The MISKIMON BROTHERS (pronounced Mis-Kim-In) hail from Dundalk, Maryland, USA. “Shenandoah Sunrise” is the third single to be released from their debut album of the same name. The album is chock full of catchy songs in the Country, Americana, and Pop Rock genres.
Their first single, My Baby’s Away, along with the “My Baby’s Away” official video has received continuous airplay around the world since January, 2024. “My Baby’s Away” reached number 12 on the World Indie Music Charts, Number 13 on the Euro Indie Music Charts, and number 1 on the Bandwagon Network Radio.
The second single “Space Lady In A Pickup Truck”, along with the video was released in June, 2024, reached number 14 on the World Indie Music Charts, Number 13 on the Euro Indie Music Charts and number 4 on the Bandwagon Network Radio. It’s been the station’s Fan Favorite continuously for the past 4 months.
Both songs have charted high on many other indie stations around the world. Both songs received several great reviews and both videos are in steady rotation on several major video networks.
Shenandoah Sunrise is the third single pulled from the Miskimon Brothers debut album of the same name. This song is a journey through time in a timeless place.
BEHIND “SHENANDOAH SUNRISE”
I came up with the song idea, music, melody, and the basic refrain for “Shenandoah Sunrise” while spending a week in Skyline Drive, Va. I finished the lyrics to the song a few months later, in of all places, on the beach in Ocean City, MD.
It’s been on my mind for a long time and a labor of love creating this video. For years we’ve made family trips to Skyline Drive, VA, and Harper’s Ferry, WV.
We always took along cameras and finally in the late 80’s we started taking video cameras. So, in this video there are a few shots from the early days. When we recorded the song a few years ago I knew I wanted to make a video of the song. I wanted it to look like a home movie but realized early on that the old footage wouldn’t cut it. So, in March of 2024 me, my wife Karen, and the grandkids went to Skyline Drive and started shooting footage on a 4K, hand held camcorder. We drove hundreds of miles, shooting moon rises, sun rises, the mountains, the caverns, etc.
In April, 2024, Me, Karen, and Mark went back to Skyline Drive and recorded footage of Mark and I playing guitars, on rocks and various other places on the Skyline. Some of the footage looked really good and some not so good, so Karen and I made more trips to the mountains in September and again in October, 2024.
I kept looking at the sunrise footage and was never happy with it. Finally on Saturday, October, 12, 2024 I woke up Karen and the Kids at 4 am and said “We are going to Harper’s Ferry today, and I’m going to shoot a sunrise, and we’re going to have fun”.
