OT: RIP Gordon Lightfoot

[RUtix4me]

Rip to a great Canadian, great storyteller

 

[ashokan]

I read he wasn't doing too well a few days ago.
I liked him ok - "If You Could Read My Mind" was nice
He was kinda in the Jim Croce, Neil Diamond bin
BTO member just died too

 

[Tango Two]

Thread 'OT: November 10, 1975 - The Wreck'

https://rutgers.forums.rivals.com/threads/ot-november-10-1975-the-wreck.228391/

 

[Tango Two]

 

[Colbert17!]

Wonderful singer/songwriter.
R.I.P.

One of the most "Beautiful" songs ever written.

 

[RUGuitarMan1]

One of my favorite singer/songwriters , great voice with some great songs:

 

[Mr_Twister]

https://www.broadwayworld.com/ft-my...-Barbara-B-Mann-Performing-Arts-Hall-20230309

 

[newell138]

Legend. RIP

 

[RUboston]

Great songwriter. He wrote this one:

 

[bac2therac]

RIP Gordon. 3 iconic songs...legendary

 

[Knightmoves]

 

[24Babybull]

Ive heard Sundown is about Cathy Smith - a groupie/drug dealer. Lightfoot dated her in the early 70s, think she was a dealer for the Stones and later went on to kill John Belushi.

I can see her lying back in her satin dress
In a room where you do what you don't confess

Sundown, you better take care
If I find you been creeping 'round my back stairs
Sundown, you better take care
If I find you been creeping 'round my back stairs

 

[Colbert17!]

Ive heard Sundown is about Cathy Smith - a groupie/drug dealer. Lightfoot dated her in the early 70s, think she was a dealer for the Stones and later went on to kill John Belushi.

I can see her lying back in her satin dress
In a room where you do what you don't confess

Sundown, you better take care
If I find you been creeping 'round my back stairs
Sundown, you better take care
If I find you been creeping 'round my back stairs

Article from a couple of years ago. Seems like she really got around.

https://deadline.com/2020/08/cathy-...overdose-gordon-lightfoot-sundown-1203024794/

 

[e5fdny]

When you all get a chance...

...in his honor. It's a good beer. Very good.

A chocolatey-like Guinness. Sweet but tasty.

 

[RUGuitarMan1]

 

[RUGuitarMan1]

 

[RU#1fan]

RIP Gordon

 

[RUhasarrived]

I saw him at the Garden State Arts Center on 7-7-77.
Hopefully,he's now on a Carefree Highway.

 

[DJ Spanky]

It's always interesting to read an international perspective. Here's an article from the BBC:

Singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot dies aged 84

What's notable is that they barely make any mention of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, and when they do it's at the end of the article.

 

[RU4Real]

Bob Dylan has always referred to Gordon Lightfoot as his mentor.

It's really all you need to know.

Fair winds and following seas, Gordo. You were genuinely brilliant.

 

[MADHAT1]

RIP Gordon Lightfoot
you were one of the greats

 

[RUforester72]

Been listening to his work all morning. What a loss! RIP

 

[Knightmoves]

I saw him at the Garden State Arts Center on 7-7-77.
Hopefully,he's now on a Carefree Highway.

Arizona State Route 74 (SR 74), locally known as the Carefree Highway, is a state highway in central Arizonathat stretches east to west from its junction with U.S. Route 60 (US 60) just south of Wickenburg to its junction with Interstate 17 (I-17) in North Phoenix.

The Carefree Highway is the inspiration for a 1974 Gordon Lightfoot song of the same name.[2] Lightfoot wrote it after travelling from Flagstaff, Arizona on Interstate 17 to Phoenix.

 

[T2Kplus20]

GL was an amazing artist:

 

[bac2therac]

Going down you better beware because you might find somethin creepin in her underwear

 

[hoquat63]

Great songwriter. He wrote this one:

One of my favorites

 

[RU4Real]

Rick's tribute video is up.

 

[phs73rc77gsm83]

https://www.google.com/search?q=you...j0j7&hl=en-US&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

One of my favorites from him.

 

[rurichdog]

RIP

 

[Shelby65]

In our parlance he was a 5 Star. Very few on his level. In the Mt Rushmore conversation.

 

[BigLou]

When the song came out, I assumed "Edmund Fitzgerald" was about a 19th century ship. Not sure why I did. Years later I discovered that it sank in 1975. Being that the song was released in '76 it was still a current event when he wrote it.

 

[RU4Real]

When the song came out, I assumed "Edmund Fitzgerald" was about a 19th century ship. Not sure why I did. Years later I discovered that it sank in 1975. Being that the song was released in '76 it was still a current event when he wrote it.

With a load of iron ore 26,000 tons more
Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty

Definitely not 19th c.

 

[rurichdog]

With a load of iron ore 26,000 tons more
Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty

Definitely not 19th c.

Next you're going to tell me The Irish Rover wasn't a real ship that set sail in 1806 with 2 million barrels of stone...

 

[Loyal_2RU]

About the same woman who read with John Belushi when he died...

 

[fg7321]

Wonderful singer/songwriter.
R.I.P.

One of the most "Beautiful" songs ever written.

This was our wedding song

 

[LOU-RU85]

Damn - one of my all time favorites. Will be missed. RIP

 

[RU#1fan]

Saw him perform in Hyannis, MA
He will be missed.

 

[Knightmoves]

Saw him perform in Hyannis, MA
He will be missed.

The Melody Tent? Great venue. Saw Bruce Hornsby there.

 

[RU#1fan]

The Melody Tent? Great venue. Saw Bruce Hornsby there.

Yes