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Dedicated To Love

by Jen Schaffer and The Shiners

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Recording this song during the pandemic has truly been a labour of love and a show of dedication by the Shiners to the love of our music and musical friendship.

Special shout out to Simon, whose magical talents helped make us sound like we were all in the "same room" - even Lain Gray, who sent in his vocal bits from Houston, Texas.

Written a couple of years ago, I am so pleased to be finally releasing a recorded and video version of this tune out into a world that seems to need more dedication to love.

It is our first recording of a Shiner women duet, with Astrid Foster and I sharing lead vocals. I am also thrilled to have another special guest vocalist - Lain Gray, who joined us a couple of years ago on the recording of Jerusalem Fields off our last album, Games We Play.

So here is our Shiner contribution towards flattening the persistent pull of those dark curves towards pandemic, racism and fear. It is delivered with dedication and love and also friendship and a bit of humour.

lyrics

Dedicated to love
But duty bound
Dedicated To Love
But duty bound

Cause one ain't like the other
Gonna smother
Like no other
Make your lover
Run for cover
Gonna drag you down

But keep your heart a beatin'
No retreatin'
Put your feet in
Front row seatin'
Peaches eatin'
Gonna wear that crown

Dedicated to love
But duty bound
Dedicated To Love
But duty bound

Cause one ain't like the other
Gonna smother
Like no other
Make your lover
Run for cover
Gonna drag you down

But keep your heart a beatin'
No retreatin'
Put your feet in
Front row seatin'
Peaches eatin'
Gonna wear that crown

"I'm coming home"
can sound a threat
a warning call from minaret
and to my mind that's under siege
what's meant as love
won't be received
so please be

Dedicated to love
Not duty bound
Dedicated to love
Not duty bound

Cause one ain't like the other
Gonna smother
Like no other
Make us lovers
Run for cover
Gonna drag us down

But we keep our hearts a beatin'
No retreatin'
Put our feet in
Front row seatin'
Peaches eatin'
We're gonna wear those crowns

Gonna wear those
Gonna wear those crowns

credits

released September 12, 2020
Music and Words by Jennifer Schaffer (SOCAN)

Produced, Arranged, Recorded and Mixed by Simon Law aka The Funky Ginger at Studio Wolfrey, Toronto, Ontario

Artwork by Linnea Soli

Acoustic guitar, Lead Vocal - Jennifer Schaffer
Bass, Lead Vocal - Astrid Foster
Drums, Background Vocals - Simon Law
Acoustic guitar, Background Vocals - John Teshima
Violin, Background Vocals - Jonathan Marks
Special Guest Vocalist - Lain Gray (Houston, Texas)

Dedicated to Love Video Lip Syncers -
Mindy, Nina and Laura Harris (Sparrow Lake, Ontario)
Ben Aldritt, Dani and Anson Kasimer (Edmonton, Alberta)
Klaudia and Luka Meier (Toronto, Ontario)

Lac Patric Merman Video Cameo - Manny Szeptycki

Lake Ontario Seagull Video Wrangler - Bodhi

Outro video was taken by Simon Law from behind the drum kit at the first live performance of "Dedicated to Love" with special guest vocalist Lain Gray at Burdock on February 10th, 2018.

Video link - youtu.be/tq81Kp30azE

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Jen Schaffer and The Shiners Toronto, Ontario

Jen Schaffer is a Montreal-born, former Ohio and long-time Toronto resident singer-songwriter. Jen has honed her own brand of original soulful acoustic roots music with the help of her dedicated band and collaborators, The Shiners, including Simon Law (a.k.a. The Funky Ginger), John Teshima, Dot Hwang, Hideki Kumagai and occasional Shiner Emmanuel Szeptycki. ... more

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