My great grandfather was the captain of the Edmund Fitzgerald when it went down. Captain McSorley.

Gordon Lightfoot donated all proceeds from this song to the survivors

The Fitz was massive! I watched her pass on the Detroit River many, many times. It was amazing to watch her navigate through the turn heading into Lake St. Clair. I, along with many others, was heartbroken when she sank. Her bell is housed in the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum on Whitefish Point. Gordon Lightfoot's tribute is hauntingly beautiful!

This song literally touched home. My great uncle (grandpa's brother) was a great lakes seaman, and the E.F. was his ship. He lived in Sturgeon Bay, WI. I was 13 when this happened, and when news of it's sinking was all over the news, we all assumed he was on it and went down with it. He was never married and had no children... kind of a loner type. It wasn't until 3 days later he called my grandpa to let him know he was OK. He simply never thought others might think he had been on board, that is the way he was. He just happened to be on shore-leave during that trip. But he was also grieving as he knew every person onboard... to him those men were his family. He passed about 6 years ago, and when we were cleaning out his house, he had many prints and memorabilia of the E.F.

this has to be one of the most haunting songs ever written...

My great uncle, Oliver Champeau, was one of the crewmen that went down with the Fitzgerald.

If it weren’t for Gordon’s song, this story would have been lost to time.

I was 16 years old and lived in Detroit when this happened. I worked in Downtown Detroit when it was the business district and where the Maritime Sailor's Cathedral is located on Detroit's Riverfront. Was the saddest thing I heard for each bell marked the passing of each crew member. Each time I hear this tune, I get the chills and cry. Lord, God, please let them have peace. Amen.

A truly tragic story from 1975, as told by an amazing artist. Gordon Lightfoot is among the best!

My dad had a good buddy from the navy during the Korean War, he was on that ship when it went down. My dad was so thankful to Gordon for memorializing that tragedy

“Fellas, it’s been good to know ya.” That line always gets me

The only song that can make this Combat Marine of 5 tours cry. Semper Fidelis. Captain T, U.S.M.C.

"Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours". A line that I have never forgotten.

In Lake Superior it’s rare for the bodies to decompose it’s around freezing and they get this waxy coating and on the last dive to the Fitzgerald they did find bodies and the ship is now listed as a grave sight and off limits to dive on. I was 9 when the ship went down it was the day after my birthday and I grew up on the shores of Lake Superior.

'Does any man know where the love of God goes, When the waves turn the minutes to hours?" This lyric sends chills down my spine. I remember when this happened and how hard it hit home as my father was In the Merchant Marine.

as a WI native and fan of history, something isnt right if you dont get choked up listening to this song

Gordon Lightfoot is a Canadian icon. A master musician singer songwriter.

My uncle was third engineer on Fitz.

This happened in 1975. I was a freshman at Lake Superior State in 1976. Several students found flotsum from the wreck and made benches from it. The benches were placed around campus with brass memorial plaques attached. The ships bell was retrieved many years later and is on display along with other artifacts and a film at the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum at White Fish Point. Whenever you go there, you can't help but look out at the Big Water and cry, they were so close, 15 miles, thats nothing in Superior. So sad, so haunting. Love Gordon Lightfoot's music. You should listen to some of his other stuff.

My late father-in-law was good friends with Ernie McSorley, the captain of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. They met as kids in NY right after Ernie moved to the state and then my late father-in-law went off to WWII as a merchant marine. After the war, my late father-in-law took a job working on oil rigs and Ernie became a cargo ship captain. They remained in contact until his untimely death on that ship. We have photos of them together, letters passed back and forth and prayer cards after his death. I never personally met the captain... but my husband did. About 6 years after Ernie died, my hubby wanted to join the USMC and his Dad forbade it on pain of losing his college money. He joined the USMC anyway and put himself in college. Ernie, my late-father-in-law, my hubby and I are all life-long sailors. It's hard for me to listen to this song without crying.

This song breaks my heart every single time.

I remember coming home from school and seeing the headline in the Detroit Free Press. Years later the Canadian Coast Guard went down and retrieved the bell. They rang it 29 times.

This is the greatest tribute possible to the memory of these brave souls.

