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Levee's Broken
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A musical response to the situation in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina
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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
Charts
Peak #390
Peak in subgenre #39
Author
James Gordon
Rights
Pipe Street Publishing
Uploaded
October 03, 2005
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MP3 2.8 MB 128 kbps 0:00
Story behind the song
I was curious about the violence and lawlessness that followed Katrina. The song is from the point of view of one of the 'forgotten ones' left behind, and speculates as to why many of them took to lawlessnes. If the 'law' let them down, you can see why some would have reacted the way they did.
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Levee?s Broken ©James Gordon 2005 Me and Big Eddie. we smashed the Pawn Shop Doors Got us some ammo and a couple forty-fours. Had to take matters into our own hands That?s the way that things are done down here in Dixieland, That?s the way that things are done down here in Dixieland. Levee?s broken, water?s on the rise- But nobody?s coming, no one hears our cries. Come on Eddie, bring your gun We?ll make them remember the forgotten ones We?ll make them remember the forgotten ones Treat us like animals and animals is what you get Believe me you ain?t seen nothing yet. Gonna take a lot more than a corps of engineers ?cause more than a levee?s broken round here. ?cause more than a levee?s broken round here. Chorus: So we took what we needed... it only seemed fair. ?cuz they knew this was comin?... but they didn?t care. Look out- Eddie?s ragin? like a hurricane, And he doesn?t mind lettin? you share his pain And he doesn?t mind lettin? you share his pain Chorus
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