RIP Gordon Lightfoot

*triplexxx* · 05-01-2023, 09:35 PM

Canadian folk/folk-pop/country singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot has passed to heaven at 84. He had a very smooth, soothing singing voice, had many monderful chart-topping hits throughout the 1960s and 1970s such as "If You Could Read My Mind", "Sundown", Carefree Highway", "Rainy Day People", & "The Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald". Gordon had a star on the Canada Walk of Fame, as well as an inductee into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame & Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame, Order of Canada, Order of Ontario, many Juno awards, and others. Documentary of him in 2019. Was one of the most memorable country singers for the past several generations. Keep enjoying playing in heaven, Gordon.

*MikeandRaph87* · 05-01-2023, 10:37 PM

My father saw him in concert on his college campus aljust before Lightfoot took off in the early 1970s' He had a soft almost storytelling voice like in Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald and If You Could Read My Mind. He also conquered a stroke that he suffered mid-cincert. I admire him for that alone.

*oldmanwinters* · 05-06-2023, 08:19 PM

Anytime I hear “The Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald” play on radio, I always listen all the way through. One of my fave melancholy songs, especially for rainy days in November.

05-01-2023, 09:35 PM	#1
triplexxx Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,818	RIP Gordon Lightfoot Canadian folk/folk-pop/country singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot has passed to heaven at 84. He had a very smooth, soothing singing voice, had many monderful chart-topping hits throughout the 1960s and 1970s such as "If You Could Read My Mind", "Sundown", Carefree Highway", "Rainy Day People", & "The Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald". Gordon had a star on the Canada Walk of Fame, as well as an inductee into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame & Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame, Order of Canada, Order of Ontario, many Juno awards, and others. Documentary of him in 2019. Was one of the most memorable country singers for the past several generations. Keep enjoying playing in heaven, Gordon. __________________ Please don't shoot me Mr. Big Mike. I'm too young and good-looking to die, well too young. I got a father, I got a mother, I got a grandmother, I got a little sister...and a little brother this high (raises hand), and a little brother this high (lowers hand), and little brother this high (lowers hand), and a little brother this high (lowers hand), and a little brother this high (lowers hand) and then I got a great big brother this high (slaps gun and runs). "Fright Night" - Three Stooges

05-01-2023, 10:37 PM	#2
MikeandRaph87 Jedi Master Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: JLA Satellite Headquarters Posts: 11,189	My father saw him in concert on his college campus aljust before Lightfoot took off in the early 1970s' He had a soft almost storytelling voice like in Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald and If You Could Read My Mind. He also conquered a stroke that he suffered mid-cincert. I admire him for that alone. __________________ Michelangelo: This looks like a job for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Raphael: Sheesh, Mikey this ain't a cartoon!

05-06-2023, 08:19 PM	#3
oldmanwinters Overlord Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Between yesterday and tomorrow! Posts: 15,504	Anytime I hear “The Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald” play on radio, I always listen all the way through. One of my fave melancholy songs, especially for rainy days in November. __________________ Experience the TMNT Fan Commentaries! Check out my TMNT fan comic, "Nothing to Fear"! View my sketch work! I'm selling some of my hard-to-find TMNT items!