unclevlad Posted May 3, 2023 Report Share Posted May 3, 2023 Passed away on Monday, in a Toronto hospital. He was 84. https://apnews.com/article/gordon-lightfoot-folk-music-dead-4c5f0763797da6a5f3ea8c90947352fc He had...gee, thinking back...not a great voice, but he used it superbly to tell stories. If you're of a certain generation, it's almost impossible not to remember The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted May 4, 2023 Report Share Posted May 4, 2023 The best of the singer/songwriters, the way other musicians including the absolute best, speak about this man is amazing. He's written dozens of songs that will endure for centuries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 4, 2023 Report Share Posted May 4, 2023 Cygnia posted about this in the Extra, Extra thread but having a thread on his own like Harry Belafonte is no bad thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted May 4, 2023 Report Share Posted May 4, 2023 Jimmy Buffett commented that he admired Gordon Lightfoot and tried to write a song with that kind of feel to it. That song ended up becoming "Come Monday", one of his biggest hits. RIP, sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rravenwood Posted May 4, 2023 Report Share Posted May 4, 2023 19 hours ago, unclevlad said: He had...gee, thinking back...not a great voice, but he used it superbly to tell stories. I think he tended to use more formal vocal techniques during the 60s, but then seemed to relax and just be more natural as the 70s progressed. A distinctive voice, in my mind, and one that will sorely be missed. (And for anyone who knows him mostly from "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", go check out the earlier "Ballad of Yarmouth Castle" from his Sunday Concert album - a different nautical disaster.) Pariah, I didn't know that about "Come Monday", but now that you've shared that tidbit, I can't unhear Gordon Lightfoot singing it Christopher R Taylor and Pariah 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted May 6, 2023 Report Share Posted May 6, 2023 Mariners’ Church of Detroit honors Gordon Lightfoot with Tuesday ringing of bells Quote Decades ago, in the final verse of his most beloved hit, Gordon Lightfoot depicted a solemn scene at Mariners’ Church of Detroit: "The church bell chimed 'til it rang 29 times / For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald.” At 3 p.m. Tuesday, the bell at Mariners’ Church rang out again — now chiming 30 times to honor those perished sailors along with the artist who famously memorialized them in song. rravenwood, Hermit and Christopher R Taylor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 7, 2023 Report Share Posted May 7, 2023 Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted May 7, 2023 Report Share Posted May 7, 2023 Some amazing photos here of.the aforementioned wreck. 22 Photographs Cataloging the Edmund Fitzgerald Disaster and the Dives to Rediscover the Wreckage Gordon Lightfoot will always be linked to that ship, at least in my mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 8, 2023 Report Share Posted May 8, 2023 (edited) Edited May 8, 2023 by Bazza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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