Some comments from the Bluegrass World.
As mentioned above, Tony Rice has been recording Gordon Lightfoot's music for the past 25 years. It started in 1975 when JD Crowe and the New South, on their landmark debut album (Rounder 0044)recorded Ten Degrees and Getting Colder. That Band consisted of Tony Rice, JD Crowe, Ricky Scaggs, Jerry Douglas, and Bobby Sloan. Over the years, Rice has recorded 2, if not more, GL songs on many of his solo projects.
They include Cold on the Shoulder, Bittergreen, Song for a Winters Night, Go My Way, Edmund Fitzgerald, Shadows, Changes (written by Phil Ochs), Home From The Forest,
Fine As Fine Can Be, Early Morning Rain, and a number of others I cannot recall. He compiled many of these recordings for his "Tony Rice Sings GL" CD. Tony Rice is a legendary acoustic guitar player and possibly one of the greatest to ever hold the instrument. It would be well worth it for any GL fan to experience Rice's take on GL tunes.
The Country Gentleman also have recorded a number of GL songs. Don Quixote and Sit Down Young Stranger come to mind. Claire Lynch and the Front Porch String Band did a wonderful version of Go My Way. Many of GL's songs lend themselves nicely to the style of Bluegrass. Check them out if you have a chance.
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