Single RoyRoy Genkins
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A modern country road song shaped by a real Highway 88 trip through the Sierra Nevada, exploring solitude, freedom, and what it means to feel connected to a place.
Genre
Americana
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Single RoyRoy Genkins
I Just Needed to Be Here
A day in the Sierra Nevada begins with roadwork, lost daylight, and a head full of decisions. Somewhere between the cedar trees, mountain sage, silence, and a long mountain road, the need for answers starts to fade.
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Driving into the Sunrise
A narrative Americana country song about leaving before dawn, driving into the Sierra Nevada, and finding far more in the morning than expected.
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The No People
I wrote The No People for America's 250th anniversary as a RoyRoy Genkins Americana song about freedom, builders, opportunity, and the responsibility to leave the country stronger for the people who come next.
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Return to Gate Kept Beach
A reflective Americana song about returning to a Sierra river with my son and recognizing how place, memory, and family traditions can carry forward.
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Becoming Real
A reflective RoyRoy Genkins folk-country release inspired by a late-spring Sierra Nevada drive into unexpected snow and the realization that a quieter, more grounded way of living has become normal.
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Last Week's View
I wrote "Last Week's View" out of a real Sierra Nevada exploration that turned into something bigger than reaching a destination. It is about curiosity, preparation, hard-earned perspective, and realizing that some of the richest moments in life are surprisingly simple.
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Beauty Almost Anywhere
A reflective Americana road song about changing light, western landscapes, memory, and discovering beauty in places that can look ordinary or harsh at first glance.
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Everything Tells a Story
A mountain-day reflection on what becomes visible when I slow down, pay attention, and let curiosity turn ordinary details into stories.
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Coming Back to You
An Americana road song about a man far from home, already in pain, who learns that someone he loves is facing a serious health problem and pushes himself to get back as quickly as he can.
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Space to Breath
A reflective RoyRoy Genkins song about stepping away from the noise and finding enough room to breathe again.
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Confluence
Two Sierra trips, harder memories, and a quiet remembrance of Brian flow together in a reflective country and Americana song about reaching calmer water, recognizing what shaped the journey, and feeling grateful for where life has landed.
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The Same Second
A reflective companion to Gold Underneath, looking back at the exact moment behind that song and what it came to mean in the life that followed.
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Peace on the Other Side
A reflective RoyRoy Genkins song born beside the Silver Fork of the American River, where rushing water, a wildfire scar, and an unusual tree turn a restless day into a meditation on resilience and moving forward.
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Beneath the Same Sky
A reflective RoyRoy Genkins song about technology, shared humanity, and choosing connection when the noise around us keeps pulling people apart.
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The Original Blueprint
A reflective RoyRoy Genkins song about authenticity, human creation, fatherhood, and the deeper reality that remains beneath the appearances we construct.
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Gold Underneath
A RoyRoy Genkins song inspired by a vivid early-morning dream in which ominous mountain clouds transformed into radiant gold and released thousands of angelic beings.
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Answers Tonight
A worship-leaning RoyRoy Genkins song about awe, uncertainty, and being willing to pray for people you love even when you are not sure anyone is listening.
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I Withheld
I wrote I Withheld as a reflective Americana song about a narrator who mistakes silence for stability and slowly feels the cost of holding back.
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Is It the Truth?
I wrote this as a reflection on service, gratitude, and the kind of real human connection that only happens when people keep showing up. It began with my own Rotary history, but I deliberately widened it into a song about community itself.
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Five Months Later
A reflective Americana song about returning to a familiar mountain place five months later and discovering that time can change people without breaking the connection between them.
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Season to Be Grateful
A warm RoyRoy Genkins reflection on how familiar seasonal sights can reopen old memories and turn them into gratitude for the good that is here now.
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The Real Day Breaks
A reflective Americana song about the distance between the day we imagine and the day that actually arrives, set against a Sierra Nevada drive that turned out far warmer, brighter, and calmer than expected.
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Fog Lifts Slow
I wrote this RoyRoy Genkins song from a Sierra Nevada afternoon of drifting fog, mountain light, and the feeling of clarity returning a little at a time.
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Chasing the Sunset
A reflective Americana road song built from a day in the Sierra, where sagebrush mornings, burn-scarred forests, birds at dusk, and a westbound sunset become a meditation on resilience, leadership, and learning to let go.
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In Vivid Hue
I wrote In Vivid Hue from a Sierra mountain day after the season's second snow, when clear air, winter light, and a long climb turned into a reset for creativity and perspective.
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The Meadow Knows
A reflective Americana song born from an early drive into the Sierra, where empty roads, frost, mountain light, and a quiet meadow turn a restless morning into perspective.
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The Tide and the Will
A reflective Americana song about human agency, the choices we still control, and the difference those choices can make when circumstances refuse to cooperate.
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The Wind Still Moves
I built The Wind Still Moves around Sierra wind, burned pines, and the quiet idea that change can carry both loss and renewal.
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Ripples from Distant Shores
A reflective country folk song about the quiet reach of kindness, words worth saying, and the ways something small can continue outward long after it leaves our hands.
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Becoming Still
A first major snow in the Sierra Nevada becomes a meditation on changing seasons, changing priorities, and knowing when a moment has given you what you came for.
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Grab Those Moments
A reflective country and Americana song about how our perception of time changes as we age, and the importance of recognizing the fleeting opportunities for connection, adventure, awe, and meaningful experience while they are still available.
Artist
RoyRoy Genkins
Story-driven songs shaped by real places, lived moments, memory, and reflection.