Members LeftyTom Posted January 14, 2010 Members Share Posted January 14, 2010 Winston-Salem NC, at the Stevens Center. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hoople Head Posted January 14, 2010 Members Share Posted January 14, 2010 Sundown FTW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Haden Olmsted Posted January 14, 2010 Members Share Posted January 14, 2010 didnt GL do Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fretmonster Posted January 14, 2010 Members Share Posted January 14, 2010 Finally saw him a couple years ago and gotta say that he's still got it though probably not to the extent of a Dave Mason, Eric Burden or Don Mclean who I've also seen recently. His voice seems a bit weaker. He does seem to be holding up better than guys like Merle Haggard and John Prine however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members VanR Posted January 14, 2010 Members Share Posted January 14, 2010 "If You Could Read My Mind" is probably one of my favorite songs ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members buchanan-d Posted January 14, 2010 Members Share Posted January 14, 2010 He is great, Spanish Moss is a killer tune, from Summertime Breeze lp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ΨWindingΨ Posted January 14, 2010 Members Share Posted January 14, 2010 One of my all time favorite singers. Him, Harry Chapin and Jim Croce made up the big 3 imho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaleH Posted January 14, 2010 Members Share Posted January 14, 2010 Black Day in July Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ΨWindingΨ Posted January 14, 2010 Members Share Posted January 14, 2010 One we should never forget is Dan Fogelberg. RIP Dan, loved your music too. [YOUTUBE]IhjYbfK9vrk[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members favata5 Posted January 15, 2010 Members Share Posted January 15, 2010 Winston-Salem NC, at the Stevens Center. Talk about a living legend!good stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members headless Posted January 15, 2010 Members Share Posted January 15, 2010 Good to hear that Gordon is still alive! He's one of my favorite song-writers. Funny story: A couple of young LDS missionaries were in my neighborhood, and I struck-up a conversation with them, asking where it was that they were from. One of the fellows was from Canada, and I asked if had heard much from Gordon Lightfoot lately (I had heard Gordon was ill). The LDS fellow had no idea who I was talking about. I guess he's young, and it would be a bit like expecting a 19 year-old from the states to answer a question about Arlow Guthrie. But I would have figured that Gordon must be a Canadian national institution, akin to Sinatra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jamdogg Posted January 15, 2010 Members Share Posted January 15, 2010 I boiled a 5lb lobster for Gordon back in '85. True story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members headless Posted January 15, 2010 Members Share Posted January 15, 2010 I boiled a 5lb lobster for Gordon back in '85. True story. If that's some sort of dirty euphemism, I don't get it. /darn kids, with there dirty euphemisms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bluesidae Posted January 15, 2010 Members Share Posted January 15, 2010 Cool. Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell and Neil Young. Great Canadians who all got their start at around the same time. I should also add Robbie Robertson! Oh Canada... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IdaCrue Posted January 15, 2010 Members Share Posted January 15, 2010 I saw Gordon in 2008 .....You are in for a treat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Glenn F Posted January 15, 2010 Members Share Posted January 15, 2010 I've enjoyed Lightfoot's music since I was a kid, listening to my older brother's records. The guy is in his 70's, and he's done some hard drinking, so it isn't surprising his voice isn't what it was. Still, I'd love to see him. I really only started to rediscover his stuff a few years ago. I went off folk music for a long time. It was nice to hear his stuff from a fresh vantage point, and hear that his music still holds up very well today. Other great Canadian musicians from that era; Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings, from The Guess Who. Cheers, Glenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members newbuilder Posted January 15, 2010 Members Share Posted January 15, 2010 I am boiling my lobster right now? I grew up with my parents listening to Gordon and love his music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mockchoi Posted January 15, 2010 Members Share Posted January 15, 2010 Geez, I sure thought he was dead. Maybe I confused him with Jim Croce. Glad he's still alive and performing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tommy tunes Posted January 15, 2010 Members Share Posted January 15, 2010 Yeah, Gord's tunes do hold up well. I'm almost done with my CD of his tunes. It should show up on CD BABY in early March. If any of you die hard Gord fans pm me with your snail mail address you may get a freebie from me so I can get some feedback from you. Man, mechanical licensing is expensive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RufusFussbuster Posted January 15, 2010 Members Share Posted January 15, 2010 Early Morning Rain is one of those songs that always just grabs me. I can listen to that song on repeat for a while. "Well the liquor tasted good And the women all were fast" His music pretty much kicks ass. I'ma listen to that on the drive home. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jamdogg Posted January 15, 2010 Members Share Posted January 15, 2010 If that's some sort of dirty euphemism, I don't get it. /darn kids, with there dirty euphemisms. no it is a true story. and i have 3 kids of my own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members headless Posted January 16, 2010 Members Share Posted January 16, 2010 no it is a true story. and i have 3 kids of my own. Pardon my defensiveness. But every since I shared the story about how, when I worked in a restaurant in Vegas, I tossed Liberace's salad...things just haven't been the same.More on-topic:I always thought that Gordon's lyric from, "Wherefore and Why" would be a good quote for a funeral memorial:"Then all at once it came to me, I saw the whereforeAnd you can see it if you tryIt's in the sun above, it's in the one you loveYou'll never know the reason why" /we shall not speak of his Disco-period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jamdogg Posted January 16, 2010 Members Share Posted January 16, 2010 Pardon my defensiveness. But every since I shared the story about how, when I worked in a restaurant in Vegas, I tossed Liberace's salad...things just haven't been the same. No worries. On a side note, I also cooked for the Fabulous T-birds and John Oates. He was upset the waitress did not recognize him.Not trying to hijack the thread. I love Gordon, he was a really cool guy and during his meal took time to take pics with everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ihavenofish Posted January 16, 2010 Members Share Posted January 16, 2010 Geez, I sure thought he was dead. Maybe I confused him with Jim Croce. Glad he's still alive and performing! you arent confused. he was very sick a few years back and everyone was amazed he lived through it. he was in a coma for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members headless Posted February 19, 2010 Members Share Posted February 19, 2010 Geez, I sure thought he was dead.... You're not the only one: http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2010/02/18/lightfoot-alive.html?ref=rss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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