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chris · 12-03-1999, 07:04 PM

I don't remember the exact date, but it was IYCRMM. I too was in high school. I was in my room and my sister came running in yelling "turn on the radio". GL was singing that song and we both just stood there... I can still remember that feeling that this was something special. I remember her saying to me "His name is Gordon Lightfoot". I grew up in the D.C. suburbs and there was a radio program on Sunday nights on WMAL FM called the Soft Explosion or something like that. The DJ was John Lyons and he played GL alot- he was a real GL fan. So every Sunday night I listened and learned that while GL was new to me he was really big already in Cananda. I started checking record stores whenever I could and eventually ended up finding all of his United Artists albums here and there as he started to catch on in the States. Because I lived outside D.C. I was also able to see him pretty frequently in concert also. Its something my sisters and I still do together. Its funny how I can still remember that day and that feeling. I can't say that about any other performer. No other songwriter has that same pull on me that Gordon Lightfoot always has had still has.

12-03-1999, 07:04 PM	#6
chris Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: catonsville, md Posts: 76	I don't remember the exact date, but it was IYCRMM. I too was in high school. I was in my room and my sister came running in yelling "turn on the radio". GL was singing that song and we both just stood there... I can still remember that feeling that this was something special. I remember her saying to me "His name is Gordon Lightfoot". I grew up in the D.C. suburbs and there was a radio program on Sunday nights on WMAL FM called the Soft Explosion or something like that. The DJ was John Lyons and he played GL alot- he was a real GL fan. So every Sunday night I listened and learned that while GL was new to me he was really big already in Cananda. I started checking record stores whenever I could and eventually ended up finding all of his United Artists albums here and there as he started to catch on in the States. Because I lived outside D.C. I was also able to see him pretty frequently in concert also. Its something my sisters and I still do together. Its funny how I can still remember that day and that feeling. I can't say that about any other performer. No other songwriter has that same pull on me that Gordon Lightfoot always has had still has.