Whatever on the Rocks - See Your Shadow

Whatever on the Rocks actually has been a part of the See Your Shadow Catalog for quite some time. It is the song that kicked off the writing team of Michael Coleman and J. Richard Murray and the first song that grabbed Nashville's attention. The song started off as a simple poem about nursing a broken heart. The poem was full of the raw emotion that See Your Shadow has become known for.



"I was going through a really tough time when I wrote the song" said Michael Coleman, Artistic Director of See Your Shadow "I had gone through a break up that left me with a broken heart for a number of years, so the original poem was told from my perspective as a bar patron drinking my troubles away. It gave real insight into a dark time in my life. However, when we decided that the piece should be brought to life in a song, I changed the direction to tell the story not from my eyes, but through the eyes of the bartender and I don't think that has ever been done before. The song is very simple in its construction like the original poem, and I think it is that simplicity that makes the piece really intimate."