Memorabilia from legendary Canadian musician Gordon Lightfoot's estate was auctioned off today by A.H. Wilkens in Toronto. Up for grabs were items from his career like stage clothes, awards, platinum ...
Gordon Lightfoot's classic tops Rock Digital Song Sales for the first time. By Kevin Rutherford Gordon Lightfoot’s “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” from 1976, scored major gains in U.S. streams ...
For those that live or have lived around the American Great Lakes region, the story of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald is likely familiar. It was, to date, the largest ship to ever sink in those waters, ...
Without Gordon Lightfoot’s ballad, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald might have faded into history alongside thousands of other Great Lakes wrecks. He was inspired to write the song after reading the first ...
On paper, it should never have been a hit record. But despite the odds stacked against it — the 6-minute length, the somber subject matter, the last-minute recording session — “The Wreck of the Edmund ...
The original starred Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges, and hailed from 'Deer Hunter' director Michael Cimino. By Borys Kit Senior Film Writer Ryan Reynolds and Amazon MGM have teamed up to develop a ...
Most songs about historical events are written many years after the events themselves. It takes a while to know what events will be consequential and which ones will fade from memory. The Edmund ...
David James Carlson leads the Gordon Lightfoot Tribute Band. He knew the late singer-songwriter personally, and remembers what Lightfoot said about why he wrote "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald." ...
“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 ...
Lightfoot and a group of attorneys have put together a nonprofit organization named 'The ICE Accountability Project.' To combat the alleged illegal actions of United States Immigration and Customs ...
Attorney General Pam Bondi put former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on notice Thursday night over her vow to "unmask" ICE agents. During an interview on "Jesse Watters Primetime," Bondi reacted to a ...
BOZEMAN - A meat processing facility might look — and even smell — like a horror scene, but here, the story is one of hope, as this meat is destined to feed the hungry. “You can see there’s already ...