RIP Gordon Lightfoot
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Riding on the carefree highway tonight. Great singer songwriter.
Some great singer-songwriters from that era are gone. Gordon Lightfoot, Harry Chapin, Jim Croce were some of my favorites.
Lightfoot's "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" is my favorite folk song. He was a brilliant songwriter.
If you could read my mind love what a tale my thoughts could tell.
Wow
also Edmund Fitzgerald one of my favorite songs when it came out.
rest in peace
Wow
also Edmund Fitzgerald one of my favorite songs when it came out.
rest in peace
A wonderful musician has left us. Rest In Peace Gordon Lightfoot.
Wow, I just watched a documentary about his life and music this weekend. Interesting guy, talented as a kid. Canadian legend.
Gordon Lightfoot was a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who had a net worth of $40 million at the time of his death in May 2023. Gordon rose to fame in the 1960s and 70s as a pioneering folk-popartist.
I had the pleasure of seeing him in concert in the later 90's at the Pgh's South Side "amphitheater." His voice was tremendous but for some reason, his movements were closer to those of Joe Cocker's. My clue as to what was up was the fact that he was wearing brand new jean pants and shirt. At the first break, he went off-stage and changed into a much more worn and comfortable-looking jean's outfit. Suddenly - end of mobility problems! I laughed for halfways through the next song.
What a great balladeer! RIP Gordon
What a great balladeer! RIP Gordon
I have a friend who says they used to clear out their frat parties by playing the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald to kill the party mood.
Beam Hall was a good dorm. I lived on the 2nd floor. Close to all my classes. I liked North Halls. For dorms in the 80's it was one of the best.
Probably not the last time I make a joke in poor taste.
Turning back the pages to the times I love best
I wonder if she'll ever do the same?
Now the thing that I call living
Is just being satisfied
With knowing I got no one left to blame
I wonder if she'll ever do the same?
Now the thing that I call living
Is just being satisfied
With knowing I got no one left to blame
"Laughing eyes and smiling face
It seems so lucky just to have the right
Of telling you with all my might
You're beautiful tonight"
When they held the funeral for the sailors on the Edmund Fitzgerald in Detroit, the church bells rang 29 times (once for each sailor, as mentioned in the song's lyrics).
Last week, the church bells rang 30 times - once for each sailors and once for Lightfoot.
Last week, the church bells rang 30 times - once for each sailors and once for Lightfoot.
whenever I take my boat thru the Robert C Byrd locks , the lock master will radio and ask if I've ever done this before,
to which I respond, 'Captain and crew well seasoned, sir' I am not sure they get it though.