title: The Will to Be True: In the Shadow of the Blackbird
author: Andrade, Judith D.
description: There is a great divide between Classical music and Pop/Rock with many musical genre filling the in between space. Before the Beatles came on the scene back in the 60's, Country Music filled the great divide. It has a way of telling a story in a short yet meaningful way. One of my favourite songs was the Hank Locklin hit, Please Help Me I'm Falling. It made me curious to find a situation in which someone would need to beg for help because they were 'Losing the will to be true.' I have always wanted to bring that story to life. Daphne DuMaurier did it in Frenchman's Creek and recently a similar story was retold in Bridges of Madison County. This story is my twist on that theme. For me it was important to have my own ending to a torturous love story.