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| Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian Folk Singer-Songwriter, Dies at 84 |
| 2023-05-02 |
| By Chris Morris [Variety] Singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, the Canadian folk music laureate who crossed over to major pop fame in the U.S. during the ‘70s, died Monday evening at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto. He was 84 years old. Lightfoot’s death was confirmed by his longtime agent, Victoria Lord. Lightfoot rose to prominence in the mid-‘60s, penning such folk standards as “Early Morning Rain” (a major hit for the Canadian folk duo Ian and Sylvia Tyson), “For Loving Me” and “Ribbon of Darkness,” as well as the ambitious “Canadian Railroad Trilogy,” a sort of Northern equivalent to Mickey Newbury’s “American Trilogy.” Read the rest at the link |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #6 Storms on the water make you know how small you truly are. Fair winds and following seas to Gordon. RIP |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-05-02 12:38 |
| #5 I worked labor offloading ore boats that traveled the freshwater inland seas from north Wisconsin to the steel ports of south Lake Michigan. Big boats, dirty wet job. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-05-02 09:47 |
| #4 |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-05-02 09:40 |
| #3 ...where the rats run around like they own the place Think he might have been commenting on D.C. |
| Posted by: Warthog 2023-05-02 08:31 |
| #2 When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck Sayin', "Fellas, it's too rough to feed ya" At 7 p.m. a main hatchway caved in He said, "Fellas, it's been good to know ya" |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-05-02 07:32 |
| #1 A major part of my childhood's soundtrack. RIP, Gord. Mike |
| Posted by: MikeKozlowski 2023-05-02 07:03 |