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Name: Jeannie
From: (IP Address: 207.179.99.179)
Added: Monday, December 30, 2002 8:30 PM
Comments:
If Mr. Lightfoot ever reads these I just want to first give huge thanks to him and wishes for a full recovery. I distinctly remember the first time I heard any of his music. It was "If You Could Read My Mind" played over the radio. This was at Interlochen Arts Academy in northern Michigan...1971. Everyone was talking about his work, especially the Canadian students! I can only describe that moment as some sort of epiphany for me. I was hooked on his musical style on the spot, even as a young girl. There have been so many times I have felt strong connections between my own life and the lyrics he has written. It is almost uncanny. I think that is one reason his work is so wonderful...people can identify with his imagery without it being trite or common. Another interesting thing....whenever I meet somebody who turns out to be a Lightfoot fan, there is a moment of instant kinship and mutual respect. I think if I ever met Mr. Lightfoot in person...I would just have to try hard to compose myself and not stand like a dumbstruck fool. It would be so great to meet him and just shake his hand and say "thanks" for all his superb artistry.
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Name: David Kesler davidkesler@earthlink.net
From: www.davidkesler.com (IP Address: 66.166.73.53)
Added: Monday, December 30, 2002 3:36 PM
Comments:
Please chaeck out my cd at cdbaby.com. I've been influenced by Gordon since I was about 6 years old. I fell in love with "if you could read my mind" and have been writing songs and playing on a Martin ever since. I'm 43 now, an architect, and believe my music is worth a listen, if not airplay! I look forward to hearing from anyone who cares to share a kind word or two about my music or others.
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Name: Jack A. Knight jaknight50@hotmail.com
From: (IP Address: 204.253.66.82)
Added: Saturday, December 28, 2002 7:30 PM
Comments:
I just came across this site and its great reading about Gord. what a phenomenal guy to say it mildly. Listening to all his great lyrics with his music is truly a blessing. By the way, having read about his most recent hospital stay about Dec 5th or so of 2002, i would love to know his prognosis. Living in the Panhandle of Texas,I have never seen Gord in person, but know he has been in the state at some time. how great it is to read about all of you who have. My favorites are Canadian Railroad Triology, and The Way I Feel, of course, as well as many more. Hopefully this email gets somewhere and a response comes around.Reading David James Carlson comments was neat and am curious if you still play gigs of his music. Happy New Year
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Name: Francois Hodler hodler@ctv.es
From: none (IP Address: 80.26.112.12)
Added: Saturday, December 28, 2002 3:07 PM
Comments:
Hello Gordon Lightfoot,
I know and have full faith you are recovering quite well from your stay at hospital.
I wish you and your family a happy new year.
Your music always made me feel better. You appeared to me about 30 years ago in Montreux festival (Switzerland) and ever since leaving tracks in my mind.
God bless you.
Francois
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Name: Michael Engel angel231264@aol.com
From: www.unplugged-angels.de (IP Address: 195.93.72.10)
Added: Friday, December 20, 2002 9:08 AM
Comments:
Hello Gorden,
I am Michael from the "Unplugged Angels". I love your great world hit
"Sun down" and If you could read my.." very much.
Scott Mc Kenzie and Peter Sarstedt did write a short note in our guestbook.
Is it possible that you can write a short note. It´so important for us.
www.unplugged-angels.de and than guestbook
If you like I will send you a home demo witz some of my songs.
I wish you all the best and god bless you
Michael Engel
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Name: Ed Wright edwardmwright@attbi.spamnot.com
From: (IP Address: 12.231.234.59)
Added: Thursday, December 19, 2002 10:10 PM
Comments:
I just enjoy Mr Lightfoot's art.
