The first time I remember hearing Gordon's music was in either 5th or 6th grade. I went to a small public elementary school in Mid Michigan, and at recess, rather than play ball with the other kids, I'd walk along the outside of the school building till I came to the first corner to sit in, and listen to a little transister radio I'd brought from home. I can remember hearing Sundown most everytime I turned that radio on. It seems like it was always followed by Neil Young's "Heart of Gold" (another classic). Don't get me wrong....I could hit that baseball with the best of them, but always enjoyed my radio just a little more !
My first concert was back in the mid eighties at the St. Dennis Centre in Windsor, Ontario. Since then I've seen him at the Fox Theater in Detroit, and most recently at the Soaring Eagle Casino in Mt. Pleasent, Michigan. All I can say is I was awestruck !!!
It's hard for me to put into words what his music does for me. Any true Gordon Lightfoot fan knows exactly what that feeling is, so I won't rack my already overloaded brain (life alone !) trying to explain what you all know already !
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The house you live in will never fall down, if you pity the stranger that stands at your door.....GL
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