I live in South texas, very far away from the Great Lakes. I was 16 when the ship sank and saw the story in the local newspaper. Our rabbi was from Cleveland and said a prayer that week at services for the 29 sailors and their families. I heard the song on the radio in 76 when all we had was AM in our cars. I got chills when I heard it. It still haunts me and I can only imagine their last thoughts. RIP. You are not forgotten

A six-minute folk song about a lost ship was a hit song in 1976, reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. Reflect upon that and consider the state of pop music today. The '70s was the peak of pop music in terms of quality and diversity.

It was a tribute to the crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald. It's very sad but the fact that they will never be forgotten thanks to Gordon Lightfoot's elegy to both the crew and the families who suffered the loss is a beautiful thing. This was one of the first songs I ever learned to play and sing on the guitar way back in the day and unlike some other songs I learned, I never forgot this one. It stayed with me. I can't say it really changed the way I looked at death and the importance of the people I love but it did reinforce that I should make a real effort of letting them know how much I appreciated them every day I had them. I've lost a lot of people over the course of my life - a brother, both parents, my husband - who was only 43 and with whom I'd expected to have another 40 years - and I'm so very glad they all knew just how much they meant to me while they were here.

I'm a native michigander and this song hits home on many levels. I've lost many friends on these great lakes. And superior does not give up her dead. There are many ship wrecks with the dead still in her. It brings tears almost every time I hear this song. I've grown up playing in these lakes and they are a treasure and something to be loved and feared. Why I'm so glad to be from this great state and her history. Thanks for this

I live in Superior Wisconsin the city the Fitz loaded her ore. It is still remembered every November and Gordon did many concerts in the Twin ports, Superior Wisconsin and Duluth Minnesota. I have attended all but one. My most memorable show was when Gordon played this song for the first time here and it brought the house down although most of us had tears running down our cheeks. Gordon Lightfoot is a Master and the live of my life, still touring at 81 years of age. By the way, many of the sailors lived on the south Shore of Lake Superior only a hop skip and a jump from here and we all were touched by this tragedy. Thank you for sharing it here to people who, like yourself, who had no knowledge of it.

This song was all over the radio in 1976, especially in Canada where Lightfoot is a revered native son - if there was a Mount Rushmore in Canada, Gordon Lightfoot would be carved on it. Along with Lightfoot's storytelling genius on this song, his backing band contributed to the mood of the song. As a drummer, I was always impressed with Barry Keane's drumming on the track (Keane was kind of the Hal Blaine of Canada in the 70s). The thud of his backbeat has a kind of ominous feel to it, and at the part of the song when the ship sinks, his fill on the tom-toms evokes the sound of a ship sinking in a violent storm.

All the money from this song goes to the families of those on the Fitzgerald...

Not enough ballads being written and recorded these days. For generations it was how we passed down our history so it would not be forgotten in many cultures.

Gordon was a true storyteller. For the historically minded, there's a memorial ceremony every year for the crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald. It's held by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society and the public are invited to attend. The ship's bell is on display in the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum at Whitefish Point in Michigan's Upper Peninsula..

A tragic event told in a style many sailors understand that's who the song was wrote for in my opinion

I was in the Color Guard for the Ceremony at "Old Mariners' Church" in Detroit which is the Maritime Sailors' Cathedral mentioned in the song when they rang the bell for The Edmund Fitzgerald

As a Canadian, this song and the historical tragedy it describes has been cemented into our memories from the day Gord released it. Hearing it was emotional the first time and will be on my last hearing. No matter whenever that might occur.

Gordon Lightfoot the one and only. Who wrote and performs this haunting tail is from right here...my home town of Orillia Ontario. the mans an awesome song writer to many great songs to mention. He still performs at the opera house and Casino Rama here.

I remember reading and hearing about the wreck in 1975 and less than a year later, this song was a big hit and I knew exactly what it was about! Great song and a great storyteller! R.I.P. to the 29 men!

One of the greatest eulogy’s in history!!!!

