RIP: Gordon Lightfoot (1938-2023)

[Brian in Mesa]

Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian Folk Rock Troubadour, Dead at 84

Brilliant songwriter penned classics like “If You Could Read My Mind,” “Early Morning Rain,” and “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”

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[AZ Native]

Loved this guy. I live I Cave Creek and I think of him every time I drive on Carefree Highway. RIP Gordon.

 

[Raindog]

One of the true greats in modern music. RIP.

 

[AZ Native]

Robert Zimmerman’s favorite singer/songwriter.

 

[Mainstreet]

This breaks my heart. Gordon Lightfoot wrote and sang so many great songs.

May you find "Carefree Highway."

Rest in Peace.

 

[Absolute Zero]

My all time favorite. Thank you Gordon for making our lives richer through your music. You will live on.

This is one of his best.

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[Absolute Zero]

This breaks my heart. Gordon Lightfoot wrote and sang so many great songs.

May you find "Carefree Highway."

Rest in Peace.

"Now the thing that I call living Is just being satisfied With knowing I got no one left to blame"

I love that line.

 

[Absolute Zero]

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[Dback Jon]

One of my all-time favorite singers. He lived a great life touched many people.

 

[AzStevenCal]

Through the woodlands, through the valleys, comes the horseman wild and free. RIP Gordon and thanks for many decades of great music.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

On Dave Pratt's morning show for years they would stop and play a quick clip of "Carefree Highway" and sing along with it each time Carefree Highway was mentioned in a news or traffic report.

 

[Absolute Zero]

1967 Detroit riot - Wikipedia

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This song by Gordo was banned by radio stations in 30 states.

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