A while ago I was wondering if anyone had covered "Rosanna", one of Gord's early gems. My search turned up an odd group called The Unintended. Despite being a Canadian "supergroup" (members from other bands like Blue Rodeo), they're pretty obscure, and the fact that some of their work exists only on vinyl doesn't help. But what's interesting is that they're clearly big Lightfoot fans. They do a lot of covers, and yep, their name really is a reference to "Go-Go Round".
You can hear five of their songs for free at
their Myspace page. Two are Lightfoot covers: "Rosanna" and "The Way I Feel". Personally, I find them a bit too overproduced and emo-sounding (it's less jarring on their original songs), but I'm glad to see someone carrying the torch for Gord.
Pity it's hard to find any more of their stuff online. I'm particularly curious about their version of "Walls", which is on a
vinyl-only album where they do four Lightfoot songs and the Constantines do four Neil Young songs.
The Unintended
Keelor and those young Goods get up to some good fun