Thanks
Ed
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Name: Sharon Mather
From: (IP Address: 216.94.236.10)
Added: Monday, December 16, 2002 9:28 PM
Comments:
Dear Gord: I was sorry to hear of your hospitalization this past summer in Hamilton. I hope you're doing better 'cause I'd love to hear you in concert sometime soon. In the book, "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff", it suggests writing heartfelt letters of appreciation to add beauty to life. I just want you to know how much I've appreciated your music. I have one tape, "Gord's Gold", and it's brought me countless hours of delight and much listening pleasure. People write "soothing" about your music but for me it's more than that...it takes me back to the summer of '85 when I had the chance to live in Whitehorse, Yukon. That summer on the long July weekend, with the Outdoors' Club, I hiked 10 miles in bush along a railroad track to part of the Chilkoot Goldrush Trail that Pierre Berton writes so feelingly about, with Ione Christianson leading (who was a past mayor of Whitehorse and since then the Yukon Commissionaire and now something else important in Ottawa's Parliament...)Anyhow Parks Canada held a music festival there with folk musicians and a yodeler. It was there huddled around a campfire I first heard your songs crooned..."The minstrel of the dawn" and "Softly" and "Beautiful". I often wish I could go back to that weekend. Would you like to join me? What a euphoric sense of beauty. It was one of those absolutely perfect moments of life. Your music will always take me back to a country where ribbons of northern lights dance over a silhouette of purple mountains. Thank you. I'm now a school teacher "settled" in S.W. Ontario, complete with a white picket fence and "2.4" children and I teach in a school where there are Lightfoots who claim they are related to you. If you're ever in the Alvinston area of Ontario, look me up at the Brooke P.S. You're promised a warm, adoring welcome. Anyhow, I wanted to thank you for the beauty you've added to my world through your talent. God bless you, Gord!
Sincerely, Sharon
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Name: Doug Stuebing
From: (IP Address: 65.95.12.247)
Added: Sunday, December 15, 2002 1:49 AM
Comments:
Truly a Canadian Legend,A great singer-song writer
and hope many years of concerts to come!!!!!
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Name: elizabeth elston lizelston@hotmail.com
From: (IP Address: 64.12.96.9)
Added: Thursday, December 12, 2002 12:27 AM
Comments:
Dear Mr. Lightfoot,
As a young native American girl I loved hearing "chippewa" (The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald)in a song. I'm not sure why, but at the time it made me feel special, not knowing completely what the song was about. I was very young (as I've told) and my father use to listen to you all the time. It was almost like seeing him with a cup of coffee in hand - it's what he did. Your music meshed with the type of person he was - he was "rainy day people". My dad was a very poor man because he use to give everything away, even gifts that he had been given, it use to frustrate me when I was younger, but now I'am thankful that I had such a father, such a completely selfless man. He passed away last April 2002. I want to thank you for the gift you have given to me and the rest of the world - your music. A few months back I bought your greatest hits-once I got them home I waited til I was alone--poured myself a cup of coffee and one for my dad and I even put out a cigarette for him. I played "Sundown" as loud as I could get away with, drank my coffee, smoked my dads cigarette and took the air in hand and danced as though he was there dancing with me and it was as though he was. It was a very precious moment for me. Now when ever I want to see my dad I just listen to you and he's right there with me. Thank you.
P.S.
I pray this finds you well and I hope someday that I will have the pleasure of listening to your melodic stories in person.
Respectfully,
The Daughter of White Cloud - Neil John DesJarlais
Aprill "Elizabeth" Elston
Roozh Li Toener Faem -- "Red Thunder Woman"
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Name: James Reed reedjames74@hotmail.com
From: (IP Address: 194.217.0.27)
Added: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 9:32 AM
Comments:
Hi, Just to say I recently brought Gordon lighfoots Greatest Hits and It's brillant.
There's one thing I would like to know, Is
Daylight Katy based on a friend of Gordons or
just a made up song as It's my favoiurite song
of all.
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Name: Roger J. Hudak rjhudak@juno.com
From: (IP Address: 216.193.161.102)
Added: Saturday, December 7, 2002 5:53 PM
Comments:
Great web site! I'm a retired high school Enlish teacher who actually used Lightfoot lyrics and music for years during my 32 year career. I've seen Gord live at Muskfest in Bethlehem, PA, back in the 90s and at the Keswick Theater in Phillie as well. Both performances were wonderful. I have the entire Lightfoot collection in vinyl and CD.
I hope Gord's feeling better now. He has no idea just how much he has meant to millions of fans.
I am a friend of Bill W. and a rabid Lightfoot fan.
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Name: Gordon Quinn gorquinn@yahoo.co.uk
From: (IP Address: 159.134.255.19)
Added: Friday, December 6, 2002 11:01 AM
Comments:
This site is very good
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Name: L. Madison lam3346e@aol.com
From: (IP Address: 64.12.96.9)
Added: Sunday, December 1, 2002 8:20 PM
Comments:
Hope that your recovery is going well. We are
praying for you each and every day.
Have been fans since '70 or '71. Went over so many times to see you at the "U" (University of Minnesota) and "Northrup Hall".
Just made an automatic association between you and that venue. And then there were the State and Orpheum Theatres.