In answer to your broadcasted question, I would assume that most Gen-Xers like myself who aren't locals to the disaster know of the Edmund Fitzgerald in large part due to Gordon Lightfoot's ballad. I was 2 when the SS EF sunk,so I don't remember the news itself. But I remember this song, among others of Lightfoot's, was quite popular. The reason for that being that (in part, hey, it's Gordon!) but mainly because it was considered a major domestic disaster. It was famous overnight for the same reason that the Hindenburg and the Titanic were. Large vessels taking many souls at once is eerie, nightmarish, and fascinating. But also worth note, as Lightfoot references, the Edmond Fitzgerald was already famous v before her demise: for being the largest ship in all of the Great Lakes at time of her launch, and for a large number of her productive years. She was only like 15 years old when she sunk. And to this day, she's still the largest ship ever lost in all the Great Lakes. My father told me about all this when I was fairly young. I'd always liked the haunting song although I didn't fully understand it until he explained and filled in all the gaps of my understanding.

Such a haunting and sad song. Gordon Lightfoot's lyrics and perfect voice for telling this true story.

I love, love, LOVE Gordon Lightfoot. The fact that he changed the lyrics as the facts came out? Total respect from Gord.

“Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings in the rooms of her ice water mansion.” Lake Superior is an incredible body of water. The song says she never gives up her dead when the gales of November come early. The truth is the water is so cold she never gives up her dead. The water is too cold for gases to form in the body and allow it to rise to the surface. There are over 30,000 bodies in Lake Superior that we know about. It’s such a deep lake that there’s enough room to fit the other four Great Lakes in it with room for another Lake Erie. If we were to spread the water out, it would be enough water to cover the entire US in a few feet of water. If you go 100 feet down in the Lake, the temperature doesn’t change more than 4 degrees from summer to winter. Even in the hottest days of summer, its water is ice cold. I’m from Michigan and remember when the Fitz sank. The fact that no one knows what exactly sunk her is one of the reasons the interest in the shipwreck remains.

As a Minnesotan, this song is heavy. If you ever visit Minnesota, skip Minneapolis. Visit Duluth. Right off Lake Superior. Well worth it.

In the 70's & 80's, I was a tremendous fan of Gordon Lightfoot. I saw him in concert twice. When he sang this song, the chills go up and down your spine and the tears start falling. He's an incredible storyteller/singer/writer.

My grandfather was on that ship. It's the only song ever made about it. A lot of people were hurt.

" In the rooms of her ice water mansion" gives me goosebumps. Im 35 and saw Gordon Lightfoot 5 years ago in our local community theatre. He is a treasure. Love from canada 🇨🇦

This is a haunting song that I first heard when it came out when I was in my teens. It sent shivers through me even then. Through my early life I had boats as well as serving in the Royal Navy, but me and my buddies lost a friend of ours in the river Thames in London a couple of decades back. Whenever we went past the spot where his body was recovered we would throw some coins in and say " Here Richard, get yourself a drink mate"! The lyrics in this song can still make me choke up a bit. Bless them all, and Richard too.

I was 8 yrs old when the ship went down. It was major news. One of your subscribers wrote below that she is the captain's great-granddaughter. As I write below, my late father-in-law was one of his best friends. And that's just the captain. It's a small world... it's a true story.... and for some of us, very painful to listen to... but such a beautiful tribute, well-written. This was a story-telling song focused entirely on the lyrics.

I spent five years in the Navy, most of it on a small destroyer, and saw a lot of heavy weather. I was only truly scared once though during a violent storm off Cape Hatteras. We were taking 40+ degree rolls, and as it turned out, lost four men overboard from a single wave that hit us broadside. One man was immediately recovered but we never even caught sight again of the other three. The icy sea just swallowed them up in the darkness. Forty years on I think of them sometimes and their young faces, and wonder where they would be and what lives they would have lived if not for that one catastrophic moment. Going down to the sea, or in this case large lakes, in ships is always a dangerous matter both in peace and war, for civilians and military alike. In this song I feel Gordon was not only paying respect to the dead of the Edmund Fitzgerald, but reminding us to honor the courage of all men and women who undertake that task.

This song haunts and it makes me cry every time I hear it.

This version is so profound, deeply moving, emotional. It's haunting like an Irish folk song. It's beautiful

Rest in peace, Gordon Lightfoot. He was one of Canada's greatest songwriters

From our language, Ojibwa, Gitchagoomi, big lake. Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian songwriting at it’s best. The bodies are never found because the water is so cold they never float up. No sharks but some awfully huge lake trout and pike and walleye eating them. lol “Does anyone know where the love of god goes when the waves 🌊 turn the minutes to hours?” One of the deepest lyrics ever!! Awesome song!👊🏾👌🏽

One of best "story " songs ever. Goosebumps guaranteed everytime .

