This is one of those "story" songs I find truly engaging. Even more astonishing is the fact that it is true.It concerns the tragedy at Mann Gulch in Montana in the summer of '49 where 13 smokejumping firefighters died when the fire got ahead of them. Cry Cry Cry, the folk supergroup formed by Richard Shindell, Lucy Kaplansky, and Dar Williams performs the version that got my attention first. Richard sings lead. The story of the fire is also accounted in one of the finest non-fiction books ever: "Young Men and Fire" by Norman Maclean, he of the delightful semi-autobiographical "A River Runs Through It" book.
See the masterful video of Cry Cry Cry's version here
Audio only is available here
The song is actually composed by James Keelaghan.
Catch his intriguing version
Here is a very different yet still compelling version by The Black Irish Band
Steve Cottrell provides a more traditional but still delightful version here
John Garza is fairly traditional but still heart felt
Here is an amateur version by E. R. Hershman that is actually quite good too
Steve Wacker provides an excellent account about the song
If you wish to read "Young Men and Fire" you can get it here
Or on Kindle here
God I Love This Music!
See the masterful video of Cry Cry Cry's version here
Audio only is available here
The song is actually composed by James Keelaghan.
Catch his intriguing version
Here is a very different yet still compelling version by The Black Irish Band
Steve Cottrell provides a more traditional but still delightful version here
John Garza is fairly traditional but still heart felt
Here is an amateur version by E. R. Hershman that is actually quite good too
Steve Wacker provides an excellent account about the song
If you wish to read "Young Men and Fire" you can get it here
Or on Kindle here
God I Love This Music!
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