the songs of Overdressed: Hold the Light

what you already knew…

Track Number: 7
Author(s): Andrew Osenga and Randall Goodgame

what you probably didn’t know…

…Andy has had this chorus for 9 years, but never found a record that it felt right on. The song almost made it on to 2 Normals records and onto Share the Well.

…The “standing at a willow weeping” line came from an actual experience he had recently with members of a small group of friends that planted a tree to mourn a loss that one of them had recently experienced.

…During a show in Langhorne, PA on February 24, 2008, Andy mentioned on stage that the loss the couple experienced was a miscarried baby boy. The community planted a willow tree for the boy. The reason he mentioned it that night was that the couple had since adopted a child and that child was baptized/dedicated on the morning of February 24, 2008 with the song “Hold the Light” playing in the background. Andy then proceeded to play the song and absolutely kill it (in a good way) on the ending solo.