The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald | The Longest Johns
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Rip Gordon Lightfoot, Nov 1938 - May 2023
One of the most requested songs we've been asked to do over the years, and it finally happened... BECAUSE OF YOU!! Let us know what you want to hear next in these studio sessions in the comments below.
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Let us know what songs you’d like us to cover in these studio sessions next in the comments below! Even if someone has said it already, let us know again so we know how many people want to hear it.
These are amazing! Would love to hear more studio recordings of Stan Rogers covers please!
Hi Guys!
Please can you cover this song from the game 'Black and White' it's been absolutely ages since I played the game but this song is epic! 😂 ua-cam.com/video/IR9NnGcB094/v-deo.html
Elysium by bears den would be pretty cool
I would love an officail studio version of 'leave her Johnny'
Do you think you guys could make a shanty version of Want Me Gone (Portal 2) and/or Still Alive (Portal) work well? It'd be an interesting thing to hear, at least! You could even change the whole storyline of the songs, and make it about a ship or something haha.
There's also this long side quest from Black & White (2001) which has some would-be sailors singing their requests to you. ua-cam.com/video/q0x4Kw_y4fg/v-deo.html
I live in Detroit, and the 'Maritime Sailors' Cathedral', the Mariner's Church, rang out 30 times when Gordon died. 29 for the sailors, and 1 for the bard. It makes me proud to be from Michigan, and Detroit.
Now that's something I wasn't expecting to read today and now I'm crying.
❤
Nice to see another person from the Mit who knows this. It's such an amazing thing they did for him when they didn't need to. Makes me proud of my state.
I love historical songs like this and to see that the history still lives on!
That's beautiful.
Sadly, Gordon Lightfoot at the age of 84 is no longer with us. This cover and his original song will always remind us of his brilliant storytelling voice and his great songs. RIP to a legend.
I love the fact that the Mariner's Church of Detroit tolled the bells for Gordon Lightfoot. 29 times for the crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald and then once for Mr. Lightfoot!
Oh...damn. i didnt know he just passed away...
I am from Detroit. I saw Gordon so many times I lost count. I love seeing his music sung by this young generation.
@@nbenefiel My first song that I really enjoyed was Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Ever since Ive been listening to his music.
May as he Honored, Be remembered.
I remember the night this ship went down. We were at a late movie and when we got out, the wind was so fierce (just south of mid-Michigan) that stray shopping carts were flying across the mostly empty parking lot. The next morning my mother called me and said, 'a ship went down in Lake Superior last night'. Growing up in Michigan, the great lakes were a huge part of my life.
RIP crew of the Fitzgerald.
Ernest McSorley - Captain born in 1912 in Canada and lived in Toledo, Ohio. He started command of the Fitzgerald in 1972 with more than 40 years of experience navigating oceans and the Great Lakes. McSorley was highly regarded for his skills, especially in heavy weather. He intended to retire after the 1975 shipping season but was survived by wife Nellie Pollock.
John McCarthy - First mate born in 1913 and lived in Bay Village, Ohio.
James Pratt - Second mate born in 1931 and lived in Lakewood, Ohio.
Michael Armagost - Third mate born in 1938 and lived in Iron River, Wisconsin.
David Weiss - Cadet born in 1953 and lived in Agoura, California.
Ransom Cundy - Watchman born in 1922 on Easter Sunday in Houghton, Michigan, and lived in Superior, Wisconsin. He was in the Marine Corp and fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima during WWII. Fortunate to survive, Cundy was awarded several commendations and medals for his service. He was sailing with his friend Frederick J. Beetcher at the time of the sinking. Cundy was survived by his daughter Cheryl, her husband, and their seven children as well as three grandchildren from his youngest daughter Janice who passed away in 1974.
Karl Peckol - Watchman born in 1955 and lived in Ashtabula, Ohio.
William Spengler - Watchman born in 1916 and lived in Toledo, Ohio.
John Simmons - Senior wheelman born in 1913 in Ashland, Wisconsin, where he also lived. He was known as a storyteller, jokester, and pool shark, and he loved sailing. Friends with Captain McSorley for more than 30 years, the ill-fated Fitzgerald trip was going to be his last before retirement. Simmons was survived by wife Florence (who never dated or remarried after his death) and two daughters Mary and Patricia.
