Darren Muljo was in elementary school when his teacher asked the students in his class to pick a song they wanted to learn to play.
“When I first heard the news, it went through me like the ship sank all over again,” Deborah Champeau said by phone from Nashotah, Wis.
Champeau was 17 her father died. Oliver Champeau was a third assistant engineer on the Great Lakes ore freighter. Lightfoot would often read newspapers and watch newscasts, which provided fodder for his deeply autobiographical storytelling.Though some elements of the song deviated from the disaster, Lightfoot was adamant in writing lyrics as accurate as could be.Article contentMuljo’s mother was initially upset when she first caught wind about the song.
In 2015, Lightfoot joined families at the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum in Whitefish Point for the 40th anniversary of the shipwreck.Article content
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