[paskatefan]

I am shocked that there was a relative with the last name "Schwartz" (my married last name)!

I knew about the Manchester, England connection because Gordon did an interview on a local (progressive rock) radio station in the early 1980's with one of the DJ's who hosted a weekly folk-oriented segment for the station. He did the interview in the studio on the daytime before an evening concert @ our Academy of Music. He told a story about someone in the music business being crestfallen when meeting him, saying something like, "I thought you were an Indian!" Many of my friends who are nowhere nearly as familiar with his music as we are have constantly asked us if he is an Indian.

I was fascinated that one of the teachers in the school where I taught had the last name of "Lightfoot." Of course, I had to ask him if he was related to Gordon. He's much younger than I am, and had no idea of who Gordon is, so I had to gently "educate" him about that, mentioning several of his best known songs. He told me that lots of people have asked him about whether or not he's related to him.