Get Ready · Track thirteen · 7:02
Down
River
A father, a son, and an instrumental allowed to take the long way home.
The recording
No words needed.
Michael Seward wrote the instrumental Down River. His son Daniel Seward added subtle lead accents to the song.
At just over seven minutes, it is the longest piece on Get Ready (Acoustic Versions). The music has room to move without a lyric telling it where to go—Michael’s instrumental composition, colored by Daniel’s restrained lead touches and the space between notes.
The title belongs naturally beside the rivers and mountain country that recur across Michael’s catalog. Here, that landscape is carried by the instruments themselves.
Let the instruments carry it.
Hear it in context
Get Ready
Acoustic Versions
“Down River” closes the thirteen-song acoustic collection.
Hear a 30-second preview of the track.