Who was your favorite singer, before discovering Gordon Lightfoot?

[Jesse Joe]

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For me there was no other than Glen Campbell, Galveston. :cool: The first LP I bought was 'Wichita Lineman': by Glen Campbell. I would watch The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, every week. His guitar picking was out of this world. :eek: Until I heard one day on radio, around 1969, "Black Day In July", By some singer that really struck a connection with me. I had to find out who this amazing singer, with such a different style of music was. :rolleyes: I was about 13 years of age then. Bought the LP, 'Did She Mention My Name', to get this great song, Black Day In July, which of course was on it. And I have never turned back since. Every year album after album, couldn't wait for the next one to come out. So if it wasn't for GL, I would probably own every Glen Campbell recording that he ever made. But since 1969 it's all been, Gordy Lightfoot... :) :D

[ September 27, 2006, 06:00: Message edited by: Jesse -Joe ]

[Jesse Joe]

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For me there was no other than Glen Campbell, Galveston. :cool: The first LP I bought was 'Wichita Lineman': by Glen Campbell. I would watch The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, every week. His guitar picking was out of this world. :eek: Until I heard one day on radio, around 1969, "Black Day In July", By some singer that really struck a connection with me. I had to find out who this amazing singer, with such a different style of music was. :rolleyes: I was about 13 years of age then. Bought the LP, 'Did She Mention My Name', to get this great song, Black Day In July, which of course was on it. And I have never turned back since. Every year album after album, couldn't wait for the next one to come out. So if it wasn't for GL, I would probably own every Glen Campbell recording that he ever made. But since 1969 it's all been, Gordy Lightfoot... :) :D

[ September 27, 2006, 06:00: Message edited by: Jesse -Joe ]

[Borderstone]

I think sometime,long ago this might have been a topic but,no matter.

Before Gordon,my favorite male singer was (as most here know)Neil Diamond. I thought Neil was one of the best singer/songwrites around and then in the mid-80's he went kinda "Vegas".

I saw him "live in April of 1989 but a year or two later,I finally outgrew him. Still like his music but I don't do the "fan" thing anymore.

Along with him,I liked a lot of acts. The Bee Gees,Donna Summer,Men At Work (top fav. for 3 years)/Wham!(4 years)/Bryan Adams '83 to '87 mainly/Cyndi Lauper was cool in my opinion also and of course U2,whom i saw in concert in Dec. of '87 when they filmed part of "Rattle & Hum" at Sun Devil Stadium.

Hey! :eek: That means,I'm in a movie! :D Well...in the audience anyhow! :rolleyes:

As said elsewhere,I've liked several artists but never one that really "spoke" to me with their words,as well as their music,until Gordon Lightfoot. ;)

[Jesse Joe]

Sorry, :( if this posts was here before I was. I thought it would be interesting? New Corfidians such as myself might want to give their story? :rolleyes: :)

[Jesse Joe]

Sorry, :( if this posts was here before I was. I thought it would be interesting? New Corfidians such as myself might want to give their story? :rolleyes: :)

[Wes Steele]

Hello Everyone...

Glad to see everyone still here.

Believe it or not, my favortie singer before Gordon Lightfoot was Johnny Cash...

Is that odd or what???????

Wes

[LSH]

wow...Hello Wes...strange to see that log in on something other than a ressurected post from the past...welcome back!!

[charlene]

Wes Steele! a voice from the past....who never answers my e-mails!
arrrrrghhhhh!
how are you?
How's things with you?
How's Joey?
sheesh...don't disappear again!
;)
Char

[charlene]

Wes Steele! a voice from the past....who never answers my e-mails!
arrrrrghhhhh!
how are you?
How's things with you?
How's Joey?
sheesh...don't disappear again!
;)
Char

[Sheryl]

Well, it's not a person, but, a tie between groups -- Herman's Hermits and The Beatles.

[BILLW]

it was POCO and I still love their first 8 or 9 albums... and Tim now plays with The Eagles...

Bill :)

[DJ in MJ]

Hey Bill,

Count me in as another Poconut!

As for the thread itself, Gord was my first. Now that's not straying too far from home, now is it?

[charlene]

Kris Kristofferson

[charlene]

Kris Kristofferson

[geodeticman]

James Taylor - old stuff - Sweet Babie James Album, Fire and Rain, One Man Dog. I then heard my first GL album in '72 at 14 years old. I then mowed lawns furiously all over the neighborhood to buy every one I could get, and picked tomatoes in a hot house after school and weekends to earn more ... Gord gold :)
geo Steve

[GitarGrl]

Was and still am a big fan of Cat Stevens and Harry Chapin.