Eugene O’Brien - Wheelman born in 1925 in Minnesota and lived in Toledo, Ohio. Nicknamed the “Great Lakes Gambler,” he worked on ships from age 16 and only took a four-year hiatus as a glass factory worker. He loved casinos and playing cards. O’Brien was survived by wife Nancy and son John, who was just 17 when he lost his father.
John Poviach - Wheelman born in 1916 and lived in Bradenton, Florida.
Paul Riippa - Deckhand born in 1953 and lived in Ashtabula, Ohio.
Mark Thomas - Deckhand born in 1954 and lived in Richmond Heights, Ohio.
Bruce Hudson - Deckhand born in 1953 and lived in North Olmsted, Ohio.
George Holl - Chief engineer born in 1915 and lived in Cabot, Pennsylvania.
Edward Bindon - First assistant engineer born in 1928 and lived in Fairport Harbor, Ohio.
Thomas Edwards - Second assistant engineer born in 1925 and lived in Oregon, Ohio.
Russell Haskell - Second assistant engineer born in 1935 and lived in Millbury, Ohio.
Oliver Champeau - Third assistant engineer born in 1934 and lived in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Nicknamed “Buck,” he quit school at age 13 to raise four siblings after his father died. During his life, Champeau fought in the Korean War with the Marine Corps.
Ralph Walton - Oiler born in 1917 and lived in Fremont, Ohio. He and his brother Wade sailed on many Columbia Transportation ships, including the Fitzgerald, but only he was on board when it sank. He often volunteered to maintain the ships during winter and gave his nephews tours of the vessels. Walton was survived by a wife and son Alan who worked on freighters too.
Blaine Wilhelm - Oiler born in 1923 in Big Bay, Michigan, and lived in Moquah, Wisconsin. He was in the Navy for 11 years, serving in WWII and the Korean War before being discharged as a first class fireman. Afterward, Wilhelm sailed for 19 years. He liked to go fishing and deer hunting and enjoyed playing pool, barbecuing, spending time with family and friends, and eating blueberry pie. Wilhelm was survived by wife Lorraine, seven children, and a grandchild born just four days after the Fitzgerald sank.
Thomas Bentsen - Oiler born in 1952 and lived in St. Joseph, Michigan.
Gordon MacLellan - Wiper born in 1945 and lived in Clearwater, Florida. Less than one month before the tragic Fitzgerald journey, he built a home in Presque Isle, Michigan, to make travel between the two states easier. MacLellan took after his father, Master Captain Donald MacLellan who traveled the Great Lakes route several times.
Robert Rafferty - Steward and cook born in 1913 in Toledo, Ohio, where he also lived. After 30 years of sailing, he started just filling in for crew members. Rafferty wasn’t supposed to be on the fateful journey but was called to fill in for the regular steward. He was actually considering retiring altogether. Rafferty was survived by wife Brooksie, daughter Pam, and several grandchildren.
Allen Kalmon - Second cook born in 1932 and lived in Washburn, Wisconsin.
Joseph Mazes - Special maintenance man born in 1916 in Ashland, Wisconsin, where he also lived. He sailed for 30 years on the Great Lakes and loved his job. At one point, he saved another crewman’s life. Sadly, the 1975 season would have been his last because he planned to retire. Mazes loved ice fishing, deer hunting, and snowmobiling in his free time. His siblings, nieces, and nephews remember how kind and generous he was. They recall him being afraid of Captain McSorley’s habit of never pulling out of a storm.
Thomas Borgeson - Maintenance man born in 1934 and lived in Duluth, Minnesota.
Frederick Beetcher - Porter born in 1919 and lived in Superior, Wisconsin.
Nolan Church - Porter born in 1920 and lived in Silver Bay, Minnesota. He didn’t start sailing until his 40s after watching the freighters pass by his home and thinking that the job would be fun. He was survived by multiple children who say that he loved the job. Son Rick recalls his father joking that the Great Lakes didn’t have a hole big enough for the Fitzgerald. Church didn’t think that such a tragedy could happen.
He was born near the village of Spencerville, Ontario. About 10 miles north of the Johnstown/Ogdensburg bridge.
This is an incredible amount of history--absolutely wonderful to read. Where did you find this all? I'd love to learn more.
I live on Lake Michigan and have seen the Arthur M. Anderson in port here once and only briefly. She's one of my "bucket list" ships.
McSorley was very devoted to the progress of the Automobile Industry.
Very sad news today (May 2nd 2023), the Canadian troubadour, Gordon Lightfoot has passed away at the age of 84. RIP Gordon, you gave Canada its voice.
BOTH of his songs were awesome!