Grew up three blocks from Lake Superior and had seen the Edmund Fitzgerald in Marquette, at the iron ore docks. It makes that song seem even more haunting.
Again......hope that you are feeling MUCH BETTER.
lam
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Name: kathy me@hotmail.com
From: (IP Address: 207.61.27.149)
Added: Saturday, November 30, 2002 2:55 PM
Comments:
This was a good website! Gordon is the best! I hope your surgery goes well and we all cant wait to see you up and well again. Keep your hopes High! we are all praying for you
.... thanx kathy
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Name: Kassandra N kiss_this_90@hotmail.com
From: (IP Address: 205.211.96.248)
Added: Thursday, November 28, 2002 12:39 AM
Comments:
Hello, I live in Midland Ontario , I am only 12 but I am a big fan of Gordon. Midland is only 35 minutes away fromhis home town Orillia.I have seen him perform many times! I was so sad when I found out about him getting sent down to Toronto... Hope your feeling better soon ...
Kassandra
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Name: Lorraine Erb
From: (IP Address: 66.185.84.75)
Added: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 10:02 PM
Comments:
I've listened to your music all of my life and now my 6 year old enjoys your music too!!
I've been to your concerts and met you back stage!!All of your band are super guys!
I'm hoping you are well very soon Gordon!
I also want to thank My Mom for always having your music playing when I was growing up!!
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Name: Lorraine Erb lerb@rogers.com
From: (IP Address: 66.185.84.75)
Added: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 9:50 PM
Comments:
I've listened and enjoyed your music all my life and now my 6 year old is too!!
Many thanks to My Mom for always having Gordons music playing!!
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Name: Rick Koehler
From: (IP Address: 209.94.177.63)
Added: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 8:26 PM
Comments:
Gordon. Hope your recovery is going well. Look forword to see you perform again. I have enjoyed your concerts for the past 30 years. Thanks Rick
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Name: Okay...I'm really trying SkyHiLife@aol.com
From: none (IP Address: 64.12.96.9)
Added: Saturday, November 23, 2002 11:55 PM
Comments:
If you are ever wanting to visit the Gulf Coast of Florida I will offer to you my condo or the West coast (Southern California) all to yourself. I would do this for you unconditionaly., well perhaps you may consider letting me sit in on a few jams
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Name: David SkyHiLife@aol.com
From: none (IP Address: 64.12.96.9)
Added: Saturday, November 23, 2002 11:44 PM
Comments:
Hello Gordy, I am certain you may not remember me, it was along time ago, 1986? Baltimore (I was the one who approached the stage with 5 cups) I am listening to your summertime dream cd now and online and was thinking of you and wish you a very happy life, just as much as you have inspired mine. I love you, and I wish you and yours a very merry holiday. When will we hear from you ?
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Name: Sylvia eightoftwo@excite.com
From: (IP Address: 205.188.208.10)
Added: Thursday, November 21, 2002 9:09 PM
Comments:
I never knew the meaning of the song wreck of the edmund fitzgerald until recently, I heard a little bit of it when gordon sang it on a station break as I was watching tv. Even though it is based on a true event. I think that it is a beautiful song. My heart goes out to everyone that lost a love one on that day.
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Name: meghan shutler megshu@hotmail.com
From: www.expage.com/megslair (IP Address: 65.93.236.80)
Added: Thursday, November 21, 2002 7:09 PM
Comments:
THANK YOU SO MUCH!! this is the best. i needed info on gordon for a skewl project and this site had the most and best organized info. U GUYZ ROCK!
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Name: Jim Thomas nubbs@ecentral.com
From: (IP Address: 216.38.223.180)
Added: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 7:31 AM
Comments:
Gordon-
Afew weeks back I heard you well ill... I don't know the extent of your illness.
Saw you in Denver last spring and as one of your more vocal fans proclaimed..."GORDIE YOUR A GOD"
God's speed toward whatever you want...
Jim Thomas
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Name: Nancy MacEachern
From: (IP Address: 205.189.240.106)
Added: Monday, November 18, 2002 3:58 PM
Comments:
Gord, hope you are feeling better.
Looking forward to your next concert at Massey Hall. Get well soon.