[zoneranger]

Was and still am a big fan of Cat Stevens and Harry Chapin.

[Shane]

Originally posted by Wes Steele:
Hello Everyone...

Glad to see everyone still here.

Believe it or not, my favortie singer before Gordon Lightfoot was Johnny Cash...

Is that odd or what???????

Wes Nothing odd about that at all. He was my favorite too.

[Scott Mac]

Originally posted by Wes Steele:
Hello Everyone...

Glad to see everyone still here.

Believe it or not, my favortie singer before Gordon Lightfoot was Johnny Cash...

Is that odd or what???????

Wes Nothing odd about that at all. He was my favorite too.

[<Rminder>]

We must be kindred spirits Jessi-Joe. My all time favorite piece of folk/CW music is his rendition of "Gentle On My Mind". I became aware of songwriters by reading the credits on the back of the LP.

Yep, I just proved this that is a topic.

RMD

[<Rminder>]

We must be kindred spirits Jessi-Joe. My all time favorite piece of folk/CW music is his rendition of "Gentle On My Mind". I became aware of songwriters by reading the credits on the back of the LP.

Yep, I just proved this that is a topic.

RMD

[Jesse Joe]

Rminder, I take it your reffering to Glen Camp bell?

[Jesse Joe]

Rminder, I take it your reffering to Glen Camp bell?

[Jesse Joe]

Scott Mac, there is nothing odd about Johnny Cash. I still am a big fan of Johnny Cash. He was great, won't see a talent like him ,maybe ever again. Legend, his own style, knew what he stood for. THE MAN IN BLACK! I really do miss him a lot. Saw him in concert in Kitchener Ontario, Canada. Marty Stuart then just a kid of maybe 18 years of age was his lead guitarist. Boy could he pick it, even then... JJ

[Jesse Joe]

Scott Mac, there is nothing odd about Johnny Cash. I still am a big fan of Johnny Cash. He was great, won't see a talent like him ,maybe ever again. Legend, his own style, knew what he stood for. THE MAN IN BLACK! I really do miss him a lot. Saw him in concert in Kitchener Ontario, Canada. Marty Stuart then just a kid of maybe 18 years of age was his lead guitarist. Boy could he pick it, even then... JJ

[rainydayperson]

Kenny Rankin, Mac Davis, Jon Pousette Dart...Jim Croce too.

[classicmixdj]

Kenny Rankin, Mac Davis, Jon Pousette Dart...Jim Croce too.

[Wes Steele]

Mac Davis???

Boy, I haven't heard that name in awhile.... Nice memories.

Wes

[charlene]

i just saw Mac Davis on an ol MUPPETS show that my daughter has on DVD...."Oh Lord It'S Hard to Be Humble"...
and Baby Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me !
love it!

[charlene]

i just saw Mac Davis on an ol MUPPETS show that my daughter has on DVD...."Oh Lord It'S Hard to Be Humble"...
and Baby Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me !
love it!

[Wes Steele]

Char, beleive it or not, when I was young I was a dead ringer for Mac Davis... I even sighned an autograph once.... A girl actually thought I was Davis.... Nice memories...

Wes

[BILLW]

Originally posted by David (djb):
Hey Bill,
Count me in as another Poconut!
OK then eh ? And since you used our secret (lol) word I know you're legit ! Good to know I'm not alone on this one, LOL.

Bill :)

[charlene]

From the couple of pics I've seen of Wes I can see how it could happen!
lol

[charlene]

From the couple of pics I've seen of Wes I can see how it could happen!
lol

[New 12 String Mike]

Glen Campbell influenced me as a singer, guitar-player. (I have owned an Ovation for 30 some years after all.)

Simon and Garfunkel with the harmonies and the thoughtful lyrics.

Diamond and Croce were there too, as were Harry Chapin with his story telling.

Gord sort of summed it all up for me.

[rainydayperson]

You know, I'd have to throw in Donavan Leitch and Jane Olivor (the latter though after I'd discovered everyone's favorite Gord)...Mocededes, Charlene, Marilyn Macgregor (sp?), Beverly Bremers, and Maureen Mogovern on the fairer sex side.

As for Harry Chapin, a friend of mine said he saw Harry at the Victory Theatre in Dayton, Ohio and said it was an incredible show. He said Harry hung around after the show until he shook every hand in the audience. Now, how impressive was that of our late friend?

[ June 04, 2006, 21:50: Message edited by: classicmixdj ]

[classicmixdj]

You know, I'd have to throw in Donavan Leitch and Jane Olivor (the latter though after I'd discovered everyone's favorite Gord)...Mocededes, Charlene, Marilyn Macgregor (sp?), Beverly Bremers, and Maureen Mogovern on the fairer sex side.

