[wpghipfan]

Anyone? I still can't make them out after all these years....

Rory
Halifax

[Stephen Dame]

Paul sings:

"Yeah, sweep them all away."

"Went on their way."

"Three Pistols strong."

"Three people spent."

[wpghipfan]

Stephen!

Thank you very much... I can sleep peacefully now...

Rory

[Stephen Dame]

Stephen!

Thank you very much... I can sleep peacefully now...

Rory

My man, you've helped me (And probably a bunch of us) out in so many round-about ways over the years that you don't even know about. I'm glad to help.

[thipfan73]

Thank you both because I know I always wondered about that.

I'd like to know the story behind the song. I hear it's a good one.

[direwolf74]

Stephen!

Thank you very much... I can sleep peacefully now...

Rory

My man, you've helped me (And probably a bunch of us) out in so many round-about ways over the years that you don't even know about. I'm glad to help.

Here here! Rory is the guy who helped me start my bootleg collection. I'll never forget it. Thanks dude!

:thumb:

[Moosehead]

OK... who can tell me what Gord (?) is singing at the beginning of Daredevil... right before "1 2 3 4" and the instrumental kicks in...

[das_hips]

At the beginning of Daredevil I hear "My Boy's plague is exhumed"... 'plague is exhumed' is clearly audible, but the first part is tough to hear...

[scottitude]

...I'd like to know the story behind the song. I hear it's a good one.

As with most of Gord's lyrics and rants, it's hard to discern fact from poetic license as he intertwines them so seamlessly. Tom Thomson was a renowned Canadian artist who died during a canoe trip in 1917. "Officially", he drowned, but the cause of death is hotly debated. Some say murder, some say suicide, some say drowning.

What's not disputed is the beauty and significance of his art.

The infamous Landsowne Park boot ffrom July 26, 1993 has some incredible rants, and in Three Pistols Gord goes into great detail about the "circumstances" of Thomson's death. The whole show is a great listen and highly recommended. Other references to Thomson's work can be heard in many of Gord's rants & improvs throughout the years.

For a little background information and to view a pretty large gallery of Tom Thomson's work, go here.

The Landsdowne Park boot has been in circulation for a long time, but with the advent of BitTorrent there may be another generation of listeners who don't have it. If there's enough interest, I'll put it up on the hipfans.com tracker.

~Scott

[Gangrel]

I would like to have the boot. Maybe I'll finally get off my lazy ass and set myself up to bittorent!

[chives]

For sure a great boot....great rants, great sound, great setlist

[grooveless touque]

By the way, I have a version of the Lansdowne boot that is actually better than the frequently curculated version. The version on the FTP and the version I was sent in an early trade are both more warbled than my version...there is definitely some tape warble on my version, but it sounds cleaner than the common copy.

I could send my copy of the show to someone who can make Torrents, if anyone's interested. I have tried, and I get as far as making the torrent file, but I have never successfully uploaded an entire show through a tracker.