[shadowlands1960]

"...Sundown, you better take care...."

[married21]

Beautiful.

[SpaceBar]

And we’re still in the middle of a recession.

[RckyRaCoCo]

My youth, growing up in the Detroit area...listening to CKLW.

[RedMonqey]

Great singer when singers actually wrote and played their songs without “digital enhancements”.

[OttawaFreeper]

Well, last week I did a thread here on the Edmund Fitzgerald complete with link to the Lightfoot song on YouTube.

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

Very nicely done. Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is one of the truly great folk songs. I don’t listen to the radio often, but if that comes on, I always stop and listen.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

My favorite singer.

[circlecity]

A great singer for what that’s worth. A great carpenter and plumber made more difference in my life. But nobody has ever heard of him.

[GoldenPup]

“...the legend lives on...

[Boogieman]

Norm MacDonald’s impression of Gordon Lightfoot singing “Maggie May” (the Rod Stewart song):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIK_0pCfppA

[DesertRhino]

I like him… relaxing and thoughtful music.

[Roccus]

That man wrote some beautiful love songs.
His RR trilgy wasn’t too shabby either.

[Larry Lucido]

He should get together with Edmund Fitzgerald and write something about the winds of November.

[Migraine]

“It’s 10 degrees or colder down by Boulder Dam today”, so happy birthday to a genius.

[Blurb2350]

SCTV did a wonderful spoof of a K-tel commercial (remember those?): “Gordon Lightfoot sings every song ever written!” Then they rattled off dozens of songs — pop tunes, carols, opera, hymns, jump-rope ditties — with Lightfoot’s distinctive voice droning snippets as the titles scrolled by in Starwars fashion. The 3,000-CD set was offered at the low, low price of $39.95 in five easy payments of $7.99 — or something like that.

[AppyPappy]

I heard a musician sing “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” in the Chippewa language but I only understood one word.

[Levy78]

didn’t know he was still alive...

[GunRunner]

Love Mr. Lightfoot. The Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald and Sundown are on my lake dock playlist every time we have a relaxing weekend.

[Rummyfan]

Still traveling down that carefree highway.

[Qiviut]

Happy Birthday, GL!!

I LOVE his music ... this is my very favorite - so beautiful:

Song for a Winter’s Night
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRIlTvYp0ok