Re: Was Gordon your very first choice as "All Time Fave" ?
Ah, to who did you lose your musical virginity to? - so to speak...
My first recollections of music having a personal impact came when as I child I heard Buddy Holly's music on my transistor radio (that's an iPod for baby boomers). Then of course came the day that I watched the Beatles land in the U.S. followed by their performance on the Ed Sullivan show. It wasn't until the later '60s and the emergence of 'psychedelia' that I heard a song that literally changed my life as it turned me onto music and had it become an essential part of my life. Now don't laugh, but that song was 'In A Gadda-Da-Vida' by Iron Butterfly. They still blow me away! (Groovy! & Peace Man!]. Early rock from Led Zeppelin, Moody Blues, Deep Purple, Yes, Uriah Heep, Jethro Tull amongst many others. One of my all time favorite rock bands was 'Mountain' of 'Mississippi Queen' fame.
My love for Lightfoot's magic started around that time but was always in the background as I ran in "rock circles". As my love for the great outdoors, camping and later, wilderness canoeing developed, Gord just fit in better 'The Who's 'Won't Get Fooled Again'. As you people all know, Lightfoot is a "calling" once you have "seen the light". Hallelujah!
Classic Rock still pleases my ears, but it is Lightfoot that touches my soul.
Yuri
|