As for Harry Chapin, a friend of mine said he saw Harry at the Victory Theatre in Dayton, Ohio and said it was an incredible show. He said Harry hung around after the show until he shook every hand in the audience. Now, how impressive was that of our late friend?

[ June 04, 2006, 21:50: Message edited by: classicmixdj ]

[Borderstone]

Hey Misty,I have an LP of Paul Rev. & Raiders greatest hits. :) Weird thing,it doesn';t include their first hit ("Like Long Hair") or their very last one ("Birds Of a Feather").

Donovan is totally cool too.
His "Barabajagal" LP is,sadly,one of my casualties! :(

[steve gittins]

Before Gordon, it had to be James Taylor,Simon & Garfunkel, and perhaps the Moody Blues.

[BendRick]

Before Gordon, it had to be James Taylor,Simon & Garfunkel, and perhaps the Moody Blues.

[Bill]

Hmmm...main ones with so many side trips!
Chronologically:
1. Beatles
2. Buck Owens
3. Waylon Jennings
4. Neil Diamond
5. John Denver
6. Kris Kristofferson
7. Dylan
8. Gord in 1976

with side trips to james Taylor and Simon& Garfunkel. But also Smokey Robinson and many others. The Guess Who.

After Gord came Leo Kottke, Karla Bonoff, Rodney Crowell (and all the Texas storytellers).

Too many to count.

[Dan O'Malley]

Elvis will always be my favourite! but Gord is second. Regarding Johnny Cash, can't wait to hear "If you could read my mind" on his new, posthumous cd.

[Boat House AKA member]

Lightfoot was my first, he took my music listening virginity

[Kilgore]

Lightfoot was my first, he took my music listening virginity

[rickv]

Glen Campbell has been my favorite. Gord has been one of his favorites and he considers "The Last Time I Saw Her" as one of his personal favorite recordings, though I'm much more partial to his version of "If You Could Read My Mind". He also did a version of "Wherefore and Why", released as a single in '73. I would have loved for him to do a version of "Beautiful".

[Jesse Joe]

John Mellencamp.

[Jesse Joe]

John Mellencamp.

[Jennifer]

I have a few "favorites" but could never pick just one. Lightfoot is amongst John Denver, Louis Armstrong, Sting and others.

[Cathy]

Simon and Garfunkel were my favorites all through the '60s. I was really kind of late in noticing Gord. Dad and Mom had a few of his UA records, and I remember listening to them, but it was really Gord's Gold that turned me on to his music. Then, after Wreck, I completely lost track of him. I figured he must have retired or something, and was pleasantly surprised to find that he was still going strong when I got my first PC and discovered Val's and Wayne's web sites.

[Daylight Matty]

I was really into John Lennon before Gord. I still love Lennon but he pales in comparison to Gord. Sorry John!

[owemaCarfgere]

Nice to know I'm not alone!

Glen Campbell was my first favorite...
then Neil Diamond...
then Mr. Lightfoot.

Later I got into Social Distortion...
Third Eye Blind...
Audioslave.

Now I almost exclusively listen to Gordon.

[Destiny Intruding]

Nice to know I'm not alone!

Glen Campbell was my first favorite...
then Neil Diamond...
then Mr. Lightfoot.

Later I got into Social Distortion...
Third Eye Blind...
Audioslave.

Now I almost exclusively listen to Gordon.

[Jesse Joe]

Destiny Intruding, I posted this many times before in the past, but will do it again, since you and I have the same first favorite.

It was all Glen Campbell, for me, until I discovered Lightfoot's music...Jesse. :eek: :)

[ August 03, 2006, 17:05: Message edited by: Jesse -Joe ]

[Jesse Joe]

Destiny Intruding, I posted this many times before in the past, but will do it again, since you and I have the same first favorite.

It was all Glen Campbell, for me, until I discovered Lightfoot's music...Jesse. :eek: :)

[ August 03, 2006, 17:05: Message edited by: Jesse -Joe ]

[owemaCarfgere]

Hey Jesse-Joe

As you may know...Glen is still touring these days
and can still sing and play guitar as great as ever!
(I'm still waiting for Glen Campbell's Goodtime Hour
series to be released on DVD).

The one talent Glen does not possess, however,
is that of songwriter...
and we all know who is King of that world!

[Destiny Intruding]

Hey Jesse-Joe

As you may know...Glen is still touring these days
and can still sing and play guitar as great as ever!
(I'm still waiting for Glen Campbell's Goodtime Hour
series to be released on DVD).

The one talent Glen does not possess, however,
is that of songwriter...
and we all know who is King of that world!