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Name: J.P. Bonhomme montana@ntl.sympatico.ca
From: (IP Address: 209.226.89.90)
Added: Thursday, November 14, 2002 6:28 AM
Comments:
I love his music. I love to write poetry because creating an arrangement of words in such a way that you can transfer what you are seeing to others is the highest form of communication available to most people. If you can do that AND help people feel whatyou are feeling, you get a special satisfaction. GL has such a way with words that even his sad songs give me joy. Almost every night, I fall asleep to his music and I must have included, in my selection of his songs, If You Could Read My Mind" almost a thousand times over the last four years. Lately, My favourites have been "Steel Rail Blues" and "Song For A Winter Night". I enjoy many kinds of music as I find music has a profound impact on my happiness. Thank you Mr. Lightfoot for sharing your gift with me.
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Name: klayton brewer frailklay@netscape.net
From: (IP Address: 24.198.60.3)
Added: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 4:41 PM
Comments:
i think that the first time i listened to GL i was in the womb(my mom is a huge fan). i am now a 29 year old man who finaly got to see GL play live and in person. it was march 31 2002 here in portland me. it was a very specile show for me a: it was GL amd b: it was my 29th birthday. i went with my mom and my girlfriend at the time. this show was by far the best birthday present ever. it was so wonderfull, and only the second time that i"vecried at a show the only other band who has made me cry(and still do everytime that i see them is Tool. thank you Mr Lightfoot for a whole lot of great music. and thank you all the fans whom have supported him. love
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Name: Olivia Morrissette LivboNH@aol.com
From: (IP Address: 205.188.208.10)
Added: Saturday, November 9, 2002 7:40 PM
Comments:
Hey buddy, thousands of us out here are wishing you well every day and sending our blessings. You have given us so much. Thank you, and we all hope and pray you recover soon.
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Name: Debra Cohen wedance3@hotmail.com
From: (IP Address: 64.12.96.9)
Added: Saturday, November 9, 2002 9:26 AM
Comments:
Dear Gordon,
Over the years, your music has been such an important part of my life. I wish you a recovery in the same full measure that your music has given me courage, inspiration, insight and sheer joy! I could write for hours and never say it all. Thank you for all you've shared so far and know we're all looking forward to the future with you. We've never met but I've considered you a friend for a very long time. Be well and happy!
Debra
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Name: Erol Huhta vk2np@kooee.com.au
From: (IP Address: 211.26.152.233)
Added: Friday, November 8, 2002 10:43 PM
Comments:
Hi there Gordon
Just a quick note to say that I have been a fan of yours for some 25 years, now, and the time has come, finally that I'm learning to play a guitar, and of course some of your work, is first,I m now 45 yo, not to late I hope to grasp, being able to learn to play, I hope your well mate,
and all the best to you and yours...cheers
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Name: Glen Martin tinmanguitarist@yahoo.com
From: (IP Address: 208.166.22.228)
Added: Thursday, November 7, 2002 12:57 AM
Comments:
Hi. I wanted to say that i will be playing at the Geneva alabama river festivalspring of 2003 and will do one of gordon lightfoots songs .
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Name: Bob Gallant bobbylee@eol.ca
From: echo online (IP Address: 64.56.226.26)
Added: Monday, November 4, 2002 9:06 PM
Comments:
gord,not a day goes by since youv'e been sick that I haven't played some of your music,like right now I'm listening to the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald " a classic canadian tune"kinda like a vigil helping you to a speedy recovery.
I started playing gituar at a pretty young age and growing up with your music, formely from PEI,I moved to ontario when I was seventeen.Now everytime I went back there for a visit someone would want to hear me play a gordon lightfoot tune,or even when I'm in Ont.It's my pleasure.Your music is inspiring to alot of many people and has touched us in many different ways,I myself have been of on disibility since last April,and jsut started back to work today.I came home tonight dog tired and put on some of your music, and has wiped my mind clear of all today's bisuness, nothing but piece of mind and your music.Your music has inspired me to sing a somg to pick up my spirits,and I'm now currently learning to play the fiddle,Your music has also inspired me to write a few songs myself, "no match to yours "Your music is the best.I've never had to see you in concert yet,so you better get well soon.I always told my wife if there was one concert I would like to see is yours,but I've never beenable to drive any distance I've never made it there yet.Get well soon Gord,Your loved by many people who are on your summer side of life Well I have to go because it's gonna be an early morning rain,and hope you get this message before Sundown "LOVE YA "Bob
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Name: Brian - magazine subscriptions
From: (IP Address: 209.15.2.61)
Added: Sunday, November 3, 2002 4:03 AM
Comments:
Hi! I'm Brian. I really like your site, it's usefull and informative. I am working for discount magazine subscription comparison service. I find your site while searching for magazine related sites and It's a pleasure to sign your guestbook. Thanks!
