Punch Brothers cover Gordon Lightfoot "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" 3/3/22 Boston, MA. This is a very moving cover of this Lightfoot song. The Edmund Fitzgerald sank during a storm on Lake Superior on November 10, 1975, killing all 29 aboard. One year later Lightfoot's song came out. I was 26 at the time and this story and song had a great impact on me.