"THE WRECK OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD" GORDON LIGHTFOOT . . . . SINCE READING A POST FROM DIESEL AT ZON I CAN'T GET THIS HAUNTING TUNE OUT OF MY SCONE . . . . FROM WHAT I REMEMBER IT WAS RELEASED IN 1976, ONLY A YEAR AFTER THE TRAGEDY OF THE FITZGERALD'S DISAPPEARANCE . . . . EVEN HERE IN OZ, THE SENSE OF MYSTERY AND FOREBODING IN THIS SEA SHANTY WAS INESCAPABLE.

IT STILL GIVES ME GOOSEBUMPS NOW, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF DIESEL'S POST . . . . THE GREAT LAKES, MORE LIKE AN INLAND OCEAN TO ME . . . . GREAT CLIP OF THE SHIP, THE SEAS AND THE TUNE . . . . MEN WHO GO DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS.