When The Music's Done

Musicians:
Lillyanne McCool:lead & harmony vocals
Crystal McCool: keyboard, lead & harmony vocals
Mary Parker: fiddle

When The Music’s Done is truly unlike the other songs on this CD. The only instruments used on it were piano (mom) and fiddle (Mary). We began writing the song as tribute to two dear musician friends of mine (Anna and Gabi) who I have been in a band with ever since I could hold my own on the banjo. The two girls were part of Twang All Girl String Band along with me, my mom, and another girl about my age. Anna and Gabi are a year older than me, so last year they were seniors while me and the other girl (Becca) were juniors. It became clear that soon our band was going to be inactive as Anna and Gabi were leaving for college. As my mom and I began writing this song, the pandemic hit in our area and we went into lockdown. I was booked to begin recording this album the week the of the shutdown and we were unable to start. The song began to morph as not only the band I played in with the girls was coming to an end, so were all the festivals, camps, and contests that I had participated in each year. Everything was shutting down. These were the places that I went to be with the kindred spirits that I call family and friends. We were getting word that we were losing some dear friends during this pandemic and this song took on a whole new meaning for us. We cried a lot as we were writing it. We cried as we recorded it. It touches that part of our heart that grieves for our loved ones and days gone by. I feel like everyone can relate to this song on some level.