Current marital staus.

[patybear]

Hey all:
Is Gordon Lightfoot currently married?
I know he went through a divource after the,"Endless Wire" album.Did he ever re-marry?
Just curious.
patybear

[charlene]

He remarried about 16 years ago or so and has been separated for a almost 3 years i think....
"separated but not divorced" as he said several times at Massey last May...
lol
He has a daughter with Elizabeth - Meredith who will be 12 this year and a son Miles who will be 14, maybe 15 I think....

[SilverHeels]

Patybear, if you are asking for a particular ;)
reason ... get in line. :D
(geez, I do hope patybear is female!)

[charlene]

5 - 6 - who's counting???
lol
fred and ingrid with Brita, eric with Cathy Coonley, miles and meredith with Elizabeth - there's been mention of a possible 6th around Eric's age (22/23) - Galen Magee born before eric and after Ingrid??? He is mentioned in SONGBOOK.
it's been discussed here before.....
;)
Char

[<patybear>]

Thanks for the info everyone.

SilverHeels-yes,I'm a female.I asked because I was
curious,is all.

[Ophelia]

So Gord and Elizabeth are separated? That's too bad. :(

[Cathy]

Originally posted by charlene:
5 - 6 - who's counting???
lol
fred and ingrid with Brita, eric with Cathy Coonley, miles and meredith with Elizabeth - there's been mention of a possible 6th around Eric's age (22/23) - Galen Magee born before eric and after Ingrid??? He is mentioned in SONGBOOK.
it's been discussed here before.....
;)
Char Galen would be 28 or 29 now, wouldn't he? I seem to remember he was 26 years old, about three years ago. Or maybe he was 26 when APPT came out.

[brink-]

From a post by Auburn Annie, Galen seems to be stuck in a time warp --- he was born in 1975.


posted June 24, 2004 05:21
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From a 1997 Globe and Mail article: http://groups.google.com/groups?q=%22Eric+Lightfoot%22+%2BGordon&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=3469D139.202F%40execulink.com&rnum=1
"While he battled the bottle, Lightfoot spent a chunk of his career dealing with turbulent relationships, including a two-year affair with Cathy Smith in the sixties, the Hamilton woman who was convicted in 1985 of administering the fatal drug overdose to comic John Belushi. Lightfoot is not eager to discuss that chapter in his life. "When you talk about all those things like that, they affect the new things that have come into your life," he says, looking at Elizabeth.

Instead, Lightfoot is more than happy to talk about his children. There are six: Fred, 34, and Ingrid, 32, from his first marriage to a Swedish woman named Brita; Gaylen McGee, 22, a student living in
Los Angeles; Eric Lightfoot, 15, who lives outside of Toronto; and Miles, 8, and Meredith, 3, from his current marriage. Lightfoot is also grandfather to Ingrid's two children: Amber, 9, and John, 7.

"We have an as normal as can be family life," says Lightfoot. "I recognize that I am family with these children."

When asked whether the entire clan has ever attended a family get-together, Lightfoot replies, "Not yet."

He's also not quite ready to pen the autobiography he's been asked about many times in the past.

"I might be able to eventually, but I'm not thinking about it right now, that's for sure. I'm still working."

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I believe he mentioned somewhere or other that Eric is a musician, though of his own kind of music. He'd be about 21 or 22 now.

Ah, found it! Excerpt with pertinent info:

"During the interview, Lightfoot politely excused himself twice to talk with his 18-year-old son, Eric, who was visiting him. Eric is starting an alternative band in Toronto.
Asked whether his son is interested in playing his father's music, Lightfoot replied, "He's not into that kind of trip. He's into his own trip."
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From http://lawrence.com/news/music/story/34815

Hope this helps!

[SilverHeels]

I think you will find his relationship with Cathy Smith was in the early 70s.

[Cathy]

I remember finding a picture of Eric on the Internet a few years ago. He was on a sailboat with a few other people. I suppose I could still find it if I had a good reason to sit in front of this PC and look, something I seem to find less and less enjoyable lately.