My Dad knew men, and a Chief Mate I worked for knew men who are still on watch on the EDMOND FITZGERALD. God bless them all.

Gordon Lightfoot wrote this song after reading the account of the wreck in "Newsweek" magazine. My folks owned a beer tavern in the 70's when this song came out. Whenever it came on the jukebox, the chatter in the bar would actually lower, in respect of this event.

It is like a prayer for all the lost men. Every time I hear it, I hear something new.

My mother's brother, my uncle died on this ship. God Bless you John, hope you are at peace!

As a born and raised Michigander...... this song still always makes me cry

Where was I when I first heard this song?... the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Nov 1975 during my first semester of college, and Gordon Lightfoot introduced the song the following summer (1976). The sinking was big news that November, big enough that it made the national news cycle, which allowed us to hear about it it all the way down in Texas where I was (and still am). [Keep in mind that this all BC, ie, "before cable!" LOL! It was certainly before the internet, so news did not spread nearly as far and as fast as it does now. For the rest of the country to hear about a ship sinking in The Great Lakes was a big deal -- I mean, a BIG deal -- back then.] Gordon Lightfoot (now in his 80s) was and still is a prominent folk singer, and therein lies key insights to the popularity of this song. You have to consider the times and how musical artists reflected the consensus of voices in the land. Although folk singing has been around since the 1920s, folks singers began to make their mark in the 50s with light-hearted fare. So, the 1950s was a decade of folks just trying to get back to normal in their lives, to start families, move into homes, start businesses. Take a deep breath of fresh air and not worry about conflict... or so we thought. (BTW, I was born in this era.) But the tone of folk singing began to change in the 60s with topics cutting deep into the growing angst over political actions, particularly the ongoing wars and conflicts. Keep in mind that WWII had just ended not but 15-20 years earlier. It was an exhausting conflict that sucked money, time, commitment from all quarters of life, not just in America but almost all other parts of the world. Even those left stateside were affected, if anything indirectly. To wit, there was steep rationing of sugar, coffee, butter, rubber, silk, among many other common household items; all of that had to be saved for the war effort. Yet, we continued with warring conflicts not too long after WWII, first in Korea then in Vietnam. And the folk singing reflected this sentiment. Folks singers like Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, and others, all of which segued into the Hippie Era of the 60s. Light-hearted songs like "The Sloop John B" in the 1950s transitioned into the anti-war "Where Have All The Flowers Gone," et.al. Gordon Lightfoot didn't take a deep dive into the anti-war/anti-government like his contemporaries, but he wrote songs that still reflected gut-wrenching, honest human sentiment. One of my all time favorites from him is "If You Could Read My Mind," which is about losing a partner through divorce. Or his song "Sundown," a story about a hooker. While not anti-government at all, Lightfoot's songs fought back on social norms of the day as both divorce and prostitution were topics that simply were not discussed among the genteel of society. Verboten taboos, really. When the Edmund Fitzgerald sank, he was moved in similar spirit of the gut-wrenching human emotion of it all. It has turned out to be the pinnacle of his work. I was struck by the starkness of the song when I first heard, and I am still mesmerized by it decades later. Like a true artist, Lightfoot delves into the harshness and preciousness of life. The loss of life is part of that, too.

Always makes me tear up, can’t listen to this in front of people.

This really should've won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year.

Man, some of these these lyrics! Chills! "Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours" "All that remains is the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters" "The church bell chimed til it rang 29 times for each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald" "Superior, they say, never gives up her dead when the gales of November come early" I love the story-telling approach, where the music serves the story and the lyrics.

It is a true story. Not many songs make me cry, but the ones that do are by Gordon Lightfoot, Barry White, Bill Withers, Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, and Roger Whittaker. I appreciate that you are going out of your comfort zone. Bravo!

My brother was a crew member on the Anderson, about 1hr behind the Fitzgerald that night.

Joined others on the south shore to pray for the crew that next day. So cold, wet, windy. Thanks for including this memorial song in their honor.

