[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Gordon Lightfoot[/lastfm]‘s biggest  hit of the bi-centennial was about a true incident that had happened the year before.  It was about a vessel  named after a Milwaukee civic leader that sank in Lake Superior and the song is one of my Turntable Tuesday hits I’ll be playing today.   the true story was fresh in people’s minds, so he had to get it right.