The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald...

[Keith Erickson]

I actually picked up my six string the other day and jammed to the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (all 75 verses) . A favorite of mine since I was 6 or 7 years old.

I was actually thinking out loud and I'm curious what this tune would sound like on the Mandolin.

We will be moving into our new home tomorrow. When I get settled, maybe "The Wreck..." will be the first song I jam to on the mandolin in our new abode.

[luckylarue]

Tony Rice did an album of all Lightfoot songs several years ago. Not sure if The Wreck is on it, but could provide some good ideas for interpretation.

[telepbrman]

It is on Chruch Street Blues...last track on the cd, I think they list it as a bonus track...anyhow, way cool and a great idea to jam on, keep us posted, and I myself may eyeball that tune.

It kind of brings up the idea of songwriter type tunes, ones not all up on the instrument playing, but more of the lyric, tone, tune, and feeling/message. I was thinking of some Cat Stevens, Father and Son, Trouble, or some of Neil Young's vibe, Harvest, Comes a Time....later, dy.

[keith_rowan]

i grew up on lake erie, i'm a long way from there now, but that tune always brings me back... been trying to get my friend's band to play it for years!

i was just thinkin of some john prine tunes that i'd like to learn

kr

[Chris "Bucket" Thomas]

Memories………

I remember exactly what two adult songs captivated me as a 7 or 8 year old (and playing them over and over and over on my Dad’s reel to reel)…….

1. The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald (I still remember the conversation when my Dad told me what it was about)
2. Green Back Dollar by the Kingston Trio

I still love them both.

Chris

[ira]

tab? chords?

[Moose]

"...the wine remembers." - Well, let's not go there right now ; I'm at work!!??##... hee.. hee.

[s1m0n]

Asus2......Em
The leg.. Chipp..

G............D.....Asus2
Big lake...call..Gumee

........gives up..
........Em

....skies...(no)vember...gloomy
....G...............D........Asus2

Hope that's legible.

* oh yeah - courtesy OLGA some years back

[jefflester]

Not sure who all is playing (or singing) this version, but it's from the Folkwest Festival Cruise 2 years ago and is available on Bluegrassbox:
Bluegrass Cruise Jam 1-24-03

And I really like it.

[Raven]

I play in a Progressive Celtic band and we do a song that is strangely similar to "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"

"I wish I was back home in Derry" written at least 150 years ago. Has anyone else heard this song?

Peace

M

[Stephanie Reiser]

I have been playing the Canadian Railroad Trilogy lately on mando. But it still sounds best on 12-string guitar. I love lightfoot.
Stephanie

[Klaus Wutscher]

Raven- Yes, I know that one and I was thinking the same thing. But then again, I think I recalled that "back home in Derry " was not traditional and was written by ....Christy Moore maybe? Don´t quote me on that , though. To think of it, that song has a "neo-folk" vibe to me that I can´t totally explain. Great song though. And Lightfoot, well, songwriting doesn´t come better than that (only different)