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The Arctic grayling is a distinguished fish with a gorgeous dorsal fin. When logging arrived in Michigan, the shady riverbanks disappeared and the waterways became filled with sediment, pushing this fish to extinction within the region.

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Did you feed on gold,
Trout of the pines?
Was the caravan load,
So reckless so fine?

A coming year,
Of doting cheer,
Logjams the silty bloom,
Woolen warmth kingdom come,
The woodsman his fallen axe.

Windy City,
Nosh for days,
A quarter Washington a pound,
Float about get your fill,
Crawford is Grayling now.

White Pine wield,
Michigan wood smoke warmth within,
Mitten land,
The grayling swam,
Slipped the white man’s fin.

Did you feed on gold,
Trout of the pines?
Was the caravan load,
So reckless so fine?

Did you feed on gold,
Trout of the pines?
Was the caravan load,
So reckless so blind?

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from Fair Mitten (New Songs of the Historic Great Lakes Basin), released September 22, 2017

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Gifts or Creatures Kalamazoo, Michigan

Gifts or Creatures is the musical pursuit of husband-wife Brandon and Bethany Foote. The couple fuses a blend of Midwestern folklore, old-world history and cinematic soundscapes to create a trove of antique Americana.

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