@@obxarms7685 both? He had many more than 2 songs
@@andrewp6387 yeah, but they were all pretty bad outside of Edmund and Sundown.
Every year on November 10th the Great Lakes Shipwreck Musuem at Whitefish Point holds a memorial ceremony to honor the crew members as well as sailors lost in other shipwrecks. They ring the bell 29 times for the 29 men lost on the Edmund Fitzgerald and once more for the other crews.
My step-grandfather's dad has rung the bell at the ceremony at least twice and one for the Captain. ⚓️🔔
Hey that’s my birthday!
They now ring it once more for Gordon Lightfoot as well
As a Michigander, I shed a very proud tear. Lake Superior is every bit as dangerous and awe-inspiring as Gordon Lightfoot wrote. You revere her, you fear the gales and waves, and you behold the hundreds of shipwrecks and thousands of lives lost with awe and somber respect. If anyone ever has the chance to visit the Upper Peninsula, I highly recommend making a trip of the north shore, even go on the Circle Tour, and try out the glass bottom boat tours and visit the mining and sailing landmarks. Superior is named the "Great Sea" by the Ojibwe for a reason, and she is wonderful and terrible.
I live near Lake Michigan and have only seen Superior once. I watch the storms here and know the waters are even more wild up there.
I tell my kids that we respect the big lake and we understand the waters don't care about humans, they are wild, and because of that, swimming is always something we do with care, and never ignore the warning flags, or the signs on the lake. So many don't.
@@MatchGirl I have lived within a few blocks of Lake Michigan, Superior, and Huron, and yes, the lakes are dangerous. One of my former students lost her brother last summer when he got carried away by the currents in Lake Michigan.
@@WoodworkerDan every year, we hear of drownings off Grand Haven and in Muskegon. People just don't understand this is not like one of our inland beaches.
I may not live by lake Superior but I live on the coast of lake Erie.
I live not far from Lake Michigan. My only beef with this is they way they sing Michigan and Detroit. It’s mishigan and DeTROIT
This tale is a combination of a tragedy that needs to be remembered, a cautionary tale for sailors and kind of a ghost story all combined... Probably due to This song it's become, more... Romantic, over time...
you've made the entire upper peninsula of michigan smile with this one :D
And the Lower! 🤩😁
Don't forget Minnesota
A good chunk of us below the bridge, too! I'm on the Lake Michigan side :)
@@MatchGirl Me too!! 🙃
yes he has, i think its more for the yoopers, anyway where just happy with anything we got.
As covers go, this adds something new. Grew up with Gordon Lightfoot (one of my dad's top artists)nd this has always been one of my favourites. My son introduced me to the Long Johns so this song spans the generations.
The Edmund Fitzgerald is definitely my favorite large Lake Superior shipwreck with a song written about it.
Are there multiple?
@McKaylee Pugmire There are a lot, the great lakes can be as rough an ocean at times.
Care to tell us what the other songs are? I'd like to hear them.
The story I remember learning about this song is there wasn’t much of if any memorial for the sailors lost on the Edmund Fitzgerald, so Gordon Lightfoot wrote this song and all the proceeds went to the families of the victims.
@@ChrisJones-gx7fc He also revised the song to be more factually correct as time went on. The bell from the ship is now on display (since like, 1995) in part because of this song.
This song never fails to give me chills, and brings a tear to my eye. Grew up on the west end of the U.P., and now live in the Keweenaw, near Lake Superior, and not far, as U.P. distances go, from where this happened. I'm old enough to remember when it happened, I was in high school, and it is still a pretty big deal up here. Thank you for this, you really did it justice.
Last spring, my mom took me to see you guys perform in Boston, Mass. When we were driving back home after, she mentioned to me that she thought you’d do a fantastic cover of The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. So when I saw the preview for this video, I immediately had to call her! We absolutely love you guys! :D
I live an hour south of where it sank, and visit the museum every year. It’s one of my all time favorite songs and the fact that you did a cover of it that I didn’t know about, totally made my week! You guys killed it!
Man, what timing. I hope Gordon heard your cover. You definitely did it justice. Well done.
As a Minnesota girl and a lover of the North Shore, I'm so excited for this! 🎶Superior, they said, never gives up her dead when the gales of November come early.... 🎶
fellow minnesotan greetings from buffalo
@@amberharmsen2497 Oh hey, I used to live sort of near there (Big Lake). Greetings from Grand Rapids!
