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 ...
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How Gordon Lightfoot’s ‘The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald’ became a cultural phenomenon

First come the mournful notes - an electric guitar layered over a 12-string acoustic. Then come the haunting lyrics.
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Rush’s Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Make Surprise Performance at Gordon Lightfoot Tribute Concert in Toronto

Lee and Lifeson, billed on the private performer rundown and setlist only as “L+L,” were backed by Canadian Music Hall of Famers (and the evening’s house band) Blue Rodeo on Lightfoot’s song “The Way ...