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"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald " is a 1976 hit song written, composed and performed by the Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot to memorialize the sinking of the bulk carrier SS Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior on November 10, 1975. Lightfoot considered this song to be his finest work.
Gordon Lightfoot – guitar, piano, vocals; Red Shea – lead guitar; John Stockfish – bass; Ken Buttrey – percussion; Charles McCoy – 3rd guitar, harmonica, celeste, bells; Cover photography by Barry Feinstein Cover notes by Robert Markle
It is a folk oriented album, featuring only Tony Rice on guitar and vocals, ... "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (Gordon Lightfoot) – 4:59; Personnel
SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American Great Lakes freighter that sank in Lake Superior during a storm on November 10, 1975, with the loss of the entire crew of 29 men. When launched on June 7, 1958, she was the largest ship on North America's Great Lakes and remains the largest to have sunk there.
The song remains popular to this day and has been credited with making the sinking of Edmund Fitzgerald the most famous maritime incident in the history of the Great Lakes. "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald " reached #1 in Canada on November 20, 1976. [ 6 ]
"Back Home in Derry" is an Irish rebel song written by Bobby Sands while imprisoned in HM Prison Maze. [1] [2]The song has been covered by multiple artists, most notably by Christy Moore in his 1984 album Ride On, who sang it to a melody inspired by Gordon Lightfoot's famous 1976 song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Gordon Lightfoot – lead and backing vocals, 6- and 12-string acoustic guitars, high-strung guitar Nashville tuning, chimes, bells, Red Shea – electric, acoustic and classical guitars, dobro, slide dobro (tracks 1–5, 7, 9, 10) Terry Clements – acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 3–10) Rick Haynes – bass guitar (tracks 1, 4, 8, 9)
Gordon Lightfoot - main performer, 6- and 12-string acoustic guitars, piano, vocals; Terry Clements - acoustic guitar; Red Shea - classical guitar, acoustic guitar; Pee Wee Charles - steel guitar