@@amberharmsen2497 Hello other Minnesotans, Have a great day!
I love me some Gordon Lightfoot. Very hyped
Kinda want them to do "Marie Christine", too
@@barragethree5047 hell yeah
@@Texicus_Reddicus hey, buddy, just wanna let you know in advance that an Arizona Ranger is on his way to Agua Fria as we speak
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@@barragethree5047 speaking of songs for TLJ to cover...
Being born and raised in Minnesota and been tied to maritime history for most of my life, I have listened to this song (and Gordon Lightfoot) for most of my life. I can honestly say that I was skeptical of this rendition, even though I've been a fan of you all for years now. However, after listening to this, I can say you lads nailed it; you did 'er proud. Fair winds to you all!
My god, lads, you did not need to go this hard. Fantastic work!
Hmm… how about either Over the Hills and Far Away (from Sharpe) or Green Fields of France?
That's good soldiering
This a great cover and Tribute for the Canadian legend Gordon Lightfoot thank you The Longest Johns
Yay!!!! I live near Duluth, MN, and remember hearing (and learning) this song for the first time in an elementary school music class. Can't wait!
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours" is still a HELL of a lyric.
From this Michigander- thank you.
It really is. People often say "no one is an atheist at the end" but I would argue many situations like this equally make people question their faith.
My Michigander heart. ❤ We’re literally taught this song all though elementary school.
Indeed!
Our history.
The lakes are our heritage 💙
Which county? We didn't learn this song in my county of Michigan.
Learned it growing up too. Tuscola County, for those wondering
Born and raised in Superior, WI. Dad worked at BNSF Taconite facility years later, should see the pictures they have
Would love to see you guys try Far Over The Misty Mountains!
Ditto this!
Omg yes!
Ooh, yes!
Or greatest adventure
I would love this!
Today is a good day. This is one of the first "sailor songs" I was introduced to, thanks to my dad. So it holds one of the highest places in my heart ❤️
It’s a good first song, I love the ones that tell stories 😊
yea I cant wait! I cant say as I was expecting it from you since you are brits but this makes me very happy as this is one of my favorite songs in the shanty/ ballad lane and very few groups have covered it.
As a Scot, I've been a Gordon Lightfoot fan since the age of ten. Early Lightfoot was the second album I bought, after waking up in our (borrowed) holiday caravan to the sound of a voice which left me confused; was I still dreaming, or had we been blown over the cliff and I was in heaven. It was Early Morning Rain, turned up loudly by my Dad on the transistor radio because I'd slept in.
Loved this song.
To answer the what to do next question:
-White Squall
-Thousands are Sailing
-South Australia
-The Broad Majestic Shannon
-The idiot
-Dirty old town
-Flowers of Bermuda
-Bluenose
-Captain Kidd
Can think of others, certainly White Squall (Stan Rogers) would be a good starting point, and work well coming off the back of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
I love this song, heard it a lot from growing up in Michigan
For us who live around the great lakes it hold a bit more meaning I believe.
@@JurassicGaintagreed there arent many famous song about the Midwest so we rally behind it. also as as scout that got to help with the Christmas tree ship a few times I always feel this song.
The original Gordon Lightfoot song always makes me tear up, and so did this version. Maybe it’s being from Michigan and knowing this story since I was a kid, but it’s always a hard-hitter.
Asking again for 'Man of Constant Sorrow'. Probably my favourite country song!
Fun fact: Gordon Lightfoot wrote this very shortly after it happened, but he got a LOT of the details eerily accurate to what they think actually happened, which wouldn't have been known until years later when they dived down to the wreck.
The story I remember is the only thing done to honor the lives lost was a small piece in a local newspaper, and Gordon Lightfoot felt they deserved better so he wrote the song and all the proceeds from it went to the families of the victims.
He also changed the lyrics for his live version to be more accurate
Though he also got some wrong, mostly due to him just writing from the heart instead of trying to make a 100% accurate song. He has changed the lyrics to be more accurate in light of new evidence in 2010 for the live action performances.
@@everythingsalright1121 yeah, I'm just saying that's the crazy part. He wasn't trying to be accurate, but was still weirdly accurate
@@ChrisJones-gx7fcfrom what I read he saw the piece in his local paper and they had been so sloppy that they had repeatedly misspelled Edmund as Edmond. He basically said it was an affront to their memories so he had to write the song
They rang the bell of the Old Mariners Church 30 times after Gorden Lightfoot died
Leslie Fish's "The Day It All Fell Apart" is definitely a song I and I imagine others would love to hear you do, I think you're one of the few bands that can really pull it off
Rest in Peace Gordon Lightfoot ( November 17, 1938,- May 1st 2023)
At last - a new version of this song! Anytime you go to a maritime museum in the Great Lakes, they have this on repeat, so it's great to hear your take.
