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Originally Posted by Lunaray
Greetings, new member here!
I've always wondered about "The Last Time I saw Her Face", a song from one of Gordon's early albums. It's a hauntingly beautiful song, but it's very sad. Anyone know what the story is behind this song, was it written about someone he was close to?
Thanks,
Ray
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Welcome to the forums Ray. I trust that the "luna" part of your screenname is not a shortened version of the word for somebody who is a few marbles short!
Like you Ray... back in 1966 I was immediately drawn to Gord's hauntingly beautiful rendition (it was indeed only the second Gord recording I ever heard, after the sadly neglected Spin Spin that is, but if you read the small print you should spot what has been pointed out on this forum many times before it is one of the very few songs that Gord has recorded that were not as he once put it in concert his own "original shit" (sic) as it was in fact written by Ewan McColl and a google will reveal that he wrote in in honour of his wife (Peggy Seeger) see the inevitable wiki at:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewan_MacColl:-
Peggy herself is the sister of the redoubtable "we shall overcome" Pete; see another wiki at:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Seeger
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