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Ray Minich Member From: Limestone, New York, USA |
posted 13 December 2005 05:53 AM
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Heard this tune last nite on XM-10, but it was not Gordon Lightfoots version, and there was no steel. I was amazed at the difference. There was really something missing. None of the "visual imagery" that the steel aroused was there. It was flat and monotonic without the "sound of the wind thru the wires". They tried to "simulate" the steel with guitar and organ but it didn't work. At the end the singer calls out a nice tribute of the names of all 29 crewmembers, but it would have been complete with the steel. [This message was edited by Ray Minich on 13 December 2005 at 12:43 PM.] |
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Steve Hitsman Member From: Waterloo, IL |
posted 13 December 2005 06:28 AM
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Ray, I have a Gordon Lightfoot version without steel. |
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Erv Niehaus Member From: Litchfield, MN, USA |
posted 13 December 2005 12:12 PM
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That ship went down in Lake Superior and on the anniversary of the wreck, they play that song to death in Minnesnowta. |
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Steve Hitsman Member From: Waterloo, IL |
posted 13 December 2005 12:38 PM
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It's a great song, though, Erv. I never get tired of it. I used to do it when I played as half of an acoustic duo. We performed a lot in Border's stores and it never failed to draw people from other parts of the store to the coffee shop. [This message was edited by Steve Hitsman on 13 December 2005 at 12:40 PM.] |
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Ray Minich Member From: Limestone, New York, USA |
posted 13 December 2005 12:42 PM
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I watched the Edmund Fitzgerald unload a massive load of sulfur one day whilst with my dad at his place of employment on the Buffalo River. It was quite a boat. I'll never forget it. Steve, I've never heard Gordon Lightfoot's version without the steel, it would be interesting to hear and compare (or contrast and compare... as the old prof's used to ask in college exams). |
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Leslie Ehrlich Member From: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada |
posted 13 December 2005 01:10 PM
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I've heard Gord's version without steel, and to me it didn't sound right. |
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Barry Blackwood Member From: elk grove, CA |
posted 13 December 2005 03:18 PM
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When I lived in Sault Ste. Marie, I would watch and marvel as the EF passed thru the locks .... |
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Bob Smith Member From: Allentown, New Jersey, USA |
posted 13 December 2005 04:13 PM
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Ah, man i luv that song !! and anything else that fellow sang. When was that 74? bob |
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Chris LeDrew Member From: Newfoundland, Canada |
posted 13 December 2005 09:34 PM
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The original is from 1976, on the "Summertime Dream" album. Pee Wee Charles on steel. There is another thread about this tune, where Pee Wee talks a bit about this session. |
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Willis Vanderberg Member From: Bradenton, FL, USA |
posted 16 December 2005 08:55 PM
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This song also gets a lot of play in Rogers City Michigan where a lot of the crew lived. |
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John Lacey Member From: Black Diamond, Alberta, Canada |
posted 17 December 2005 07:53 AM
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At a bar in Thunder Bay where my wife waitressed at the time, a stripper used to dance to that tune@! |
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Chris LeDrew Member From: Newfoundland, Canada |
posted 17 December 2005 07:20 PM
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That's hilarious, John.....and a little creepy. It would make for a great scene in a David Cronenberg movie or something. |
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Tom Quinn Member From: Sacramento |
posted 20 December 2005 10:11 PM
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Tony Rice picks an absolute killer version of that tune -- and sings the snot out of it too... |
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jim milewski Member From: stowe, vermont |
posted 21 December 2005 04:24 PM
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here is an interesting link to the story of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald as told by Pee Wee, scroll down http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum15/HTML/009548.html |
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Jim Cohen Member From: Philadelphia, PA |
posted 21 December 2005 06:12 PM
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Where's Pee Wee Charles when you need him? Hey PeeWee! |
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