I remember very clearly when I first heard the music of Gordon Lightfoot. I was about 4 or 5 years old. My dad had a vinyl copy of Gords Gold that he would play all the time. First time he played it I didn't know who sang it. But I remembered the words to the songs. A few weeks later I was home one afternoon and had just had lunch and Dad asked if I wanted hear to Gordon Lightfoot. I said sure and he put the records on. The first songs I specifically remember were If You Could Read My Mind and Carefree Highway. After that whenever I heard a Gordon Lightfoot song on the radio I knew right away that it was Gordon Lightfoot.
Those songs planted the seeds in me that lead to my lifelong love of music. Now at 21 I play guitar. I listen to a lot of loud and heavy rock (IE: Korn). But I still love and appreciate the music of Gordon Lightfoot.
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Look into his shiny 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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