Saw one of the best shows/documentary/program EVER last night.
Gordon Lightfoot-Documentary....OMG! What a genius. I had forgotten how many great songs he had/has. Still alive at 84 and was still performing when this was made, four years ago.
From rural Canada, to Toronto, to LA, then San Fran and on the NYC, he played all the best venues and met and played with all the greats of his era. Amazing interviews and songs from ‘If You Could Read My Mind to Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, (recorded in one take as a filler song), tha always breaks me up.
Just check out You Tube for that song, with the lyrics, and see what an amazing poet he was, as well as musician. He wrote all his own music, with all the notes, chords and words.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Wreck%20of%20the%20Edmund%20Fitzgerald%20lyrics
Gordon has gotten old, but he’s still kickin’. A true genius and what a great documentary.
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