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Stompin' Tom Connors, RIP

Charlie Angus' cover of Reesor Crossing Tragedy

The legendary country and folk singer has died at the age of 77.

In 1969, he released the Reesor Crossing Tragedy, about the Reesor Siding Strike. Here is a cover of that song by NDP MP Charlie Angus and one of his former bands, Grievous Angels.

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