I remember hearing about this wreck on the news. It happened in the pre dawn hours of Nov. 10th 1975. What made this wreck stand out, was not just the unexpected storm, but this was a ship on one of our great lakes, not the ocean. The storm was unexpected, if I remember correctly. The bodies of the 29 men were never recovered. (No sharks in those lakes). The sight of the wreck still holds a sacred, yet haunting remembrance. Now that I'm older, the news I heard of this wreck as a child, holds more meaning. I understand it's significance more. Gordon Lightfoot wrote this shortly after this tragedy to honor all who perished, and the families left behind. I can't think of a better one to tell the tale than him. This is different for someone who has never heard of this tragic event. It's really an historical telling of something not to be forgotten.

I’m from Michigan. I remember when this happened. It amazes me that Lake Superior can be so vicious. And all of our Great Lakes are fresh water, so no sharks. They found the wreck and brought up it’s bell, leaving a plaque with the names of the men who died. If you ever have a chance to visit the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, visit the museum at Whitefish Point. It has a film about the wreck. The experience is very sobering.

Gordon Lightfoot is an icon of Canadian music. You really should listen to Sundown.

The line that always sticks with me is "Fellows, it's been good to know ya." That always makes me cry.

Very much a "sea shanty" feel to the song's movement.

Gordon is a legend to me, one of the greatest songwriters ever. Have listened to him for decades and the only thing I regret is that most people only know him for a handful of his songs that have played on the radio when he has literally hundreds of incredible songs.

This song always resonates with me. I am Scottish and on my mother's side of the family, all the men and boys were/are fishermen or coal miners. 4 men and boys of my mum's extended family have lost their lives in mines and 12 fishing in the North sea of Scotland over the last 60 years. On my father's side, most of the young men were all soldiers. So many young men died young in my extended family it's crazy. I'm 45 and have lived twice as long as most of them.

the song is a tribute to all of the crew members who died. There are no sharks in a fresh water lake.....LOL

I was in the U.S. Coast Guard and Traverse City Michigan was my first air station out of training. I reported in January 1977. When this sing hit the airwaves, I watched grown men break down and the club would get very quiet when ever it played. The ship capsized on 10 November 1975. Traverse City is at the top of the lower peninsula of MI. and the Coast Guard launched a full out search for the ship and any survivors during the storm unfortunate neither were found. A lot of hours were spent flying over Lake Superior looking for the vessel and crew. This song has a lot of meaning and memories for the family's of the crew, the Coast Guard and the Mariners who still sail the Great Lakes. Like I said, I got up there after the "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", but spending almost three years performing search and rescue operations throughout the Great Lakes, it still has a solemn effect on me to this day.

I'm from this area...this is a fresh water lake that's so big that it's like an ocean and it so cold, that's why it doesn't give up it's dead. Many years later, two divers, the main one a boy, found one of the sailors body in the ship. He was perfectly preserved from the cold. Because of this it is not allowed to be doved on and is a burial site. The bell was recovered from the Fitz and is displayed in a museum. It still effects us yet today.

My folks owned a tavern in the 70's, and crowds would often hush when this song came on the jukebox in a sort of reverence, as the event wasn't that old at the time......

This song is Classic. There are no more writers like the "Old School" folks.

I'm from Michigan it's well known song in this region. Lake Superior doesn't give up her dead because she is so cold. Bodies don't bloat and come to the surface.

Thanks for doing this. The song is a fantastic memorial to the crew and their families. Gordon Lightfoot is a fantastic songwriter and storyteller and an excellent guitarist. Just a beautiful haunting tribute to the men and their families of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

"Does anyone know where the love of God goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours"... "Fellas, it's been good to know you"... Those two parts of the song always hit me "right in the feels"!

Gordon Lightfoot tells great stories thru his songs. One of my favorites is "If you could read my mind" I think you'd LOVE that song Ty. God bless brother.

Hey Todd, I am Keith and I live in Holden Maine. I am 59 years old and I remember hearing the song when I was on my way to grade school. I remember as a boy hearing the news reports. Many decades later, I still get emotional and cry about these men and their ship. I retired from the Navy and know exactly what those men would do in that situation, SAVE THIS SHIP!!! We are all trained for that terrible reality, if it should visit the ship we served on. That is priority number ONE! I can only imagine and hoped they told each other how much they loved each other, a crew is like a brotherhood. I just just hoped they died with God's presence enfolding them and shielding them from any more fear :). I lived near where they went to their final rest, I live in Houghton Michigan, near Lake Superior. Many of the locals there say the storms there are worse that those in the Oceans, combined!!! Peace and Jesus shelter you from the storms brother :). This song is like a beautiful hymn and ghost story :(. Respectfully, Keith W. Witherspoon, USN-Ret.

