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Re: From the Chippewa on Down: Fisking a Dirge

Brett — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:28:42 -0000

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.

Re: From the Chippewa on Down: Fisking a Dirge

Dan Schneider — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 16:15:06 -0000

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

Re: From the Chippewa on Down: Fisking a Dirge

Dan Schneider — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 16:14:00 -0000

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

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Tony Alva — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:02:19 -0000

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

Re: From the Chippewa on Down: Fisking a Dirge

Tom Watson — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 20:00:37 -0000

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.

Re: From the Chippewa on Down: Fisking a Dirge

Dan Schneider — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:46:28 -0000

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.

Re: From the Chippewa on Down: Fisking a Dirge

Tony Alva — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:02:20 -0000

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.

Re: From the Chippewa on Down: Fisking a Dirge

Tom Watson — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:04:47 -0000

"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.