"Canadian folk music icon Gordon Lightfoot, whose evocative and poetic songs are etched into the musical landscape of Canada, has died at the age of 84, according to his longtime publicist Victoria Lord.
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Gordon Lightfoot dead at 84.
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I saw Lightfoot at Stagecoach in 2018, I believe. He was excellent, and he sang an extended version of "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" which was very emotional. He was Canada's folk troubadour. Farewell, Gordon.
This one was hard to take. I grew up listening to his music, and even had the chance to see him in concert back in 2011. I always collected records, even as a young person growing up in the 2010s. I’m pretty sure I had all of his records, some coming from the record store, and others coming from my mom and dad. Rest in peace to a true icon!
It had at least an additional verse about the native American legend about the "lake they call Gitchegumee". Some of the other verses were extended, such as the one about the mariner museum in Detroit.
I read the whole story of the shipwreck, and went to Sault Ste. Marie, MI., where one of the Fitzgerald's lifeboats was displayed. All due to the emotion Lightfoot's song brought me.
"Early Morning Rain" is underrated
Kind of rolling my eyes at the idea of a "yacht rock legend," as I've always thought of the term "yacht rock" as a snarky, semi-pejorative description of breezy, substance-free light pop/rock. Christopher Cross, sure. Player, for sure. Michael McDonald, yup. But Gordon Lightfoot hardly fits the mold. Which songs of his do "yacht rock" programmers mix in with the usual soft AC staples?
Oh, wow, he did lots of good songs.
We were able to play at least 40 minutes’ worth of songs on our show today.
Thank you for sharing this song, Time Warp!
Fosalie Tromble, famed CKLW music director found "Wreck" on A Midsummer Night's Dream"while she was trying to fill a CanCon spot on The Big 8 playlist. She. had the production staff perform an edit, and started playing it. The response caused the record company to release CKLW's edited version (still around 5 1/2 minutes) as a single. That song could have remained an obscure album cut were it not for Rosalie
Gordon Lightfoot wasn't really known as a political protest singer like so many folk singers of his era, but "Black Day in July" about the Detroit race riots has to rank among the best of the genre.
He was still touring about a year ago. A class act and excellent artist...
We were planning to see him at a nearby venue, but put off getting tickets for some unknown reason, and I think it was only about 3 days later it was reported that he had passed away! He was a true treasure.. the Voice of Canada, and for those of us who grew up listening to him he was our own voice as well...
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We lost another giant from the singer/songwriter top shelf this past week. Gordon Lightfoot made it to the ripe old age of 84, so unlike some from his generation, he was able to live a full long life. Too many others were taken well before their time and left us only to imagine what other […]
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