Hey, has anyone heard that Gord didn't write the melody for "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald?"
It came as news to me! I was looking up some old articles of Gord and I came across this link to a band called Hip. They were talking about picking up some hitchhikers in their tour bus while they were in Ireland and "Wreck" came over the radio.
The hitchers were shocked to hear it and claimed the music was an old Derry folk tune which had been sung by prisoners on the chain gang there.
Has anyone heard this? I know, it's the first I have. As far as I know, Gord's never said anything about it.
I can copy the article in here if anyone wants to read it. It's just a short clip.
LAMS
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