BREAKING - Gordon Lightfoot dead at 84

I remember him, and love his music ! R.I.P.

Sundown.

I like to play both of these at the same time. Turn off sound on the movie,
restart it and start song when you first see the train then fill movie screen.

Damn that really sucks. First song I ever learned on guitar when I was a kid was “in the early morning rain”. Gordon was a massive talent and I’m super bummed that he is dead.

His music allowed me to understand that a man can be heartbroken. I had always perceived that weakness.

Interesting, he was in that age group of people that helped me most in life. To this day three of my most respected friends are in that age group, one of them, an old welder, no longer knows my name, but greets me like family when I check in on him.

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Very sad news. If you could read my mind is my favorite song. Probably the best song ever written. No joke. RIP Gordon. You reached my heart many years ago and there will always remain.

He will live on in my memories, and heart, through his music.

No, BREAKING means brand new information hot off the presses.

Very sad as he had tour dates planned

I won't be far behind.

Mine too :)

This and "Sundown"....but "If You Could Read My Mind" is hauntingly beautiful

You are correct. Harry seems to think that if he'd died 42 years ago, it'd be breaking. Well, in a way, it would . . . "Gordon Lightfoot died 42 years ago, and they're just now telling us about it.

His big hits were all from the '70s. He was active from the early-ish '60s 'til now.

I don't feel like looking it up right now, but I wonder if anyone's ever tried to do a cover version of any of his songs. I've never heard one. Once we associate a song with his voice, it'd be hard to accept a substitute. I've heard another recording of "Edmund Fitzgerald", not the one I've heard 1000 times (minimum) on the radio. Gordon was singing it, possibly recorded at a live performance, and neither his voice or the "production values" matched (or could match) the original release.

OMFG has this been remastered or something, this sounds more incredible now than seven years ago.

I loved all his songs even before he registered in my world I was taken by Ribbon of Darkness. Marty Robbins.

"Old Dan's Records" was the best for bopping 'bout doing chores...

Does anyone know where the love of God goes?

OUCH Dam,,,Shyt my favorites are dropping like flies : Greg Lake, Keith Emerson, Jeff Beck,,,,I guess my concert days are long past.

I live about 2 miles from where the Edmund fitzgerald was built in Ecorse Michigan and attend all of the memorials.

Humble man with great talent.

must have been the clot shot!

face-palm

There's an elvis version too but it's somehow not allowed to be shared.

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Be with God, buddy. See you later.

I guess I was more concerned about someone having dared to render their interpretation of one of Gordon's songs that is his and his alone. Like "Sundown". And sure enough, a bunch of people have tried.

It's a great song, and they need something to fill an album with. Easier to buy permission than to write your own. But the song is his, literally and metaphorically.

One of the songwriter greats.

Love his song Early Morning Rain

For Gordon's biggest fans: Art Bell interviews Gordon Lightfoot. C2C 9/29/99... over 24 years ago. Doesn't seem that long ago.

RIP




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In a story that's unfortunately true, Gordon Lightfoot saved me from a human trafficker's abuse back in 1974.

I was literally being held hostage by a musician that was famous for playing with huge country stars such as Sammi Smith ("Help Me Make It Through the Night") and was on many USO tours throughout the Vietnam Era. Made him go crazy.

When 'Sundown' came out in 1974, I wrote down the lyrics and told my abuser that I just wrote this song - what do you think?

He read the lyrics and said I was a brilliant songwriter - so no beatings that night, until he found out later that I did not, in fact, write the song.

So thanks Gordon for that one evening of peace.

One of the best Folk Song musician's ever - he even wrote all of his own songs !
RIP Gordon and thanks for all of the wonderful music .......