[Cathy]

I think Glen Campbell is one of the greatest singers of our era. My parents and I never missed an episode of Goodtime Hour. It was one of my favorite shows as a kid.

Didn't Glen have a bout with alcoholism a few years back? It seems to me I read an article about him passing out in a ditch and nearly dying.

I'm glad to hear he's back at it again.

[Jesse Joe]

Yes Cathy, he was also a cocaine user. He admitted to that in the biography they did on him, a few years ago, on CMT. I saw many bio's on signers. There always interesting to watch, makes an hour go by real fast. It's also amazing to hear about the lives that they have led, not always rosie. But then again who's life is all rosie? Maybe Paris Hilton?? :D :)

[ August 03, 2006, 17:28: Message edited by: Jesse -Joe ]

[Jesse Joe]

Yes Cathy, he was also a cocaine user. He admitted to that in the biography they did on him, a few years ago, on CMT. I saw many bio's on signers. There always interesting to watch, makes an hour go by real fast. It's also amazing to hear about the lives that they have led, not always rosie. But then again who's life is all rosie? Maybe Paris Hilton?? :D :)

[ August 03, 2006, 17:28: Message edited by: Jesse -Joe ]

[Jesse Joe]

Destiny Intruding, that's nice to hear, Glen was not a songwriter, your right there. But what a signer, also one of the greatest guitar player around. Except for Doyle Dykes, who is probably "The Best." And I would really love to see the Goodtime Hour again. Im like Cathy I never missed an episode. As far as touring, I doubt he will ever come my way, in Atlantic Canada. I feel he would have already done so. But we never know.

Another guy that I would like to see in concert, would be John Mellencamp. He was supposed to come this way a few years back, but then he had his heart attack.

[Jesse Joe]

Destiny Intruding, that's nice to hear, Glen was not a songwriter, your right there. But what a signer, also one of the greatest guitar player around. Except for Doyle Dykes, who is probably "The Best." And I would really love to see the Goodtime Hour again. Im like Cathy I never missed an episode. As far as touring, I doubt he will ever come my way, in Atlantic Canada. I feel he would have already done so. But we never know.

Another guy that I would like to see in concert, would be John Mellencamp. He was supposed to come this way a few years back, but then he had his heart attack.

[owemaCarfgere]

Hey Cathy...I checked out your music on your site
and your version of "Song For A Winter's Night"
(complete w/bells!) made my eyes water up.
You sound very real and sincere...Thanks!

Jesse-Joe: Glen will be in concert on August 28th
in Vancouver at the Pacific National Exhibition...
is that anywhere close to Atlantic Canada?
(Please forgive my poor geographical knowledge
...I have never been to Canada...
but would really like to someday soon)

-Destiny Intruding (San Francisco, U.S.A.)

[Destiny Intruding]

Hey Cathy...I checked out your music on your site
and your version of "Song For A Winter's Night"
(complete w/bells!) made my eyes water up.
You sound very real and sincere...Thanks!

Jesse-Joe: Glen will be in concert on August 28th
in Vancouver at the Pacific National Exhibition...
is that anywhere close to Atlantic Canada?
(Please forgive my poor geographical knowledge
...I have never been to Canada...
but would really like to someday soon)

-Destiny Intruding (San Francisco, U.S.A.)

[RM]

Just an anecdote about Glen Campbell,

When I was attending junior college (dorm resident), the rec room's TV would be tuned to the preference of the person who got there first. I don't remember the day of the week it aired, but I would try to be first in line just to watch the "Goodtime Hour". The alternative was "That Space Show", as the football players called it (referring to "Lost in Space"). If I happened to win, they would stay and watch. Great entertainment.

RMD

[owemaCarfgere]

Maybe we stirred something up here...(?!)
Glen Campbell is currently performing Gordon's "If You Could Read My Mind" in concert!
Fans are raving about it on Glen's fan forum...
http://www.glencampbellshow.com

[Destiny Intruding]

Maybe we stirred something up here...(?!)
Glen Campbell is currently performing Gordon's "If You Could Read My Mind" in concert!
Fans are raving about it on Glen's fan forum...
http://www.glencampbellshow.com

[Cathy]

Originally posted by Destiny Intruding:
Hey Cathy...I checked out your music on your site
and your version of "Song For A Winter's Night"
(complete w/bells!) made my eyes water up.
You sound very real and sincere...Thanks!

{snip]
-Destiny Intruding (San Francisco, U.S.A.) Thanks, Destiny. I think that version was from one of the Caffe Lena shows a few of us newsgroupers put on.
You should hear the version that me and Bob Doidge did. It will be out on CD this September, I hope.

