by Nathaniel Maloney
I wrote “Old Reel To Reel” for my mom and dad’s 50th wedding anniversary. We found an old reel-to-reel home movie from their July 1971 wedding—footage they’d never seen digitized. Frame by frame, those moments came back to life: the dress, the bouquet, the church packed with family and friends. This song came from that feeling—love captured on film, still living on today.
Lyrics: Old Reel To Reel
An old reel to reel began to play
Memories of old never seen til today
Frame by Frame the bride and the groom
The church was filled, only standing room
Wedding dress and a rose bouquet
Smiling loved ones gathered that day
Some have come, some have gone
The love that day still lives on
July Day back in seventy-one
Mom and Dad their journey just begun
A simpler time when the world was so new
My mom and dad said the words I do
Wedding dress and a rose bouquet
Smiling loved ones gathered that day
Some have come, some have gone
The love that day still lives on
Behind the Song
This is a simple, solo acoustic performance—just my voice and an acoustic guitar. I kept it stripped-back so the story and those rediscovered wedding moments could take the lead.
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