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Name: Bill Hamilton ghamilton@rogers7582.com
From: (IP Address: 24.101.79.73)
Added: Thursday, October 31, 2002 4:21 PM
Comments:
When I was a kid. I attended Northern Secondary High School. Every day I walked past Gordon Lightfoots house which was on the corner of Mount Pleasant Road and Blythwood Road. He drove a red mustang at the time and every so oftenI would catch him driving along in his car and wave. He wold always flash a smile and wave back.
Those were the days when I went to school with Edward Bear and Bob McBride and his younger Brother Danny.
Many years later I became a police officer in Toronto and had ocassion to visit his business offices on Davenport road.
Now almost retired I live 2 doors away from his business manager.
The world shrinks every day.
By the way............I'm still a fan!!!
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Name: Michael Montgomery mike@polymersciences.com
From: (IP Address: 66.156.62.77)
Added: Thursday, October 31, 2002 11:19 AM
Comments:
I'm trying to find the guitar chords to "Is there anyone Home," Is there anyone that can help? If so please email or respond.
Thanks
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Name: Harry (Dutch Gord Fan)
From: (IP Address: 213.194.2.253)
Added: Thursday, October 24, 2002 1:33 PM
Comments:
To Condor: The song is called: "Talking In Your Sleep".
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Name: condor condor1580@sturdynet.com
From: (IP Address: 207.176.206.199)
Added: Monday, October 21, 2002 6:13 PM
Comments:
I heard a Gordon Lightfoot song a number of years ago and haven't been able to find it or hear it since. I was wondering if someone could identify it for me. It is a very beautiful song, a soft romantic ballad and has something of the following phrases in it (based on 20 years fo not the best memory):
I do believe I heard you talking in your sleep
about anything at all.
.........I do believe we have a thing or two
about anything at all.
Chorus with this in it (somwewhat)
I wake up to whispers
I wake up to find you near me
.....
I was not supposed to know....
It's the best that I can do. I know the melody better but the words are so old that I only remember a little.
Anyone able to help me determine which song it is.
Thanks in advance
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Name: Ivy albi@adelphia.net
From: geocities.com/pendulum_band/ (IP Address: 24.54.2.41)
Added: Friday, October 18, 2002 10:30 PM
Comments:
My husband has been a fan of your for more years than I care to remember. I was with child 20 years ago at one of your concerts at the Greek. If you even read this you will see that a new and up coming young band you where mentioned by one of the members. That was the child. You have been a big part of our life as a family. If you go to this web site look under people and the crazy guy who is now their DJ. Your music has brough many happy hours to our family. We love you and hope you are in good health.
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Name: sally spence sbernier@excite.com
From: (IP Address: 12.216.144.233)
Added: Friday, October 18, 2002 7:40 PM
Comments:
The first time I saw Gordon in concert was in 1973at The Drake University Field House in Des moines Ia.I spent $5.00 on a ticket!My how times have changed!He sat in a step stool,we on folding chairs.It was probably the best concert I have ever attended.I have been devoted ever sinse.My 18 year old son grew up with his music,and still likes it.Only when his friends are not around.My ex inlaws are French Canadians and fans too.I was so devistated to here of his illness,and say a rosary novena for him daily.I have never missed a concert when he comes to Des moines and was looking forward to his upcoming concert to Cedar Rapids.If anyone knows of a way to send him my get well prayers and thoughts,please let me know. His music has meant so much to me in my lifetime,and there is always a song for the mood I am in.His music is incredible.So much talent!He has always been my favorite,and If You Could Read My Mind is my all time favorite recording of any artist today and past.I really would like to get a message to him.Please help!
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Name: Johnny rockeyis@shaw.ca
From: (IP Address: 24.70.95.204)
Added: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 10:55 PM
Comments:
Hello Friends of Gordon. If anyone knows the chords to "Ghosts Of Cape Horn" could you send them to me. My friend's son wants me to play this for him on my guitar and he's only 11 years old! good to hear some children are picking up on the "Good Music"...thxs all , God Bless
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Name: BRIAN C/FRAMPTON WWW.MSN.@BCF4972.COM
From: (IP Address: 68.69.88.39)
Added: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 10:39 PM
Comments:
I AM A WONDERING CANADIAN LIVING IN NEW YORK STATE AND HAVE LIVED BY YOUR THOUGHTS AND WORDS/THINKING OF MY SUMMERS AND-WINTERS IN UPPER ONTARIO //IT IS GREAT FROM THE FEELINGS OF WORKING IN THE MINE IN CREIGHTON//FRUID RD //ON OUT TO THE SURROUNDING AREAS //YOUR MUSIC HAS ENLIGHTENED ALL OF US GOD BLESS YOU ALL YOUR FRIEND HAF/BCF
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Name: Char lightfootfan@rogers.com
From: (IP Address: 66.185.85.75)
Added: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 9:24 PM
Comments:
Dear Lightfoot fans,
I was thinking of asking all of you if you wished to e-mail me a "get well/birthday greeting" for Gord. This would be from "The Net People". (this is what Gord calls us) I will print them out, put them in some sort of a binder/book form and get them to EMP for Barry to take to the hospital if Gord is up to it by the 17th of November. If not they would be waiting for him when he is.