[SilverHeels]

Cathy, if you feel so inclined sometime, it would be interesting to see the photo. Eric on a sailboat ... shades of 'CHristian Island' spring to mind ...

[johnfowles]

Originally posted by brink-:
. Eric is starting an alternative band in Toronto.
Asked whether his son is interested in playing his father's music, Lightfoot replied, "He's not into that kind of trip. He's into his own trip."
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From http://lawrence.com/news/music/story/34815

Hope this helps! Gaylen or should it be Galen McGee (or even Magee??)
has been mentioned here before see this topic from august 2004:
http://www.corfid.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/002548.html
which included this erudite reply on 25 August 2004 from our moderator person:-
"Never heard mention of the mothers name or any other details.. I believe he's about 25 or so. Proper spelling is Galen Magee.(sic)"
and then regarding Eric Lighfoot googling revealed several references including one at:-
http://myspace.com/showroom
which describes a Toronto group called "Showroom"
and
"Showroom recorded their first demo disc with producer Eric Lightfoot of Madrid (Aporia/Universal"
moving on to " Madrid (Aporia/Universal" leads to:-
http://www.aporia-records.com/madrid.html
which mentions:-
"Joining the two onstage, prodigal drummer Eric Lightfoot"
A google image search proved surprisingly fruitless
as did any form of google search for Galen (or Gaylen) Mcgee (or Magee)
but for what it is worth (not much) the URL of this picture is
http://www.galen-frysinger.org/canada/yukon16.jpg
http://www.galen-frysinger.org/canada/yukon16.jpg
which sports this caption ""The Cremation of Sam McGee" by Robert Service"
John Fowles
perhaps the super sleuth Charlady can add more!!

[Cathy]

Bru, I looked all over the Internet and all over this PC and can't seem to find it! If I ever find it, I'll mail it to you.

[SilverHeels]

Thanks, Cathy. I appreciate it. :)

[Jesse Joe]

Hi Charlene,

Did I understand corectly? Is Gordon separated from Elizabeth? How many times was he married, I always taughtit was 3.

[charlene]

He is still married to Elizabeth but they are separated. He mentioned this several times in May at Mazssey Hall.. He was married one other time - his first wife Brita passed away last May. She was mother of Fred and Ingrid. He had a long term relationship with Cathy Coonley and they had Eric.
So he married only two times.

[charlene]

I don't know how up to date this site is as the info is the same as it was a few years ago:
http://www.sunburstdesign.com/designers.shtml
I think he attended some art courses recently.

I did come across these pics I don't recall seeing before:
http://www.schwegweb.com/Images/photos/2005-08-12_gordon_lightfoot/2005-08-12.html

I remember that pic Cathy.....

[ April 06, 2006, 09:05: Message edited by: charlene ]

[Jesse Joe]

Yes did know that Brita was his first wife and mother to Fred and Ingrid. Didnt know she passed away, too bad for that . Did know about Cathy Coonley and Eric. But what about Cathy Evelyn Smith, I know from the book, "If You Could Read His Mind," they had lots of fights , the one that made me laugh, is when he pushed her head down the toilet. I hope this doesnt get me in trouble, this of course was during in his drinking days.

[johnfowles]

Originally posted by charlene:
I did come across these pics I don't recall seeing before:
http://www.schwegweb.com/Images/photos/2005-08-12_gordon_lightfoot/2005-08-12.html
well done Charperson that site was a great find 13 very nice pix FROM 08-12-2005 Fox Theatre, Detroit, MI. I think this one is my Favourite
http://www.schwegweb.com/Images/photos/2005-08-12_gordon_lightfoot/gordon-04.jpg
John Fowles
not really a Knight, it is just a jesting nickname.Or the "Sir" could mean I am a baronet

[Jesse Joe]

Thanks for the info, John

[charlene]

Gord was married to Brita and is currently married but separated from Elizabeth.

[Jesse Joe]

It will be Jessi-Joe, Thanks to John Foeles. & others.