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what are the boards thoughts on Gordon Lightfoot?

Posted on 7/3/15 at 11:13 pm
Posted by JumpingTheShark
America
Member since Nov 2012
22903 posts
Posted on 7/3/15 at 11:13 pm
Apart from being Sirius XM station 32 The Bridge's most played artist. I really like Sundown a lot. First GL song I ever heard was Edmund Fitzgerald in maybe 3rd grade during Music class.
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
260576 posts
Posted on 7/3/15 at 11:41 pm to
Still love The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald no matter how many times I hear.
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
164137 posts
Posted on 7/3/15 at 11:49 pm to
He's good
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
27969 posts
Posted on 7/4/15 at 12:04 am to
Powerful Dude, If You Could Read My Mind..one of the best songs ever, his acoustic rhythm groove has been rare in music,but he was disciplined enough to do it. He and Tony Rice are friends, that says a lot.
I love his music.
Posted by olddawg26
Member since Jan 2013
24586 posts
Posted on 7/4/15 at 1:17 am to
Incredible song writer. Right up there with the best of them imo. I know every bar fly guitarist plays it but the wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald so hauntingly beautiful. Plus the dude reminds me of my dad.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81635 posts
Posted on 7/4/15 at 7:57 am to
quote:

The Bridge's most played artist
Is that true? I do see him come up a lot. I rarely change the channel. His best known songs are incredible.
Posted by Honest Tune
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2011
15605 posts
Posted on 7/4/15 at 10:32 am to
He's a Canadian national treasure. A songwriter second to none. More than likely woke many a loved woman up early on a Sunday morning with a hot cup of coffee and a personal rendition of Sundown as she slipped on her faded jeans and realized she had, indeed, made sweet honey with Gordon fricking Lightfoot.

He wrote WOTEF on a napkin on an airplane after he heard the news.
Posted by Thurber
NWLA
Member since Aug 2013
15402 posts
Posted on 7/4/15 at 4:02 pm to
I'm a fan
Posted by Kashmir
Member since Dec 2014
7666 posts
Posted on 7/5/15 at 12:23 pm to
like!
Posted by percy
Member since Nov 2013
314 posts
Posted on 7/6/15 at 12:36 am to
The song "Sundown" was written about his girlfriend (at the time) Cathy Smith. Years later Cathy Smith became famous for shooting up John Belushi with speedballs and killing him. By the way, I read a rumor that she is now the singer of a rock band that primarily plays in the Baton Rouge area. Anyone know any information about that band?
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