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Originally Posted by Matty22
Les, you were talking in the intro forum a few days ago, about posting a recording of a Lightfoot tune about "a big lake they call Gitche Gumee", if you know the one,
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The song that references "Gitche Gumee" is "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald". No doubt a classic Lightfoot tune and probably that which has made GL as famous as he is, next to Sundown and Canadian Railroad Trilogy.
The song I had originally thought of was "Couchiching" from GL's last album, Harmony.
The Wreck, is a fairly simple tune. It's rather long at six and a half minutes. And while the melody is haunting and the words incredibly as well as impeccably written, there is little room for extraneous guitar work.
But I'm good to go on the acoustic 12 and vocals and/or harmonies. If RB could step up to the plate with his lap steel that would be very cool. Electic guitars could trade licks between the verses. Just a note though, the GL band used a synth on this tune but I'm sure our combined musical prowess could remedy that.
RB's good with drum tracks too!
Beats per minute @ 92/93.
If any one wants to co-lab on The Wreck and needs to hear the song, PM me and I'll put up a special link to it.
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