One of my favorite performers growing up. His iconic “Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” captures the tragedy like no other.
Would love to see him in concert.
I love Carefree Highway.
Just like a paperback novel, the kind that the bookstores sell
Happy birthday, Mr. Lightfoot.
My dad was a Gordon Lightfoot fan. When he died, one of the few possessions he had saved was a GL cassette.
The day after he died, “Carefree Highway” came on the radio and it encapsulated my feelings perfectly at that moment.
Happy birthday Gordon Lightfoot
The male Anne Murray.
He has always been one of my favorites.
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Main difference between Lightfoot and Dylan is the fact that I can understand Gordon. Dylan? Not so much.
Ribbon of Darkness. Did She Mention My Name. Beautiful. Early Morning Rain. The man wrote some great songs. If You Could Read My Mind is one of the first songs I remember loving as a small children. I think it was the imagery of a ghost from a wishing well in a castle dark.
Gordo’s songs were used on two memorable occasions on The Blacklist (Sundown and If You Could Read My Mind).
“Except Gord’s life is not a fabrication. He is who he is. Bob Dylan is a complete myth.”
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Woah. That’s quite a statement.
My mom has picked this song from Lightfoot for my dad’s funeral in August. She heard it on a movie and wrote it down. I was pleasantly surprised because she has dementia, but I think she did pretty well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHQHlId-gT4
Happy Birthday Mr. Lightfoot. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald and If You Could Read My Mind are 2 of my all-time favorite songs. I still have the 45rpm of If You Could Read My Mind.......both in their own ways are very powerful songs.
Rainbow Trout, Rainyday People. Last time is saw him on TV he looked like death warmed over.
His “Don Quixote” inspired me as a youngster. “Through the woodlands, through the valleys, comes a horseman wild and free ...”
My father (RIP) sang his song, “Beautiful” at my wedding. GL really isn’t one of my favorite performers, but he is a good songwriter and I think that particular song *is* beautiful.
His kazoo-like nasal singing voice was never a big favorite of mine. Some years ago Lightfoot did a show in Grand Rapids, but he didn't like Jonathan Edwards as the opening act , due to the song "Shanty" (known for decades as "the Friday song") and got him removed from the bill.