Contributors:
Brian Wooten, pedal steel guitar
Heath Nicholls, bass and harmony vocals
Jay Miller, drums
Jules Bryce, keys
Mac Bartine, lead vocals and rhythm guitar
Rich Adlin, lead guitar and harmony vocals
Seva, recording, mixing and mastering engineer

Mac had to sing this one comparatively quite a lot to get a take that fit the song: "I don’t remember exactly, but I’m guessing 8 or 9 sessions, where most were the 3 original takes with the whole band then a single take in a vocal booth, based on what I liked from the originals. First I had a scratchy throat and it just sounded bad, then I sang it too forcefully more than once, and finally, it came to the last take, where both my wife Jill and Seva told me they thought the song needed more vulnerability in the vocals. That was exactly the feedback I needed to hear, and it changed how I approached the take that’s on the album." By the time the album was finally done being recorded (more than a year) and we’d started with mixing, Unshakable became a strong contender to be the last song, because we loved how this weird little country jazz jam-band rock song gets progressively more low-key epic as it goes.

Mac’s Songwriting Notes: I started writing Unshakable No in the late 90s, around the same time I wrote Life Fever. It's a song about loss and loneliness, which is unlike Fever, but like that song, it has some Grateful Dead influence to it. I tinkered with the lyrics and structure over the years, including fleshing out the bridge shortly after I started playing with Chameleous during the eye of the pandemic in late 2021, and I finished the lyrics shortly before I recorded the final take that’s on the album. Inclusiveness is a topic I've touched on in many of my songs, though none have been written exclusively on that topic. Unshakable is one of the songs with a touch of that theme.