Thanks so much, Cathy and Valerie. I'm honored to be able to "meet" and chat with both of you - Cathy, I've been to your site and listened to your beautiful covers of GL songs. And Valerie, of course, for all your hard work with
www.gordonlightfoot.com (I am a devout fan of your site).
Cathy - I particularly enjoyed your cover (with Derek) of DQ - playing it capo #4 to do the famous DQ "lead". I play the song (including the lead) in capo #2, which requires a bit more hand-stretching but actually sounds OK. With two guitars it would be fantastic, but it's usually just me. On occasion I have had the privilege of having multi-instrumentalist David Mosher joining me on violin for that song, and it takes on a whole new feel.
Again I must apologize, though, because I don't have a mechanism for recording my covers or sharing them online at this time. I did have one lousy recording of me doing "I'm Not Sayin'" and "Did She Mention My Name" at a local pub, but it didn't turn out well enough to share anyway. As soon as I have some GL covers recorded properly, I will be sure to get them out here. Thanks again for the encouragement.
Dan