Titan,
My wife and I went to see those museums several years ago. I remember playing "The Wreck" in the car during the times we went to see the exhibits about the Fitz. I had listened to, and played the song many times but it never impacted me as it did during that visit. One day it was particularly cloudy as we were crossing the Macinac straight and it seemed rather Erie. It was such a haunting feeling (after having seen the remnants, the accounts and paintings of her)I had chills. It really renewed the song for me.
One other note: Did they have a video presentation in one of the museums. I remember how amused I was at the end when the credits rolled. Insted of playing the most famous shipwreck song ever (The Wreck), they had some strange hokey folk song by some unknown amateur playing. It's as if they were trying to knock it off. Perhaps it was a copyright issue, but it was very disappointing to not here Gord do the Wreck at the end.
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