Let There Be

I sat down to write a wedding song and wanted it to be distinctly Christian. So, I wrote it in first person as though God was telling how it all started and why. How would God do that? I then decided to go with the theme of the 6 days of creation. In doing that it also helps a person to get the days in order as to what was created in which order. Words & Music by Jerry Corelli

Jerry Corelli

Recording the Songs

All of the songs on "Grandfather Moon" were recorded at "Angels Dance Recording Studios" in Tacoma Washington but a few songs traveled 1500 miles to have some more work done on them. My good friend Kevin Mannarino, who lives in Denver, also has a recording studio. Since 1979 Kevin has recorded Lead guitar on several of my albums and when I invited him to do Lead guitar on "Grandfather Moon" he graciously accepted. I simply sent him the songs and in about 2 weeks he sent them back with his Lead guitar on them. The songs with Kevin's Lead guitar are My Future Seems, Grandfather Moon, I'll Never Love Again, I Can't Believe I'm Yours, I Found You, All I've Got Is Me, If I Didn't Have You, Marriage Seed and This Woman In Love With Me.

Will You Marry Me

The first wedding song I wrote was "Marriage Seed" and a few years later "Will You Marry Me" came along. It can be seen as a wedding song but I wrote it as a song of proposal. When I first began writing songs there was no VH1 or MTV and when you wrote a song you played your imaginary video to the song in your head. Now a days it seems many songs are written with the video first and then the words. This is the only song on "Grandfather Moon" that was fully recorded before the project and was mixed and added to the CD to fit with the other songs.

Words & Music by Jerry Corelli

Jerry Corelli

This Woman In Love With Me

In this song I wanted to describe the little things my wife does in our everyday romance that shows me how much in love we are. It may sound like, from the song, that she doesn't have a career. However, she does have a career and still finds time to show her love just like in the song.

Words & Music by Jerry Corelli

Jerry Corelli

So This Is How Love Feels

In this song I wanted to describe how love felt to me. My favorite line in the song is, "So this is how love feels, a never ending vineyard that begins with just one seed". I know that's how love is with me and my wife. I feel that our love continues to grow as we continue to discover new things about each other. Our love continues to grow like a never ending vineyard.

Words & Music by Jerry Corelli

Jerry Corelli

You're My Island

This was one of the first songs I wrote for my wife "Liv". I felt, and still do, that I was a ship searching for an island, the island being her true love. It was also the first song one of my back up singers, Natalie, sang. Words & Music by Jerry Corelli

Jerry Corelli

Marriage Seed

A few years ago I received a call from a bride to be who attended my church. She went to a later service than my wife and I so we hadn't met. However, she had been told that I sang one of my songs at a previous service, and since the soloist for her wedding had to cancel at the last minute, her mother suggested she should ask me to sing. When she called she suggested I sing the song I sang for the church. But since she'd never heard the song she couldn't now it wasn't really a song for a wedding. I then asked her if she didn't mind me writing a wedding song. Her response was to say the least surprised. "You could do that?" I recall her asking. After our phone conversation I went into the studio and in about an hour "Marriage Seed" was completed. It's been one of my favorites and the favorite of many listeners who hear my songs. Words & Music by Jerry Corelli