After viewing an episode of Dark Shadows on television, the song "Quentin's Theme" caught the ear of Charles Randolph Grean.
"Quentin's Theme", was composed by Bob Cobert, the splendid musical composer and arranger of the Dark Shadows television series from 1966-1971.
It was indeed a pleasure to have had the opportunity to meet Mr. Cobert at the 2005 D.S.Hollywood Weekend.
Mr. Grean wrote the lyrical composition, "Shadows of the Night". Both titles were featured on "The Charles Randolph Grean Sounde" album. It was also his first hit record (under his own name) in 1969.
And the rest is... history! 
I began writing poetry as a young child and in the summer of 1997, my parents presented me with an old box of childhood mementos. What I found amongst the Tiger Beat/16 Magazines, circa 1969-70, was a scribbled poem written when I must have been 11 or 12 at the time.
It wasn't until 1998, I discovered that the 'mystifing' poem was none other than....
"Shadows of the Night".
I DEEPLY regret that I did not take the time, nor the opportunity to meet with Mr. Grean in his living years.
He passed away on December 20, 2003 at the age of 90.
Photo courtesy of
Bob Issel
Shadows of the night
Falling silently
Echo of the past
Calling you to me
Haunting memory
Veiled in misty glow
Phantom melody
Playing soft and low
In this world that we know now
Life is here, then gone
But somewhere in the afterglow
Love lives, on and on
Dreams of long ago
Meet in rendezvous
Shadows of the night
Calling me to you
Charles Randolph Grean
(1913-2003)
Copyright 2000
Various photos of the late
Charles Randolph Grean
Photos courtesy of Bob "Bobubas" Issel