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Old 05-01-2023, 07:53 PM   #1
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Default Canadian folk music icon Gordon Lightfoot dead at 84
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainmen...dead-1.6828991

If anyone deserves their own thread it's a legend like Gordon. RIP to a master songwriter.
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Old 05-01-2023, 07:59 PM   #2
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A Canadian legend. He had a way with words. RIP Gordon
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I posted this in the other thread. With Belafonte also passing this week, I thought it would be appropriate to post this:



It's a beautiful cover of a Gordon Lightfoot song. Lightfoot has to be one of the most covered artists from that era.
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So fortunate to have seen him in concert prior to Covid. I was probably one of ten people under 50 in attendance, but he was still fantastic to hear live.


RIP Gordon.
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Old 05-01-2023, 08:08 PM   #6
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Very sad. A truly iconic songwriter. Glad I got to see him live at the Jubilee.

Black Day in July. A great historical/social song. The drummer rips it up. Much of the lyric is as relevant today as when it was written. RIP Gordon.

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RIP Gordon.

My favorite. Just hits the right spot for me. Folklore that was pretty much made up about an early Canada, yet still feels authentic. A country that lacks deep history needs story tellers like Gordon.

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One of the top 3, if not the best solo artist in Canadian History, IMO

Going to go listen to The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald now.
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The legend lives on:
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Canadian legend. Rest in peace, Gordon Lightfoot!
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John McDermott does an excellent rendition of Gordon Lightfoot's song "Song for a winters night" RIP Gord!

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This one is a gut punch.

Brilliant artist.
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And now for something completely different...



I still can't believe he granted them permission. *shudder*
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As a fellow "Rainy Day Person" I fully identify with this song.

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Sundown and Early Morning Rain are two of my favorite songs of all time.

Thanks for the art, Gord.
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overly technical. Watch at your own discretion.
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A true Canadian legend whose reach extended far beyond Canada. People that know music appreciate Gordon Lightfoot.

Our Bob Dylan, with a much more beautiful voice. May he rest in peace.
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A true Canadian legend, and one of the most influential songwriters ever. He might also be one of the most covered artists of all time.

Just a few of my favorite Lightfoot covers:












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RIP Gordon.

My favorite. Just hits the right spot for me. Folklore that was pretty much made up about an early Canada, yet still feels authentic. A country that lacks deep history needs story tellers like Gordon.
The very first album I bought with my own money. Still one of the greatest! I've seen him SO often, from the little Kee to Bala, to Convocation Hall at U of T, to the Jube in Calgary...over a 50+year span.

Just heartbroken and in tears right now.
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