Posted on 05/01/2023 6:48:41 PM PDT by Drew68
Legendary Canadian folk singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot has died at age 84.
Victoria Lord, a representative for the family, says the musician behind classic Canadian ballads "Early Morning Rain" and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" died at a Toronto hospital on Monday evening.
His cause of death was not immediately available.
The Orillia, Ont., native rose to fame in the early 1960s after a move to Toronto opened doors in the thriving Yorkville music scene, and hooked him up with fellow folkies Ian and Sylvia Tyson. They became great admirers of his work and covered two of his tracks.
His 1965 debut album "Lightfoot!" ushered in a new folk voice and by the turn of the decade he eased rather effortlessly into the pop scene, making his first appearance on the Billboard chart with 1971's "If You Could Read My Mind."
Lightfoot's popularity peaked in the mid-1970s when both his single and album "Sundown" topped Billboard -- his first and only time doing so.
But his chart positions did little to slow him down in the final decades of his career when he built a reputation as one of the stalwart road musicians, in spite of various health challenges.
My favorite. RIP.
Damn. RIP
RIP. He had a lot of really good tunes most artists would be jealous of, but one stunning, haunting tune in particular he will be remembered for.
He won’t be creating round my back stairs.....
If you could read my mind
https://youtu.be/v5tr_L31StI
(Creeping)
My long-time girlfriend gave him a homemade stained glass art piece.
So sad, he is wonderful, very upsetting
Awwww man. RIP... such peaceful music that could truly transport you somewhere far away.
I think that was ‘creeping’.
He was one of my favorites, a true ‘troubadour’.
I was just singing “Sundown” to myself yesterday while reading something about Biden
Nuts…
Not great news to end the day with.
RIP
Sundown
https://youtu.be/kv8zyBi4ZXk
RIP. The world just lost a great artist.
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down....
“Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?”
Thanks for the music Mr. Lightfoot.
Well, at 84, he had a great run.
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