About this episode

Vince discusses the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald and the song inspired by it.

The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank November 10th, 1975. Gordon Lightfoot's song brought it to posterity in 1976, and we've been talking about it since. Listen in as Vince does a solo-episode about the infamous ship, wreck, and song! Liked this episode? Leave us a review at thelighthouselowdown.com References: Gordon Lightfoot – The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Lyrics | Genius Lyrics The Cruelest Month - Edmund Fitzgerald Newsweek, November 24, 1975 | PDF | Water Transport | Violence TIL Gordon Lightfoot was inspired to write "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" when he saw the name misspelled as "Edmond" in Newsweek magazine. He felt the misspelling dishonored the memory of the 29 men who died when the freighter sank in Lake Superior during a storm on November 10, 1975. : r/todayilearned SS Edmund Fitzgerald - Wikipedia #105 - Marine casualty report : SS Edmund Fitzgerald; sinking in Lake ... - Full View | HathiTrust Digital Library

People in this episode

Host: Vincent Bailey

Topics covered

• shipwreck
• music
• history
• Lake Superior
• Gordon Lightfoot
• maritime disasters

Keywords

• Edmund Fitzgerald
• Gordon Lightfoot
• shipwreck
• Lake Superior
• maritime history
• 1975

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Places: Lake Superior

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