HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GORDON LIGHTFOOT!

One week ago today marked the fiftieth anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, the cargo carrier that sank on Lake Superior with the loss of all 29 crew members.  When launched in 1958, she was the largest ship on the great lakes, and remains the largest ship to have ever sunk there.  The tragedy led to many significant changes in Great Lakes shipping policies and regulations.  The Edmund Fitzgerald remains in our collective conscious in great part because of Gordon Lightfoot's (1938-2023) 1976 song.

Since I (and you, most likely) have been inundated with Lightfoot's song over the past week and because today marks L:ightfoot's 87th birthday, I thought it would be fitting to look at some of work.

"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzTkGyxkYI

"Sundown"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IBdZ645S-o

"If You Cold Read My Mind"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V634a-7D20U

"Carefree Highway"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYuF99VTEdg

"Early Morning Rain"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B34qwRrkSvQ

"Canadian Railroad Trilogy"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXzauTuRG78

"Ribbon of Darkness"  [Kitty wore out this record when she was in high school]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yvvvNtSzFA

"Rainy Day People'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdhRhGX3AG4

"For Lovin' Me"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRdo5XjEj0w

"{Remember Me) I'm the One"  [from 1962, his first hit; it hit #3 on the Canadian charts]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVjCxGvj9cg

"I Can't Make It Anymore"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRn-A25077Q

"Steel Rail Blues"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NTNjyd6dpg

"Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues"  [covering Dylan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2SgOOHM5ag

"Beautiful"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPMe9dMFHEA

"The Circle Is Small"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsIOzYSJRi4