Ship of Stone by Don Simpson (Cover)

This song by Don Simpson was nominated 'Best Classic Filk Song' for five years before winning the category in 2019:
http://www.ovff.org/pegasus/people/don-simpson.html

You can hear Don talking with Bill Mills here, including a bit about the origins of the song (it might only be viewable if you are in the Filker group):
https://www.facebook.com/groups/179207275435854/permalink/182599995096582/

Here is Bill singing Don's song:
https://soundcloud.com/user-429977176/ship-of-stone-written-by-don

And the more well-known version by Leslie Fish (@Leslie Fish ):
https://lesliefish.bandcamp.com/track/ship-of-stone-3

And another by Kathy Mar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RW03c9MJAk

Don's pages on Deviant Art:
https://www.deviantart.com/donsimpson
https://www.deviantart.com/frostpuma

Don indicates that the song was inspired by Norman Spinrad's 1974 book 'Riding the Torch'.

When I first heard the song, I thought of the Panspermia hypothesis, that life on earth came hear on comets (ships of stone):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panspermia

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