Comments on: MONDAY MASHUP: Great Lakes Music Map

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:18:25 +0000

Anyone interested in Great Lakes music needs to listen to Tom & Chris Kastle (mostly Tom now). Find him at http://www.tomkastle.com/maritimemusic.htm

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What’s on your Great Lakes bucket list? | Great Lakes Echo — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:09:24 +0000

[...] made you, and now you’re mine” is a song lyric from a Canadian folk rock band called the Great Lakes Swimmers. The song — “Your Rocky Spine” — is a metaphoric love poem about the region. The words [...]

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By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:42:51 +0000

“Ghost Bowl” by a band of various Michigan artists (all from other bands) called Airborne or Aquatic? (? is part of the name)

The “ghost bowl” is a metaphor for Michigan, where songwriter Seth Bernard sings:

“There’s a whole lot of churches, a whole lot of bars, a whole lot of people who can’t afford their cars…/There’s a whole lot of water/Rivers and lakes and streams and good people who will do whatever it takes to keep their families together…

“Summer’s always nice/Especially in a canoe.”

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By: torch lighting

torch lighting — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 04:50:18 +0000

I love Sufjan Stevens and Bon Iver. Thanks for tying their music back for me!
http://www.sourcegoat.com/torch-lighting.html

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By: Nan

Nan — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:59:41 +0000

accettasails@aol.com said:
“The best great lakes song I ever heard was by Pat Daley. He sang in the Lake Erie area near Put-In Bay. I don’t know the name of the song but it starts out “The Great Lakes are a jewel on the hand of North America”. It’s by far the best.”

Shel Silverstein co-wrote “The Great Lakes Song” with Pat Daley. It’s one of my favorites.

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By: LIsa

LIsa — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:19:28 +0000

I love Sufjan Stevens and Bon Iver. Thanks for tying their music back for me! Let’s remember also John Prine, “Lake Marie”

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:17:14 +0000

I love Sufjan Stevens and have for years! Thanks for tying his music back for me! great article.

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By: Bob Williams

Bob Williams — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:46:59 +0000

I saw Russ Franzen, a Great Lakes folk singer, singing original songs about the Great Lakes at the Marblehead Lighthouse Festival this fall. Most of the songs were from around Michigan with some from Lake Erie.

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By: Pam

Pam — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:58:40 +0000

The Michigan Song by Joe Reilly….on his Planting Gardens CD(September, 2006)is great!

“Michigan is the state where the lakes are great.”

It’s a political and humorous look at the politics of water in the Great Lakes.

http://www.joereilly.com

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By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:30:37 +0000

“Laughing River” by Greg Brown: “I reckon where I’m goin’/I might need me different clothes/Way up in Michigan/Where the Laughing River flows.” I suppose he really means the Laughing Whitefish River, but oh well – Hemingway wasn’t really writing about the Two Hearted River in “Big Two-Hearted River,” and the song will melt your face either way.

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