[Jesse Joe]

And Bob Doidge, is not a nobody. Working on Gord's Harmony CD. Our Cathy is talented, and seems to be a great person as well...Jesse. :)

[Jesse Joe]

And Bob Doidge, is not a nobody. Working on Gord's Harmony CD. Our Cathy is talented, and seems to be a great person as well...Jesse. :)

[Cathy]

Thanks, Jesse. You're check's in the mail. :D

Today is the first anniversary of my brain aneurysm. There have been more than a few times that I thought I'd never make it a year!

A good friend of mine, and the brother of my older sister's ex-husband (I bet that line will stump a few of you) had a brain aneurysm three weeks ago, and is already back home. Luckily, he didn't suffer from much brain damage. Hmmmm... maybe neither of us got a lot of brain damage because all the beer we drank in the '70 already killed most of our brain cells.

[ricky Jay]

My favorite artist was Sting before I discovered Lightfoot.

[Shazia]

My favorite artist was Sting before I discovered Lightfoot.

[Barry Shanley]

I never had a "favorite" singer/band, until now. There never was anything rising to the top, until now. Sure, I heard Gordon Lightfoot songs on the radio and I liked them. It was just this past winter, while I searched Amazon, a friend suggested I check out GL. I became interested and shortly after, I purchased the United Artist release at the local music shop because it was so darn cheap. As I listened to it on the way home, I began to get excited. Each and every song was truly a quality song. (no duds!) That started me off on a run of purchases of every original album GL put out. I play a CD almost every day. Gordon Lightfoot is my first favorite, and may he be my only. Amen.

[marc in maine]

I never had a "favorite" singer/band, until now. There never was anything rising to the top, until now. Sure, I heard Gordon Lightfoot songs on the radio and I liked them. It was just this past winter, while I searched Amazon, a friend suggested I check out GL. I became interested and shortly after, I purchased the United Artist release at the local music shop because it was so darn cheap. As I listened to it on the way home, I began to get excited. Each and every song was truly a quality song. (no duds!) That started me off on a run of purchases of every original album GL put out. I play a CD almost every day. Gordon Lightfoot is my first favorite, and may he be my only. Amen.

[Jesse Joe]

posted August 06, 2006 05:47 PM
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Thanks, Jesse. You're check's in the mail.

Today is the first anniversary of my brain aneurysm. There have been more than a few times that I thought I'd never make it a year!

A good friend of mine, and the brother of my older sister's ex-husband (I bet that line will stump a few of you) had a brain aneurysm three weeks ago, and is already back home. Luckily, he didn't suffer from much brain damage. Hmmmm... maybe neither of us got a lot of brain damage because all the beer we drank in the '70 already killed most of our brain cells.

--------------------
Cathy
http://www.cathycowette.com


Well your mostly welcome Cathy, I hope you made the check for what we agreed upon? {LOL} As for the brain cells, I too have burned some, in the mid 70's...What was your name again! :D :)

[Jesse Joe]

posted August 06, 2006 05:47 PM
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Thanks, Jesse. You're check's in the mail.

Today is the first anniversary of my brain aneurysm. There have been more than a few times that I thought I'd never make it a year!

A good friend of mine, and the brother of my older sister's ex-husband (I bet that line will stump a few of you) had a brain aneurysm three weeks ago, and is already back home. Luckily, he didn't suffer from much brain damage. Hmmmm... maybe neither of us got a lot of brain damage because all the beer we drank in the '70 already killed most of our brain cells.

--------------------
Cathy
http://www.cathycowette.com


Well your mostly welcome Cathy, I hope you made the check for what we agreed upon? {LOL} As for the brain cells, I too have burned some, in the mid 70's...What was your name again! :D :)

[Cathy]

Ummm... my name.... Giberson, I think.

[Cathy]

Marc, your experience sounds just like mine, except mine started around 1997. Actually, I listened to Gord when I was a teenager, and really got hooked on Wreck, but then lost touch with his music for many years. Things just got in the way... like marriage and kids. And I figured he had probably retired. I became interested in him again in the late 1990s, when I decided to take up the guitar again. I remember racking my brain, trying to figure out IYCRMM. I was listening to the recording one night, and all of the sudden, it just came to me. That started me on a long journey to learn as many of his songs as possible. Let's see... only 340 to go....

[Barry Shanley]

Cathy, I remember having a cassett of Gord's Gold over 20 yrs ago. I played it in my car but those were very unsettled days and the tape probably lost out to Led (Zepilan?) or Neil Young. If I had bought Sundown or IYCRMM things may have been different but I havn't heard the remakes since then and I'm guessing I prefer the original recordings (most). My tastes have certainly changed. I went from rock to folk and classical. My lesser pop "favorites" are: Bee Gee's, James Taylor, John Denver, Garth Brooks, America, Johnny A. (instrumental elec. guitar), Yianni, etc. When I run out of good songs (except Bee Gee's) from my listing of pop favorites, Gord's songs keep going and going... I would only need one hand to count the song's I don't enjoy from Shadows on back. Between Shadows and Harmony, there are issues for me.

