Out of all the choices I'm going to suggest Neil Young. Not so much musically (And I don't mean this as a knock against Gord). But I can't really see Gord hopping from playing an acoustic folk song one minute to playing a hard rocker with power chords the next like Neil does. Not saying he couldn't, just that it doesn't seem likely. Where the similarity is, is in the songwriting, A lot of Neil Young's songs speak about the USA the way Gordon sings about Canada. "Black Day In July" and Neil's "Ohio" are both very potent protest numbers for instance. They can both write very good personal songs too. Just look at Gord's "Cold On The Shoulder" and Neil's "Like A Hurricane".
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Look into his shining eyes and if you see a ghost don't be surprised......Listen to the strings. That jangle and dangle while the old guitar sings.
The lake it is said never gives up her dead, when the gales of November come early.
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