[Squawk 8888]

There is a family connection for me; my uncle was Lightfoot's manager in the 1960s and 1970s, and Gord later bankrolled Attic Music, my uncle's record label.

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[ifinnegan]

Didn’t he do the Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald?

The legend goes round from the Chippewa on down and something about Lake Gitcheegoomie.

[stevio]

Jeez, after going to the Huffington Post and scrolling down, I feel like I need a shower.

[ex91B10]

Chick tunes.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Carefree highway, I love that freakin song. It reminds me so much of the time my car broke down in the backwoods of Alabama in the 1970s and all I had was my handheld transistor radio, and I was stripped to my shorts walking to the nearest gas station and that song came on and I got one of the few times in my life that feeling of pure bliss. To this day I can remember every step, the dirt road, the woods, sitting on a log to rest, and I had this starving obsession with hard boiled eggs “Oh with salt! Oh!”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewhM7I9gD4U

[bobo1]

Still have some of his recordings & that of Ian & Sylvia.

Saw him in college in concert early 70’s

[x1stcav]

‘The Edmund Fitzgerald’ and ‘The Circle is Small’.

My favorites.

[x1stcav]

‘The Edmund Fitzgerald’ and ‘The Circle is Small’.

My favorites.

[SeeSharp]

[BudgieRamone]

Thanks for posting. Gordon Lightfoot’s music is some that I remember from my earliest childhood memories.

[Scrambler Bob]

M4L

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

Very beautiful, humane and intelligent songs. Countercultural in their day. Thank you, Gordon.

[Gamecock]

I thought Gordon Lightfoot was a boat.

[niteowl77]

He may not agree, but I think some of Gordon Lightfoot's recordings from the mid-1960's hold up remarkably well (and this is coming from someone who still HATES most "folk music" of that era). In fact, I was just listening to the Bear Family Records reissue "Lightfoot!/The Way I Feel" CD on my way home from work tonight.

Good stuff.

Mr. niteowl77

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

I've loved his music since I was 5 years old.

My current favorite:

Hi'way Songs

[LongWayHome]

Nice to see him out there still working. I seen him in a small opera house back in the 80s.

[Sawdring]

Whenever we drive up the North Shore from Duluth to the Canadian border I always sing the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald to the wife. I love that song and for that area to at.

[PGalt]

Great post. Thanks. Timeless music. Incredible singer/songwriter.

[Fast Moving Angel]

Always loved his music. Canadian Railroad Trilogy was my favorite. Thanks for posting this.

[Snowyman]

Back in November 1967 or ‘68 deer season was over and I stopped at the LCBO on Lakeshore Dr. in North Bay on the way home. There he was , standing in front of the whiskey section , a bottle in each hand. He played that night at the North Bay arena .