I can still remember the first time I heard this song. Came on Q107 Radio as I was behind the wheel of my black 5.0 Mustang heading up Yonge street. Cranked it to 11.
This man could tour with Chris Stapleton right now and blow every man, woman and child away in the room with musical genius. How this track (and album) has stayed obscure for years eludes me.
I seen the Hard Way concert 2 nights in a row back in 1990 or 91. So great to hear him sing this! 2 years ago I had him sign the Conspiracy of Brothers book that was one of the reasons he wrote the song❤️Love him
Thia whole story was told to me lots of times growing up in the area. I knew witnesses kids, drank at the Walton hotel where it happened. But didnt learn about this song till 5 years ago from a guy i worked with in alberta.
onlytheoriginals yes, i just found out it was re released last year...mick low said he was adding up-dates to it,,,,,,,,,my daughter=in-law had given him updates about her dad,,,,,could you tell me if theres updates on larry hurren ??, thx, im not able to get it yet
I did my thesis on those who have been wrongly convicted through the court system in Canada. I delved into shady practices by some...not all..law enforcement officers, detectives, even judges.... My case study was the Port Hope murders talked about in this song. I had read the book A Conspiracy of Brothers, written by Mick Lowe about the case. I was able to also do a phone interview with him😊
This is Jeff McLeod one of the accused, we have just made another application to the Supreme court, so the battle still continues. I dont know if you had heard but unfortunately Mick passed last month. I hope you received an A+ on your thesis.
@@jeffmcleod1184 OH wow! Crazy. I followed what I could.for a long time, tried to find out what happened to everybody. Sad to hear about Mick. He was so friendly and forthcoming. He had no problem chatting with a random woman calling him up to interview him.... Thank you so much for responding
@@jeffmcleod1184 ..., and yes I got the highest grade. Even after I argued points with the prof... who was way younger than me lol. Made him look bad...oops
@@jeffmcleod1184 thank you so very much! I was always very curious what had happened to everyone. It' has fascinated me for years, and after reading the book, I wanted to bring light to what happened, and to the fact that sadly to many are convicted of crimes that they didn't commit, or were screwed around in some way by the justice system. Not all prisoners are criminals.
I love this song and the studied the details of the Donnely's murders in Lucan before the song ever came out. It is a sad commentary that an american musician has a better pulse on the sad state of "justice" and law enforcement in our province. Even without music this could be expressed as very powerful prose as spoken words. That is the ultimate mastery of Steve Earle and his lyrical prowess
It can work in reverse. It took a Canadian, Gordon Lightfoot, to perform the definitive song about an American event: Detroit race riots of 1967. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DPXL3iEVnCM.html
Steve Earle I s one of the greatest writers of the modern era the problem is the country people thought he was rock.the rock people thought he was country. So there for he never found his niche in the record bizz, just goes to show how fucked the recording bizz is.....
Marty Huie Steve Earle does not need to be categorized he's not impressed with Nashvilles fashion show or South by so what doesn't need a little golden Paper wieght nobody is better at this thing called singer songwriter then Steve Earle
His book Unrepentant is very good. I learned of the book Conspiracy Of Brothers by Mick Lowe at a Steve Earle concert around the time the Oka Crisis was going on. Steve should’ve done a video for this song.
this song has a lot of history for me. i went to a museum that talked about this event. turns out that the family were criminals who preyed on the community for years. i was a steve earle fan for a while and showed him to a now deceased friend who found this song for me
That depends on who you talk to, there were several factions who were feuding but the most balanced opinions came from the protestant postmaster and it does not seem as they were as criminal as the mob portrayed them.
+Kevin Howell yes great story about the wild west in southern ontario, they had a sister , i bet no one messed with her, ray fazakas the donnelly album is a good account of this story
Michael Chiviendacz ...Ya I hear ya bro..lets lock up 8 Choice instead of one self admitted shooter,,,this song rings so true judge was blind and jury was deaf..L,LR...TO ALL THEM......
