In the wake of the death of musician Gordon Lightfoot and his famous folk song, “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” FreightWaves Classics is taking a look back at the wreck itself and the historical ...
The Canadian singer-songwriter, who died on Monday at 84, brought his rueful baritone to memorable, melancholy material. By Rob Tannenbaum Bob Dylan once named Gordon Lightfoot one of his favorite ...
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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.
“The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down, of the big lake they called Gitche Gumee” - From “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” First come the mournful notes - an electric guitar layered over a ...
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