Just ask James Keelaghan. The Calgary-based folksinger's words hit close to home for an Australian woman, whose husband was the captain of the doomed ship, Captain Torres. You never know when you're writing these songs whose life you're going to reach out and touch. And he gave me a copy of a book he had written. He was the only survivor out of a crew of 30 on a bulk carrier that went down in Lake Huron in 1966.
People have stories.
The real touching history of this or any other century lies in the people. Not in Jean Chretien or Preston Manning, but in the people. Having known and been a fan of Williams and Shindell for a number of years, the Juno award winner says he was excited when he heard the rumour that they were planning to cover him. I waited for the whole thing to come out before I cracked open the champagne. I'm really happy with the version.