[marc in maine]

Cathy, I remember having a cassett of Gord's Gold over 20 yrs ago. I played it in my car but those were very unsettled days and the tape probably lost out to Led (Zepilan?) or Neil Young. If I had bought Sundown or IYCRMM things may have been different but I havn't heard the remakes since then and I'm guessing I prefer the original recordings (most). My tastes have certainly changed. I went from rock to folk and classical. My lesser pop "favorites" are: Bee Gee's, James Taylor, John Denver, Garth Brooks, America, Johnny A. (instrumental elec. guitar), Yianni, etc. When I run out of good songs (except Bee Gee's) from my listing of pop favorites, Gord's songs keep going and going... I would only need one hand to count the song's I don't enjoy from Shadows on back. Between Shadows and Harmony, there are issues for me.

[Cathy]

The first one I bought was Greatest Hits... on 8 track. Then the 8 track player in my '71 Lemans caught on fire, but luckily, did no damage to the interior of the car. I replaced it with a cassette deck, and started replacing my favorite 8 tracks. In 1978, I bought a Ford Van and a new Pioneer casette deck. That one got stollen, along with most of my cassettes, so I bought another and started building my collection again. I think it was in the mid '90s when I finally updated to a CD player. There was this kid at work who did custom installations, and I had the works put into my 1990 Lumina... CD player, preamp/equalizer, tweets, 4 and 6 inch speakers in the front, 6 by 9 speekers in the back, 1500 watts of amps in the trunk, along with a 12 inch subwoofer. I wasn't crazy about the sub. I usually turned it way down. But my kids loved it. I must have been in my rock n roll phase then, because I had a lot of rock compilations, which I have since given up on. The kids in town used to run over to the car and say, "Crank the stereo!" which I usually did, until I saw the cops driving down the street. I kept the stereo until last spring, when I decided it was finally time to sell the Lumina. It was 16 years old, but still a nice car. I took the stereo system out and gave it to my son. He replaced the tweets and the sub with new equipment, but otherwise, everything else is the same. The legend lives on....

[Barry Shanley]

Oh well Cathy, at least you have the tunes. I don't feel too bad for you.

[marc in maine]

Oh well Cathy, at least you have the tunes. I don't feel too bad for you.

[brink-]

ELO, I haven't thought of them in years. BTW great band...

[ August 31, 2006, 14:20: Message edited by: brink- ]

[Cathy]

btw = by the way.

[Shutup and Deal, I'm Losin']

LOL = laugh out loud
TTYL= Talk to you later
WTF = what the f***?!!
b/c = because
w/o = without
OMG = oh my gosh
OMFG= oh my freakin gosh (or a much stronger version :eek: )
FYI = for your information (used on this site)

[bluemur]

Al Stewart!! Intelligent lyrics, soft easy listening voice. I find he and Gordon Lightfoot similar in many ways.

[mrburns]

Al Stewart!! Intelligent lyrics, soft easy listening voice. I find he and Gordon Lightfoot similar in many ways.

[Jesse Joe]

Hello mrburns, Al Srewart,"The Year Of The Cat." Very good choice. ~JESSE ~ :)

[Jesse Joe]

Hello mrburns, Al Srewart,"The Year Of The Cat." Very good choice. ~JESSE ~ :)

[bluemur]

Yes, "Year of the Cat", "Time Passages" had a great sound. Alan Parsons produced those records. He and Al Stewart were a great combo.
I would say one way in which Al Stewart and GL are similar is a sort of haunted feeling to there music. Not in a morose way, but they both are very reflective, deep thinkers as songwriters.

[mrburns]

Yes, "Year of the Cat", "Time Passages" had a great sound. Alan Parsons produced those records. He and Al Stewart were a great combo.
I would say one way in which Al Stewart and GL are similar is a sort of haunted feeling to there music. Not in a morose way, but they both are very reflective, deep thinkers as songwriters.

[Yuri]

There was a time in this fair land when Gordon did not sing??? I was totally into Rock music, Mountain, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Yes, Uriah Heep, The Doors and such before I heard some early Lightfoot Ballads which just blew me away. Folk was something very new to me. My musical friends thought I was a traitor! Music is too wonderful and diverse to create boundries and 'pigeon hole' oneself. Before Gord I didn't listen to folk and in Rock music I always found that the singer was part of the overall sound and few stood out as in folk.
I really have no favorite singer B.G. (Before Gord)

Yuri

[Glenmark]

On the subject of Mac Davis, I can still remember the "Mac Davis Show" when he'd have audience members give him a song title and he's make up lyrics and a tune on the spot. I remember someone suggested "Hunky Dory" and his musical response was hilarious (can't recall details though). For me, my pre-Gord favorites were Cat Stevens and Jackson Browne.

