the rheostatics sang the wreck of the edmund fitzgerald, released in 1975.
the rheostatics sang the wreck of the edmund fitzgerald, released in 1975.
who sang the wreck of the edmund fitzgerald, released in 1975?
the rheostatics
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"the wreck of the "edmund fitzgerald" is a song written, composed, and performed by canadian singer-songwriter gordon lightfoot to commemorate the sinking of the bulk carrier ss "edmund fitzgerald" on lake superior on november 10, 1975. lightfoot drew his inspiration from "newsweek" article on the event, "the cruelest month", which it published in its november 24, 1975, issue. lightfoot considers this song to be his finest work.
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macinnis led another series of dives in 1995 to salvage the bell from "edmund fitzgerald". the sault tribe of chippewa indians backed the expedition by co-signing a loan in the amount of $250,000. canadian engineer phil nuytten's atmospheric diving suit, known as the "newtsuit," was used to retrieve the bell from the ship, replace it with a replica, and put a beer can in "edmund fitzgerald"s pilothouse. that same year, terrence tysall and mike zee set multiple records when they used trimix gas to scuba dive to "edmund fitzgerald". the pair are the only people known to have touched the "edmund fitzgerald" wreck. they also set records for the deepest scuba dive on the great lakes and the deepest shipwreck dive, and were the first divers to reach "edmund fitzgerald" without the aid of a submersible. it took six minutes to reach the wreck, six minutes to survey it, and three hours to resurface to avoid decompression sickness, also known as "the bends."
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