Neil Young paid tribute to fellow “Canadian legend” Gordon Lightfoot after the storied singer-songwriter died earlier this week at the age of 84. In a statement shared on his website, Young called ...
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How a Shipwreck Became a Folk Legend
On November 10, 1975, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald vanished into a violent Lake Superior storm, taking 29 sailors with her and ...
Gordon Lightfoot passed away earlier this week (May 1) and tributes are pouring in for the “Early Morning Rain” singer. Neil Young was among those paying homage as he posted a heartfelt statement to ...
Gordon Lightfoot’s Haunting Tribute: How ‘The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald’ Became His Finest Work
Gordon Lightfoot turned a brief news item about a Great Lakes tragedy into one of the most haunting songs ever written — an elegy that still echoes 50 years later.
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Fifty years after Edmund Fitzgerald claimed 29 lives, Gordon Lightfoot's musical memorial endures
Fifty years ago, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior, killing 29 crew members. Gordon Lightfoot's haunting ballad immortalized the tragedy forever.
The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society is mourning the death of Gordon Lightfoot, a Canadian folk singer-songwriter whose hit "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" commemorates the 1975 Lake ...
Thursday's Gordon Lightfoot tribute concert at Toronto's Massey Hall was full of high-profile talent, but one performance stood out among the rest: a surprise reunion of Rush's Geddy Lee and Alex ...
On Monday, May 1, music titan Gordon Lightfoot died due to natural causes at age 84. Fellow Canadian artist, Neil Young, paid tribute to the “Sundown” singer on his Archives website, where he shared ...
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