[Morgus]

Two singers I still feel very strongly about. John Denver, and Charley Pride.

I should probably add Sir Elton John, Jim Croce, and Rod Stewart. In addition to GL, I also love Collin Raye, Randy Travis, Johnny Rodriguez, Anne Murray, the Carpenters... I'm heavily into country music, but I prefer the older stuff. Not a lot of the newer country appeals to me. Big and Rich...I call them Gag and Retch.

Not so much into Bob Dylan. I have an uncle who probably burned me out on him. The poor man is a disabled 'Nam vet, the kind who still wears battle fatigues and plays old war protest songs, the kind who isn't entirely sure the '60's are over. He's played so much Dylan that I'm pretty much Dylaned out.

[ September 09, 2006, 22:25: Message edited by: AZroute74 ]

[AZroute74]

Two singers I still feel very strongly about. John Denver, and Charley Pride.

I should probably add Sir Elton John, Jim Croce, and Rod Stewart. In addition to GL, I also love Collin Raye, Randy Travis, Johnny Rodriguez, Anne Murray, the Carpenters... I'm heavily into country music, but I prefer the older stuff. Not a lot of the newer country appeals to me. Big and Rich...I call them Gag and Retch.

Not so much into Bob Dylan. I have an uncle who probably burned me out on him. The poor man is a disabled 'Nam vet, the kind who still wears battle fatigues and plays old war protest songs, the kind who isn't entirely sure the '60's are over. He's played so much Dylan that I'm pretty much Dylaned out.

[ September 09, 2006, 22:25: Message edited by: AZroute74 ]

[Gitchigumee]

I haven't read all the posts yet, but I would have to say the only other singer/songerwriter that is in the same category as Gordon Lightfoot, for me, is Willie Nelson. I'm nuts about him too. Two totally different guys, but I love them both equally. They are both icons. I would, however, have to say that I believe Gord has the better singing voice. Jim Croce is up there amongst my favorites also, and of course John Denver. One of my greatest regrets is that I never saw John Denver live in concert--may he rest in peace.

[ September 26, 2006, 14:40: Message edited by: Gitchigumee ]

[sparky]

Good Gosh! Sitting here reading all these postings, I am amazed at how much we all have in common! And yet how different our lives really are. Thanks for sharing your stories. :0)

[Rossport59]

Good Gosh! Sitting here reading all these postings, I am amazed at how much we all have in common! And yet how different our lives really are. Thanks for sharing your stories. :0)

[sparky]

Oh, before Gordon it was John Denver. Also Kris Kristofferson, Jerry Jeff Walker, Steve Earle and bob Dylan and Jesse Colin Young.etc etc.. But they all paled after I got my first album. I am a collector of GL albums and music now. Gordon once said that Bob Dylan taught him how to write lyrics - hmmm....am I missing something? lol

[Rossport59]

Oh, before Gordon it was John Denver. Also Kris Kristofferson, Jerry Jeff Walker, Steve Earle and bob Dylan and Jesse Colin Young.etc etc.. But they all paled after I got my first album. I am a collector of GL albums and music now. Gordon once said that Bob Dylan taught him how to write lyrics - hmmm....am I missing something? lol

[Gitchigumee]

Speaking of Kris Kristopherson, I saw him at Willie's 4th of July Picnic on July 4th of this year in Fort Worth, TX (went there special for it, from Wisconsin). It was around midnight on the 4th of July, and 'til the day I die I will never forget the experience of watching Kris Kristopherson on stage singing and playing Me & Bobbie McGee, with a Texas flag behind him, and fireworks going off in the distance, also behind him. It was something to see. Gave me goose bumps.

