Marking Lightfoot's Passing

Not something I listen to regularly, but I've always found the "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" haunting.


He has a number of other good songs I grew up with. Here's a couple. 


Saturday update: Let's have a couple more, since we're below the fold.

In the comments, AVI suggested


Another I grew up with


Sunday update:

AVI has some musings about Canada and Gordon Lightfoot up at his place, including an SCTV sendup of Lightfoot. SCTV was a hoot, eh?

LittleRed1 and Texan99 both mentioned "The Pony Man," so here it is.

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8 comments:

  1. Assistant Village Idiot7:50 PM

    In the early morning rain

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  2. DLSly10:52 AM

    The Mariner's Church rang it's bell 30 times this week: 29 for the men of the Edmund Fitzgerald and one for Gordon Lightfoot. A fitting tribute if ever there was one.

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  3. Anonymous6:14 PM

    "Pony Man" for the younger listeners.

    I was up in Duluth on a flight, and watched one of the big grain boats leaving the harbor. It was a sunny, chilly August day, and I kept hearing "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" in my mind's ear.

    LittleRed1

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  4. Christopher B7:27 PM

    Thanks! love to be reminded of songs I've lost track of.

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  5. sykes.19:05 PM

    The Wreck of the Edmund Fitsgerald Gerald symbolizes the whole Rust Belt, and the collapse of the working and middle class.

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  6. Texan9911:49 AM

    I've got "Pony Man" on various playlists, always have liked it.

    And I don't care how much fun people make of the "Wreck," it's a terrific song.

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  7. Tom5:52 PM

    AVI has an SCTV sendup of Lightfoot up at his place, and I've added "The Pony Man" here. I don't think I'd ever heard it before.

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  8. Dad2910:34 AM

    FWIW, the ship was named "Edmund Fitzgerald" after the Chairman of Northwestern Mutual Life, which owned it.

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