Filmed by Cody Alushin Engineered by Al Torrence Recorded at Music Garden Studios www.charleswgodwin.com.

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  1. I first heard of Charles because of his collab with Zach Bryan in Jamie but I have fallen in love with Seneca Creek maybe my all time favorite song. Sung with such passion can't believe it's not viral

  2. I am all in CWG. Amazing artist. I have him grouped with Sturgill, Tyler , Zach and Jason as fresh life blowing into country.

    Lyrically I am feeling significant Gordon Lightfoot vibes on this… 👍

  3. In the spring of 1949, that's when I crossed the county line

    It's there I saw in Seneca Creek

    A girl named Ruth who washed her feet

    I told her my name was RC Phares that I'd marry her with half a karat

    She said, "I do, but no stone can reach the prettiest shine of this here creek"

    The mud was deep and the roads were wide

    We'd retreat and then retake the lines

    Korean winters had torn me down and killed all the boys from my hometown

    But I'm coming home, Ruth, my dear

    I got money in my pocket, don't you fear

    We'll build a life by Seneca Creek

    You'll have everything you'll ever need

    Let's build a home by Seneca Creek and raise ourselves a family

    I'll work on the farm, you work the store

    We'll have everything we ever hoped for

    With the top of a mountain above our heads and the roar of Seneca by the bed

    Seneca Creek

    And sure enough, the hard times came

    You loved those, I did the same

    We made it through the winter's cold

    And many summers young and old

    In '85, the creek did rise but it only took the other side

    The Gandee, North Fork and South Branch too

    The house stood still that I built for you

    In '94, when you got sick, we'd make up trips for the hell of it

    Take my hand, Ruth, my dear

    I'll take you back to any year

    And now you lie on the hill up high

    Right beneath the mountain sky

    Seneca Creek sings below

    Atop the tree sits a lonely crow

    We built a home by Seneca Creek and raised ourselves a family

    I worked on the farm, you worked the store

    We had everything we'd ever hoped for

    With the top of a mountain above our heads and the roar of Seneca by the bed

    Seneca Creek

    Source: Musixmatch

    Songwriters: Charles Godwin

  4. Just saw CWG at the Ryman with my husband a few days ago. Spectacular voice, band, music, songs, and performance!!! One of the best live performances we’ve ever seen ❤ Don’t miss it!!

  5. With this guy and the others lately, its like country music is experiencing their grunge type era. What i mean is really good artist and music that came out nowhere and smack everyone upside the head.

  6. absolutely fantastic went to your concert in cbus ohio at the show 2024 in june. found you then and i can’t stop listening and singing to your beautifully written songs, have yet to find one i don’t like. keep it real. you may not blow up as fast as these other artists with huge record deals, but that doesn’t mean you don’t impact people with your skills. we need people like you writing songs for the average man. thank you so much god bless

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