.alexstenhouse.com
Director of Photography: Ben Davies - https://bristoldp.co.uk/
2nd AC: Tom Crane
Edit/Colour: Alex Stenhouse
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Scheuer's album "Songs From THE LION" can be found:
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/SongsFromTHELION_IT
Amazon: http://smarturl.it/SongsFromTHELION_AZ
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A MOUNTAIN FOR ELODIE
Daughter of the daughter of the mountain
Born in the city to gray winter’s roar
Vernixed and bloody, you lie on your mother
Who wears a look of wonder I’ve never seen before
We name you Elodie, Elodie, Elodie, Elodie
We name you Elodie, Elodie, Elodie, Elodie
Through mid-summer’s door, we sail east over ocean
To the mountain your ancestors knew
In the homes that they built with their hands
From the stones on the lands
They are waiting for you
At the seat of the giant are Nonna and Poppa
We walk up the mountain through purple Welsh heather for…
Elodie, Elodie, Elodie, Elodie,
A mountain for Elodie, Elodie, Elodie, Elodie
A mountain for Elodie
Where the sky meets the earth, blending pink into brown
I’ll carry you up, and then one day you’ll carry me down
A mountain for Elodie
Carry me down
A mountain for Elodie
I’d never heard of the mountain
‘Til your mum introduced it to me
Walking its paths help me know her more fully
And also has helped me to see
How this convergence of love and blood
and faces and histories has lead us to you
And as your generation continues the climb
The mountain becomes something new
A mountain for Elodie, Elodie, Elodie, Elodie
A mountain for Elodie, Elodie, Elodie, Elodie
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