
Tribute to Stompin' Tom Connors who passed away on Wednesday.... Canadian icon/legend best known for "the good ole hockey game"... a song all Canadians know. The shot is an oldie... taken with an actual camera before I had the iPhone. I'm on my way to the Arctic Circle during solstice... the vast Dempster Highway before me.
Live version of Sudbury Saturday Night... you'll see why he was so loved!
http://youtu.be/Dw7rzpvDvS0
I am not sure how or when, but posting on this blog has become my most accurate platform for creative expression. It's so inspiring to browse through other blogs and every comment is very appreciated!
@Stephen: Thanks a lot... makes me long for another road trip!
@Basile Pesso: Thanks a lot... it's another driving shot. :-)
@Basile Pesso: Ha... don't get too excited - it hasn't worked in years.
@Aubélia: Thanks!
@CarineB: Thanks... it's awesome and every year I contemplate going back there!
@*M.Я.G*: Thanks :-)
@CElliottUK: Ha, yeah he was putting it on for that song :-) He will be missed, that's for sure!
@Annierita & Annisabelle: Thanks a lot... the whole 400km drive was this spectacular!
@omid: Thank you, Omid!
@Rick: Even though Stompin' Tom wasn't a regular on my playlist... I still kind of can't believe he's gone. :-( The solstice trip is over, unfortunately... I took it back in 2010. It was amazing... the trip of a lifetime! I'll probably hang in Van this year... we usually play a festival in town. Have a blast in Kensington!
@franz: That's awesome! It's such an incredible feeling... impossible to describe. Glad you enjoyed it :-)
@franz: Thanks for checking out the link! I'll have to check out the tillsonburg song.. I Haven't heard of it before. Mind you, he does have quite the anthology. Rock on!
@tataray: Merci! Long roads lead to the best destinations :-)
@ghazal khalatbari: Thanks a lot!
@Doug: Thank you!
@Ruthiebear: Thanks a lot.... the yukon is SO VAST.... no picture I have seen truly does it justice!
@Steve Rice: Haha.. thanks for checking out the link... part of Stompin' Tom's charm, I think :-)
@Abena: Cool, thanks for checking out the hockey song... it's kind of his signature song :-) That solstice was the most memorable one I've experienced... can't describe a day that literally never ends. It was wild!
PENTAX Optio M50
1/200 second
F/3.5
ISO 64
7 mm