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From the Chippewa on Down: Fisking a Dirge

Started by tomwatson · 11 months ago

“Does anyone know where the love of God goes…?” I’ve had that unattributed lyric in my head for over thirty years. Many times IÃÂ%A ... Continue reading »

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  • Tom Watson

    2 years ago

    "In a must old hall in Detroit they prayed, in the Maritime Sailors Cathedral.."
    Tony, this was one of my early covers - not sure I used the same chords, and I added a full step slide up to emulate the sound on the record...Great post.
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  • Tony Alva

    2 years ago

    I worked it out with a capo on the fourth fret and playing a G, Dm, F, C). Infectious tune. I love the electric guitar bit in too.
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  • Dan Schneider

    2 years ago

    Damn, that was a great song, but Gordo was pretty much a one hit wonder. My wife has a best of CD of his, and nothing else comes close, although he should have gotten more due, and be regarded with the rst of the 70s crowd- Taylor & Simon & Carole King.
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  • Tom Watson

    2 years ago

    There were a few others in there - My Back Door, If You Could Read My Mind, Sundown, and Race Among the Ruins - but nothing touched TWOTEF.
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  • Tony Alva

    2 years ago

    "Carefree Highway" was my next favorite after the Edmund Fitzgerald. I think it cracked the top 10 too.
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  • Dan Schneider

    2 years ago

    He didn't sing Cat's In The Cradle, did he? Which singer-songwriter was that?
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  • Dan Schneider

    2 years ago

    Just came to me- Harry Chapin. He and Gordo are both unduly neglected.
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  • Brett

    1 year ago

    I've played that song over and over in the past year. I'd heard it years ago but not until I became interested in the Great Lakes did I focus so intently on the words. Where does the love of God go? (http://blogs.pioneerlocal.com/religion). That question has vexed me so much I drove up to Whitefish Point to contemplate it. A great song with so much meaning.
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