Shadows on the Mountainside
Encyclopedia
"Shadows on the Mountainside" is a song by Canadian
rock
band The Tea Party
. It was released as a promotional single in Australia. The music video directed by Jeff Renfrew, was shot at Websters FallsDundas, Ontario
(near Hamilton) and only screened in Australia until the release of Illuminations
.
"Shadows on the Mountainside" is a folk inspired composition written for Gibson harp guitar
, mandolin and tabla drums. The band's first public performance of the song was in April 1994 on Australian radio station Triple J
.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band The Tea Party
The Tea Party
The Tea Party is a Canadian rock band with blues, progressive rock, Indian and Middle Eastern influences, dubbed "Moroccan roll" by the media. Active throughout the 1990s up until 2005 when the band broke up, The Tea Party released eight albums on EMI Music Canada, selling 1.6 million records...
. It was released as a promotional single in Australia. The music video directed by Jeff Renfrew, was shot at Websters FallsDundas, Ontario
Dundas, Ontario
Dundas is a formerly independent town and now constituent community in the city of Hamilton in Ontario, Canada. It's nickname is the Valley Town. The population has been stable for decades at about twenty thousand, largely because it has not annexed rural land from the protected Dundas Valley...
(near Hamilton) and only screened in Australia until the release of Illuminations
Illuminations (DVD)
Illuminations is a single digital versatile disc by the Canadian rock band The Tea Party. The music DVD spans the years from 1993 to 2000 and includes all of the band's EMI Music Canada produced music videos, remixed by Nick Blagona and Jeff Martin in 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround and DTS sound plus...
.
"Shadows on the Mountainside" is a folk inspired composition written for Gibson harp guitar
Harp guitar
]The harp guitar is a stringed instrument with a history of well over two centuries. While there are several unrelated historical stringed instruments that have appropriated the name “harp-guitar” over the centuries, the term today is understood as the accepted vernacular to refer to a particular...
, mandolin and tabla drums. The band's first public performance of the song was in April 1994 on Australian radio station Triple J
Triple J
triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...
.