The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #21948   Message #236215
Posted By: raredance
31-May-00 - 12:30 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: North Country Tragedy (Craig Johnson)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: North Country Tragedy
I like both "Keweenaw Light" and "Fire in the Jackpines". Art, I must express regret that I don't have your version of the latter. I only have John Berquist's from his album of the same title. I think in my ignorance I always thought Berquist wrote it. Good to have that corrected.

The "Mackinac" paroblem is complicated by the fact that some semi literate Michiganer went and named the town on the south side of the Straits "Mackinaw City" complete with renegade spelling. And then they have the gall to look down on the UPers up there. The center of the UP can be pretty desolate. I've been in Epoufette and in Germfask and I've also been in Seney ( and perhaps I still am)

rich r