Opinion

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.
Whiskey Riff

Turnpike Troubadours Deliver Haunting Cover Of Gordon Lightfoot’s “The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald” Ahead Of The 50th Anniversary Of The Famous Shipwreck

The ship, commanded by renowned Great Lakes Captain Ernest McSorley, left from Superior, Wisconsin on November 9 carrying a load of iron ore to the steel mill on Zug Island, Michigan. But the next day ...

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.
OrilliaMatters

Crowd packs Quayle's to celebrate what would have been Lightfoot's 87th birthday

Spirit of Gordon Lightfoot echoed through Oro-Medonte brewery Friday as people enjoyed live performances and shared memories ...

‘The Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald’ Is Finally a Billboard No. 1 After Shipwreck’s 50th Anniversary

Gordon Lightfoot's "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" is No. 1 on a Billboard chart for the first time following the shipwreck's 50th anniversary.