RIP, 2 memebers of the crew that went down with the Fitz were neighbors to my cousins in Silver Bay,MN. We got a call that night from them telling us what happened.
My father was sick about it. He was a former crewman on the lake freighters. He knew what it was like to feel the ship twist in those waves. He gave it up after after a
storm sunk the Bradley and a good friend of his went down with it.

still a chilling song to this day.

For years I thought the song was about a shipwreck in the 1800's.


Wheels

These were the type of men who the politicians give lip service to, but never will understand them.

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I heard a story on this ship tragedy on NPR a few years ago! I bought some porter that day from a Cleveland, Ohio brewery to salute the memory (I knew of the porter but not the story until the NPR show).
The famous song from the 1970's is quite good. IMHO, YMMV

https://www.greatlakesbrewing.com/edmund-fitzgerald

RIP

Yes, I always thought the song was well written - the lyrics tell the story clearly but the song is still very musical and flows well.