I grew up in northern Michigan. November 10th of every year all the radios would play this song. Every father told the story, every mother remembered, and us kids knew every word.
Even now 47 years later, no longer near my lakes of my home, I remember
You guys did amazing. I have no way of explaining how much this means to me
RIP Gordon Lightfoot. This is a great cover.
I would love to hear you lads to a rendition of 16 Tons. I'm sure it'd be Adequate :)
oh yes this one
following up the Worker's Song? Oh heavens yes please.
100% yes!!!
It would be interesting to see how you guys would do this one.
Gordon Lightfoot passed recently and when he died the very church in Detroit mentioned in this song rang its bell 30 times- 29 for the men of the Fitz and 1 for Gordon 💙💚
I grew up on the shore Lake Michigan where many ships have gone down have down. It’s is know to all the people around here that you do not swim in her after dark. Still every few years someone ends up missing without a trace. It is certainly true, she never gives up her dead.
This brought tears to my old eyes. You've honored this song.
I've lived around the great lakes my whole life, so this song was part of my childhood.
I never would have imagined that it would get much attention from your side of the big pond.
Having my closing weekend of Ten November, a play about the Fitzgerald. Thanks for this wonderful cover!
RIP to the men of the Edmund Fitzgerald..love some gorden lightfoot
The acapella bit gave me goosebumps... so good. Thank you for covering this song, which in itself, is a tribute to those lost and the families they left behind.
The lyrics are true by the way, the water is so cold (usually around 35°F) that bodies sink to the bottom and don't come back up.
WOW! Just… WOW! Listening to this I began to believe that you guys had missed the point of this song, turning it into another Irish pub song. Then you got to the last verse and I realized that you hadn’t missed the point at all. You understood the point perfectly. Your respect and understanding shon through magnificently.
Plenty of English, Irish and Scottish pub songs are about tragedy.
I would love if you guys covered “The Rocky Road to Dublin”
I just can't get over how good you guys sound. Every time I come back for a listen I notice something new... An instrumental add-in here, sweet bit of harmony there. I'm amazed how beautiful the storytelling is for this one. I've really grown to love this song. 🌹
The last verse don acapella gave me chills. This is one of my favorite songs ever, and you guys nailed it! For your next one I'd love to see what you could do with The Devil Went Down to Georgia.
i'd love to hear you guys try your hand at any of Stan Roger's stuff, Northwest Passage and Barrett's Privateers in particular
The Longest Johns are great fans of Stan Rogers. They've done Northwest Passage before :)
I remember first hearing this song at quite a young age, and though I was too young to grasp the meaning behind the words i still felt that haunting melancholy in the music. Years later and it's still one of my favorite folk rock songs ever, you guys killed it with your rendition, I love the instrumentation and harmonies y'all bring to everything you do!
rest in peace Gordon Lightfoot. o7
Robbie/Dave is such a great sound. Wild and windswept with warm wood tones woven through.
Great description!
I'm a proud Michigander and it's such an honor to see you give such respect to one of our most important historical events. Every person here knows the story and the song of the Fitz.The lakes are our heritage here
As someone who requested this song, I'm so glad you guys finally got around to it
I'd love a studio version of Tilbury Town, also this is an amazing rendition of The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald
Fitting, I suppose, that someone released a good cover just months before Lightfoot passed away. The passing of the torch, perhaps, or the lighthouse keys, as the case may be.
Absolutely love this one! as for what to cover next, Tilbury Town is one of my favourites
Ooh boy, this was unexpected.
I hope this is good. This song hits differently here in Michigan
The original of this makes me cry... you guys nailed it.
Three Dreadnaughts songs I'd love to hear you do in order of MOST on down. Whup! Jamboree, Fire Marengo!, and Shilo
Exquisitely adequate! Haunting and heartbreaking; so beautiful. You more than did it justice.
EDIT: The more I listen to this, the more enchanted I am. The last verse especially is breathtaking. Thank you so much for covering this!
EXCELLENT COVER, ME LADS. And I say this with the certainty of a Gordon Lightfoot's eager admirer. Hooray!!!