I was in my early teens when this song came out and it was very popular. I read somewhere that Gordon Lightfoot gave the money made from this song to the families of the crew of The Edmond Fitzgerald.

I was only 6 yrs old when this song came out and it would make me sad when I heard it. It still makes me sad to this day.

Mrs. Brown here. This was one of the saddest days on the Great Lakes. I had just joined the Cost Guard Reserve and the entire unit was saddened by this event.

I'm a Canadian and was living when this tragedy happened. It was news all over Canada and when Gordon Lightfoot heard of the disaster, he set about to write this song. It was sort of life when Neil Young saw the shootings at Kent State, he took his guitar and went into the woods and came out with the song "Ohio" for his group Crosby, Stills, Nash, And Young.

I get chills every time I hear this song. I heard this song a long time ago and it has stuck in my memory. Every now and then I will give it a listen and feel those chills. It’s so eerie and sad and the music and lyrics do grab a hold of you. I remember many Gordon Lightfoot songs being that I was born in the 70’s. In the past, this wasn’t one that always came to mind when I heard the name Gordon Lightfoot, but now it’s the first one I think of. He passed away just a couple days ago. It’s May 3, 2023, he passed on May 1st. Being that he is from Canada I guess is why this song came to be, because it’s not far from Canada. I’m sure it was a much bigger story and of course much closer to home for him. This song is a beautiful, chilling and moving tribute to the crew and families of those who went down with the Edmund Fitzgerald

btw she was found and a special was done about finding her...really spooky to see the pilot house knowing the captain was probably still there

I heard this song when it first came out, in 1976. I was 17 years old and I've loved this song ever since. Hope you enjoyed it.

My first lingering memories after graduating high school was the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald followed by Lightfoot’s song. The song and memories still resonate with me as strongly as then. My God continue to comfort these families. Tim

Thank you for playing this song. It is haunting & gut-wrenching. Gorgon does a beautiful job of story-telling & the music pulls you right in. I was in college when it happened, I don't remember hearing about the ship going down until this song was released. Gordon is one of the last great troubadors.

Before reading became common for most people the ballad was the way to teach people historical happenings in a way that they would remember. Obviously, like any art form, you have to allow a certain amount of license, and not insist on word for word exactness. No one on this side of life will ever know what the cook said to anyone. He was used for dramatic effect and it worked, in my opinion, to tell a good story. Gordon Lightfoot and the crew of the Edmund Fitsgerald will live forever in our hearts because of this haunting ballad.

Anyone who can rhime Gitche Gumee is a genius songwriter in my opinion!

I knew a man that sailed on The Edmund Fitzgerald... I was a young man when it went down. I'm from Wisconsin. That is where the ports of Williams Bay and White Fish Bay mentioned in the song are. Lake Superior is the Largest and northern most of the Great Lakes. It's like sailing on a fresh water ocean. It's eerie to see the Edmund Fitzgerald above water in the video knowing it's at the muddy bottom for more than 4 decades now... It's like seeing a ghost.

I cry every time I hear this song. I was lucky enough to be sitting in the 3rd row back, center stage quite a few years ago at a Gordon Lightfoot concert in Clearlake, CA. Among many of his classic songs, it was an out of body experience to see the whites of his eyes and listening to him sing. And then the music started for The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald. Tears were flowing. Where does the love of God go when the waves turn minutes to hours.....

Gordon lightfoot was and still is considered one of Canada's greatest story tellers along side joni mitchell

Gordon lightfoot is a Canadian Folk singer-songwriter who is 80 years old and still does concerts. he is Canada's treasure.he has been singing and writing since 1958.this song gives me goosebumps and everytime i hear it, i pause to honor the crew and captain! God Bless them all

GOD bless Gordon Lightfoot. 81 and still going with his music. Probably one of the greatest songwriters to ever live. Gordon Lightfoot's the pride of the Canadian side of that big lake they call Gitche Gumee.

I was working in Downtown Detroit at the time of the wreck and luckily my boss gave us all the next day off so that we could go to the Mariners Cathedral near the RenCen. Yes, I went and still tear up when I hear of it. A distant cousin of mine was on the ship, so to me it is a very special song and I thank you for playing it.