Gord's one of my all-time favorite artists, too. If You Could Read My Mind still gives me chills every time I listen to it. And like you, Sundown is one of my top ten favorite albums of all time.Gord has likely had as many spins in our house as any artist!
I love his music and always will. I’ll be kind and just say that his personal life was “messy.” There’s no question that the man left behind an incredible musical legacy. Given prolific and exceptional artists like Gord, Joni and Neil, I often wonder what’s in the Canadian water.
Tim Bachman and Gordon Lightfoot in the same week. What a loss for Canada and for music everywhere.
As soon as I saw the topic, The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald started playing in my head.Not the highest profile singer-songwriter, but one of the best and one that was truly admired by his peers, which is high praise. His two CD-4 LPs were must haves in the quad era and still sought out by many. He will be missed for sure.
His tunes defied logic sometimes, as how could such a long song about a ship sinking in the great lakes become a monster hit on crowded AM radio? The answer was simple: Gordon!
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