Name: Michipicoten
Channel: James Gordon
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An 'aural' painting of a trip around Lake Superior, with James on piano and vocals, Sandy Horne on bass and vocals

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James Gordon

Canadian acoustic singer/songwriter

Based in Guelph, Ontario, James Gordon is known to many North Americans as the founder of Canada's premier folk group TAMARACK. With this durable trio he toured every corner of the continent, recorded fourteen albums, and made countless television and radio appearances. He has become well-known for his original songs about Canada's identity and heritage. He was a regular songwriting contributor to the CBC radio programmes "Ontario Morning" and "Basic Black". He has also released numerous solo albums for adults and children , composed works for symphony orchestras, co-written a popular series of "Jim and Dave" family musicals and written music for theatre, dance and film. His songs have been recorded by a number of other artists including The Cowboy Junkies, Melanie Doane, Hilary Spencer, Al Simmons, Ian Bell and James Keelaghan. These days James tours North America and Great Britain with the legendary Canadian pop icon Sandy Horne on bass and vocals, and produces CD's for other artists at his Pipe Street Studios. In 2002 he released 5 different CD's of his own music. His first full-length musical, "Hardscrabble Road" debuted in late 2003, and his next album on Borealis Records is due to be released soon. There's a lot of info available at jamesgordon.ca . Please listen to this selection of works from Gordon's long and varied career, and drop us a line to say hello!

Song Info

Genre

Acoustic • Acoustic Folk

Charts

Peak #300

Peak in subgenre #28

Author

James Gordon

Rights

Pipe Street Publishing

Uploaded

December 26, 2003

Track Files

MP3

MP3 3.5 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00

Lyrics

The moon was an artist, with a brush made from its beams,
And with the lake as its canvas , it painted our dreams.
Along the magic coastline towards Agawa Bay
Through the radio silence you could hear the waves
Lapping up against the black rocks along the shore
Beating out an ancient rhythm, the heartbeat, the core
Of that northern Superior night
Of that northern Superior night.

Secrets were revealed to us, though not a word was spoken,
All the way from Grand Marais, the spell could not be broken
The light through the birches flickered like flames
And the wind through those trees whispered a name
With a voice we both had long ago forgotten
calling Michipicoten, Michipicoten
Of that northern Superior night
Of that northern Superior night.

For one timeless moment, this car was a canoe,
And this highway was a river, taking me and you
Out towards the waters of that great inland sea
Where it seemed that in this weary world there was only you and me.
In that northern Superior night
In that northern Superior night.


The moon was an artist, with a brush made from its beams,
And with the lake as its canvas , it painted our dreams.