The gales of November came early
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BAKPAKR
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Until now, I thought that shipwreck was in the early 1900s…
Caseknife
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What is interesting about that Lightfoot song is that was the first time his band had either heard or played the song, nailed it on the first recording! He had written it, but thought it wouldn't be appropriate for an album, but they need one more song, so they gave it a shot.
noharleyyet
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geetar
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Thought this was pretty cool. 
noharleyyet
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Lightfoot was a one of IMO.
Hunting Wife
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Interesting to see this has had a resurgence on TikTok of all places. I remember my parents playing this in the car and I thought it was some of their oldies music. But I always liked the song. Didn’t realize until much later that this was really a very fresh tragedy at the time.
westbranch
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My mom's side of the family came from the Iron Range in MN so always felt a connection to this song. She saw Gordon Lightfoot in concert in the late 70s somewhere in Minneapolis.
Gellar
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Meateater had a really good podcast about The Edmund Fitzgerald today.
westbranch
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marksjeep
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Listened to that today as well. Not a big ME listener, but that was a fantastic interview/podcast.
jeffpg
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It's WAY cool!
I already said this elsewhere, but
The song, the story, and the man Gordon Lightfoot himself have always intrigued me... it doesn't get much better than this.
BAKPAKR
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Gordon Lightfoot might have sang about it, but Great Lakes Brewing Co. brewed a porter (and borrowed from Gordon’s lyrics).
Gellar
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I’ve had it. It’s not bad.
BAKPAKR
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I tried it during my porter experimentation period, and agree.
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El Jason
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Listening to it now…
geetar
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Me too. It is pretty good. Such a fascinating story.