[johnfowles]

many thanks to Ruth (GG) for diGGing this one up I spent a pleasant time rereading the various postings and realised that I had intended contributing. In the fifties at a boarding school in England the older boys ruled the sounds we heard, from the likes of Johnny Ray and Frankie Laine, I will never forget "Jezebel" from Frankie. Then the fad for skiffle music brought Lonnie Donegan to my attention (sometime later he recorded amusing ditties about chewing gum stuck to ones bed and his father being a "dustman" {garbage operative}) and was instrumental in instilling in me an early appreciation of folk music. Indeed I am sure that his 1958 UK hit cover of the Kingston Trio's initial hit "Tom Dooley" largely conditioned me to realising the promise when I first heard Gord.
(It was some time before I discovered that Lonnie was a he)!! But for me there is no doubt that my interest in music really began in earnest in the wonderful summer of 1957 when two of my main early favourites came to the fore, as they procudsced far more attractive sounds me far more appealing sounds than the early Rock and Roll of Elvis and Bill (kiss-curl) Haley, although I was very partial to Gene Vincent.Then in quick succession in 1957 came "Bye Bye Love" by Don and Phil., then if I have my chronology correct Diana by Paul Anka , then the Everly's follow up hit "Wake Up Little Susie" and finally the unbelievably tight and brilliant sound of the Crickets, which for myself at about the same time as for John Lennon brought the fantastic discovery that wearing glasses (as I had just had to start) was perfectly OK since Buddy Holly wore them. I and most of my classmates were devastated by his death in February 1959. Buddy was my number one until I first heard Gord on Montreal radio in 1966.and I made the pilgramage to Lubbock TX and Clovis NM in 1999.
I had posted an anecdote on a BH google group before I left whifch yoiu might like to see at:-
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.buddy-holly/msg/1db51e576d26e7ce?hl=en&
Buddy has been much on my mind recently because it was recently revealed in BH circles that the copyright on recordings in the UK is only 50 years so in February 2009 all of Buddy's material will be free issue and the collection of various unissued bootlegs etc will be freely available. In anticipation of this fact a group of dedicated fans have already assembled a 10 CD collection.
full details of this the "Purple Chick" set can be seen at:-
1 for men only:-
http://www.bigozine2.com/
Watch out on their opening page for the well-endowed Betty Chestnut
full details for all who may be interested starts at:-
http://www.bigozine2.com/features06/BHcomplete.html
http://www.bigozine2.com/features06/images/BHcompletepics/BHcompletepic.gif
which is complete with a comprehensive set of 4 pieces of artwork per CD
(If anybody with a high speed comnnection is interested in hearing these CDs please PM me)

[johnfowles]

many thanks to Ruth (GG) for diGGing this one up I spent a pleasant time rereading the various postings and realised that I had intended contributing. In the fifties at a boarding school in England the older boys ruled the sounds we heard, from the likes of Johnny Ray and Frankie Laine, I will never forget "Jezebel" from Frankie. Then the fad for skiffle music brought Lonnie Donegan to my attention (sometime later he recorded amusing ditties about chewing gum stuck to ones bed and his father being a "dustman" {garbage operative}) and was instrumental in instilling in me an early appreciation of folk music. Indeed I am sure that his 1958 UK hit cover of the Kingston Trio's initial hit "Tom Dooley" largely conditioned me to realising the promise when I first heard Gord.
(It was some time before I discovered that Lonnie was a he)!! But for me there is no doubt that my interest in music really began in earnest in the wonderful summer of 1957 when two of my main early favourites came to the fore, as they procudsced far more attractive sounds me far more appealing sounds than the early Rock and Roll of Elvis and Bill (kiss-curl) Haley, although I was very partial to Gene Vincent.Then in quick succession in 1957 came "Bye Bye Love" by Don and Phil., then if I have my chronology correct Diana by Paul Anka , then the Everly's follow up hit "Wake Up Little Susie" and finally the unbelievably tight and brilliant sound of the Crickets, which for myself at about the same time as for John Lennon brought the fantastic discovery that wearing glasses (as I had just had to start) was perfectly OK since Buddy Holly wore them. I and most of my classmates were devastated by his death in February 1959. Buddy was my number one until I first heard Gord on Montreal radio in 1966.and I made the pilgramage to Lubbock TX and Clovis NM in 1999.
I had posted an anecdote on a BH google group before I left whifch yoiu might like to see at:-
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.buddy-holly/msg/1db51e576d26e7ce?hl=en&
Buddy has been much on my mind recently because it was recently revealed in BH circles that the copyright on recordings in the UK is only 50 years so in February 2009 all of Buddy's material will be free issue and the collection of various unissued bootlegs etc will be freely available. In anticipation of this fact a group of dedicated fans have already assembled a 10 CD collection.
full details of this the "Purple Chick" set can be seen at:-
1 for men only:-
http://www.bigozine2.com/
Watch out on their opening page for the well-endowed Betty Chestnut
full details for all who may be interested starts at:-
http://www.bigozine2.com/features06/BHcomplete.html
http://www.bigozine2.com/features06/images/BHcompletepics/BHcompletepic.gif
which is complete with a comprehensive set of 4 pieces of artwork per CD
(If anybody with a high speed comnnection is interested in hearing these CDs please PM me)