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[Next Saturday]

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4951820/

“Harmony,” Gordon Lightfoot
Nearly three decades after he sank the Edmund Fitzgerald, Gordon Lightfoot has resurfaced.

It’s been a while since he made the charts, but that’s the least of Lightfoot’s problems lately. A life-threatening aneurysm left him in a coma for six weeks in 2002, and he’s still recovering.

Lightfoot recorded demos of new material shortly before he became ill, and the tapes provided the foundation for “Harmony,” his 20th album. Band parts were overdubbed while he was still in the hospital, two concert cuts were added, and the result is an engaging 11-song collection featuring Lightfoot’s ruminations on longing, love and the great outdoors.

His voice is thinner and more nasal than when it was a fixture on AM radio, but Lightfoot’s folksy delivery remains distinctive. It’s like hearing unexpectedly from an old friend.
— Steven Wine

[SilverHeels]

quote:Originally posted by Next Saturday:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4951820/

“Harmony,” Gordon Lightfoot

It’s like hearing unexpectedly from an old friend.
— Steven Wine



Oh that really opened the flood gates for me!
How very apt.
Thanks, Steven Wine.

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Like hearing unexpectedly from an old friend. How perfect is that in descibing the feeling of the new CD. Thanks for posting that.

[SomewhereupinMichigan]

Nice review only Mr. Wine got it slightly wrong. Gordon's song didn't sink the E.F., as we all know, it "raised" it and has kept it afloat through the last 30 years.

[Borderstone]

"More nasal?" What the heck? What's this reporter trying to do? Compare Gordon to Howard Cossell?

"Aaah-yes!" "Gor-don-Light-foot-fans!" "The-new-C-D Har-mo-ny-is-un-be-liev-able!!!!"
<0> <---(Cossell yelling.)

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