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02-05-2008, 06:03 PM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: WI | | | Gordon Lightfoot's bassist on The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald?
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Who was the bassist on The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald? Both versions the same guy? (you know, the one with the electric guitar parts and the other with the keyboards).
If anyone could tell me that would be cool.
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02-05-2008, 06:42 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | | Sorry, I don't know the answer but you sure got my attention! I thought you meant he was on the vessel! 
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02-05-2008, 06:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Winnipeg, Canada | | The bassist's name is Rick Haynes - he's been playing with Lightfoot since 1968.
Had the chance to him in concert last year (looks like it'll be one of Gord's last tours)... Absolutely the BEST backing band I have EVER seen.
Each member of that band could have walked all over Lightfoot live, but every one of them held back and supported the artist. The bassist and drummer were so tight and in the pocket that it sounded like a machine...
THAT comes from years and years of working together... 
Here's a link if you want more info: http://www.lightfoot.ca/profiles.htm
Thanx!!!
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02-05-2008, 07:49 PM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: WI | | Quote:
Originally Posted by dmq89  The bassist's name is Rick Haynes - he's been playing with Lightfoot since 1968.
Had the chance to him in concert last year (looks like it'll be one of Gord's last tours)... Absolutely the BEST backing band I have EVER seen.
Each member of that band could have walked all over Lightfoot live, but every one of them held back and supported the artist. The bassist and drummer were so tight and in the pocket that it sounded like a machine...
THAT comes from years and years of working together...
Here's a link if you want more info: http://www.lightfoot.ca/profiles.htm
Thanx!!! | Hey thanks for the info I appreciate it! |
02-05-2008, 08:14 PM
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gordon rules
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02-05-2008, 09:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Chicago, IL | | | I love the lead guitar line in that song its ****ing badass. |
02-05-2008, 09:44 PM
|  | BassMonkey | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Huntsville AL | | WOW! Never thought I would see love for Gordon on a bass forum. Makes me laugh, because our guitarist and I love him, and the other two guys in the band despise him  Lightfoot rules! |
02-05-2008, 10:11 PM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: WI | | | That song is sacred in these parts, due to the significance of Great Lakes shipping in this area. The Fitzgerald was even titled under Milwaukee, WI. |
02-05-2008, 10:33 PM
|  | Evil Alien | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sacramento, CA | | | ha, at my band's last practice I remarked that we should cover that tune
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02-06-2008, 06:37 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Winnipeg, Canada | | Yeah, Gord's definitely getting on in years... He had a severe stomach problem a few years back, forcing him to cancel a tour.
"Three Chord Gord" they used to call him... He was very arrogant as a young performer. Sometimes he would barely acknowledge the audience! 
But his talent as a songwriter is unparallelled - many of his tunes have been covered by top 40 artists, including Elvis.
But to see him perform "Edmund Fitzgerald " live - it gave me chills... And that lead guitar line IS smokin'!!! 
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