Well, here we are merely a week and a day from the 25th anniversary of the sinking of "Big Fitz". I guess that's what triggered me to start thinking about it again. My absolute favorite song in consideration of all song writers and musicians who have ever put pen to paper, is "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", I still get chills whenever I hear those haunting words of the song. Gordon has captured, not merely a SONG - but an emotion; a memorial tribute not limited merely to a ship or a crew - but to all of the men of the sea who have lost their lives to the cold, dark ---- deep. The song is haunting and deeply moving, and it tells the story so well - as only Gordon Lightfoot could.
Johnfirebird
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