This is such a powerful song, it always sends shivers up my spine. And you did it justice. As yet another Michigander, I feel a personal connection to the story; I was 7 when the Fitz sank and I'm kind of haunted by the fact that my parents probably saw reports of it on the nightly news, probably read front page coverage of it in the local newspaper. The kids who lost their dads that night were my generation. The song is oral history at its finest, and I'm glad it lives on as a beautiful memorial to a terrible tragedy.
i cannot believe this is the first time ive heard them sing this- i love the original song and this version is so beautiful too
This is awesome. I grew up around the Great Lakes, so this really took me back to my childhood. Also Barrett's Privateers, White Squall, or Northwest Passage would be amazing to hear from y'all!
Seconding "White Squall"
this song always brings tears to my eyes. this version got more than usual.
Mother effing amazing tribute to the sailors and Gordon Lightfoont (the bell rang 30 times when he died.) Hats off fellas. Hats off.
Once you guys started doing more Americana I knew this cover was coming eventually and knew you would nail it.
Holy moly, those guitar decals are beautiful!
Phenomenal job guys! As someone from Michigan this is a favorite ballad. Thank you for bringing another tear to my eye over this old tragic story. ❤
probably late to the party, but you lot are awesome and im following now! as for cover requests... lets stray out of yalls comfort zone and do a cover or Fade in Fade Out, by Nothing more. ... yall would kill it.. final ask,,, when you do tag me so i can hear it!
Rip Gordon Lightfoot . You shall be missed
One of my favorite ballads from Lightfoot. It is one of those songs I always remember where I was the first time I heard it.
I'd love to hear you guys do I Wanna Be in the Cavalry.
Loving these Great Lakes tunes! Putting my request in for Eli the Barrow boy!
This is actually one of my favorite Gordon Lightfoot songs. Heard it at a restaurant once and spent days trying to find out what and who by.
I live in Michigan, and I just subscribed to you yesterday. This song feels like a gift just for me.
Woo! That point when you all started singing gave me chills!
Tin Whistle and Banjo?!?! Fantastic!
As a Michigander and relative to the captain thanks for this
They turned it into a god damn tavern song and its fucking majestic! Good on ya you traveling bards!
I think a cover of Ghost Riders in the Sky would be super interesting to hear from you guys
I love love to hear the town I loved so well!
Omg IT IS FINALLY HAPPENING
Being from michigan I sang this song in school. It is a sad story About our great lake superior. Another ship was desperately trying to reach them. The spotter looked away for 2 seconds and that's how long it took for it to be pulled under in that storm.
That was the Arthur M Anderson. She was closest to the "Big Fitz" in that terrible storm. The AMA is still hauling iron ore today. She's one of the most popular freighters on the lakes.
As an avid Sea of thieves player, I truly do not know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours. ⛈️
As a person who lives on the Great Lakes this is one my favorite songs, and hearing it done by The Longest Johns is amazing
as a Detroiter born and raised, this song was a cornerstone of my upbringing. nice job boys, nice job.
"Back When I Could Fly" by Trout Fishing in America would be incredible to hear your all's take on! Congrats!
Oh, man, I'm about to make such an exotic request right now, i have very little hope of getting this to be sung but I will actually cry if I hear you guys sing this!
It's a folk song from Brazil called "Marinheiro só", and despite your style being so different from what's normally sung with this music, I'm sure you guys will have it sound beautiful anyways!
Splendid cover y’all! Gordon Lightfoot is my favorite artist and songwriter. RIP Gordon
More than adequate, y'all did this haunting ballad justice. Thank you.
I cannot believe this is how I learned Gordon Lightfoot died, my Father wanted to go to a concert of his that got canceled back in 2020 because of Covid, and then tried to go 1 or 2 more times after that with no avail because of various delays.
I think Stan Rogers would love this, lads. Very well done, it's one of my favorites by far. (Also the bracelet I made Andy is still on his banjo, I'm really touched)
Since you're covering every Canadian song about boats, I'd love your take on The Wreck of the Athens Queen.
I’m quite glad I’m not the only fan of this song!
Me, too! Wore out my “Fogarty’s Cove” CASSETTE listening to that song! Stan Rogers 💕
@@redjive_industries3760You are not alone!
I'm from Michigan and this song is part of of our culture and most of us I'm sure have gone to White Fish bay lighthouse and know the story well and by heart. Thank you so much for this
How about "And the band played Waltzing Matilda" by Eric Bogle?
Great song, and a slappin' cover. Good job!