Actually, I'm a HUGE Elvis fan, and I really like his version of For Lovin' Me. I also like to listen to the people who influenced Elvis, the original versions of cover songs he did, etc. And then, when we were in the car together, my father started telling me "this really long song... The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald"... that's by the same guy who wrote that Elvis song you like..."
I figured that, based on those two songs, it merited a further investigation. So I checked a copy of Gord's Gold II out from my library, and made a CD-R for myself at home. I listened and listened, and I liked it enough to buy more items, even though I thought the voice sounded weaker than what I heard on the radio.
So then, I bought Sundown. After digesting that, especially two of the best songs ever written (The Watchman's Gone and Seven Island Suite), I became hooked. And now, a couple of years later, I have all the officially released studio albums. And Songbook. And Gord has become one of my favorites.
Jeff
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