On November 10, 1975, Edmund Fitzgerald sank during a storm on Lake Superior. This was the worst loss on the Great Lakes, as the crew of all 29 sailors perished along with the $24 million freighter and a cache of 26 tons of iron ore.
This maritime tragedy was immortalized in the song “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”, which was written and composed by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot in 1976.
On the eve of Veterans Day, as we also celebrate the anniversary of the U.S. Marine Corps, it is worthy to toll the bell of honor 29 times for the valor of the lost crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
While the classic Gordon Lightfoot song has been covered many times, few others catch the haunting nature of the harrowing tale than the Dandy Warhol's Black Album version.
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