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....

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

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

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

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

btw = by the way.

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)

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

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)

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)

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

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

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.

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.f...d26e7ce?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/...ompletepic.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)

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.f...d26e7ce?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/...ompletepic.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)