Just a thought......
Char
I would need your e-mail by Sunday November 10, 2002 to be able to print them and either mail/FedEx/UPS them or get them to Barry in person(if possible).
I'll post a couple of reminders.
Send them to:
lightfootfan@rogers.com
Char
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Name: Gwen Snyder www.pkysrwvbuk@aol.com
From: (IP Address: 64.12.96.9)
Added: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 7:36 PM
Comments:
Get well Gordon. May God bless and keep youalways in His tender care.
Gwen
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Name: Nomie Elfgren Nomie_elfgren@hotmail.com
From: (IP Address: 217.208.246.238)
Added: Sunday, October 13, 2002 12:59 AM
Comments:
Dear Mr.Lightfoot,
I´m sending a greeting from Sweden just to let you know how great your music is. In 1966-68 I lived in Canada, working in Banff.I was 19 years old and came to hear your music.I bought an Lp with me home to Sweden, got married and have three musical sons.One works as a filmphotografer on Tv and one is studing musicproduction.Among all the music they listen to they always come back to your wonderful songs.I´m so glad I bought that LP and that my sons sing your songs.
Thank you very much and God bless you.
Mrs Elfgren
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Name: Andrew Howard and Melissa Hawkins-Howard melisshawkins@yahoo.com
From: (IP Address: 203.221.141.231)
Added: Wednesday, October 9, 2002 9:46 PM
Comments:
When we heard of Gordon's hospital stay my husband and I were very eager for any information. We saw Mr. Lightfoot's concert in Bradford, Ontario in the summer of 2001. We met him afterwards where our thoughts of what he would be like were all put to rest. Gordon Lightfoot is THE nicest man in the world! From here in Australia we wish him all the best. Get well soon Gordo!!!!!
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Name: JOHN JG005@AOL
From: (IP Address: 152.163.188.5)
Added: Tuesday, October 8, 2002 8:16 PM
Comments:
HI FOLKS
This is Gords friend from Baghdad Babylon. I am so thankfull that I have met Gord through his album Summer Side of Life; and then I discovered Gord is more precious than Gold.
I love you Gord.
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Name: suzanne mary smith suzannemary49@yahoo.com
From: (IP Address: 208.51.174.232)
Added: Tuesday, October 8, 2002 3:45 PM
Comments:
Thanks for"A Tree too weak to stand".I've bought almost every album since 1969 when I graduated high school.First concert was at St.John Fisher college(rochester,ny).Last was at Eastman Theatre(also rochester).I found out a year ago that the family hails from a small town in Orillia(it was one of those "Oh!" moments when something connects.Thanks for a lifetime of wisdom.
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Name: Sean mr_sean69@hotmail.com
From: (IP Address: 65.95.146.126)
Added: Sunday, October 6, 2002 11:11 AM
Comments:
I have been a fan for 15 years....that's the same length of my life. Keep on Listening to SunDown!! Care Free Highway!
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Name: Lew
From: (IP Address: 65.239.26.25)
Added: Friday, October 4, 2002 2:01 PM
Comments:
A fan for many years in Washington State, USA, I wish you a quick recovery, and my prayers are with you. Thank you for many years of your music. I have only seen you once in concert, and that was in Seattle in 1975. It was a concert I will never forget.
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Name: Mark W
From: (IP Address: 198.103.40.3)
Added: Friday, October 4, 2002 1:47 PM
Comments:
A fan from Orillia.... Hope that Gordon gets to read these messages, and makes a full recovery. I know his fans are waiting for him to return to the Opera House and raise the roof again!
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Name: glyn morgan nipper@onlink.net
From: (IP Address: 209.105.208.30)
Added: Wednesday, October 2, 2002 4:39 PM
Comments:
I've been a long time fan. First heard your music in the late '60's as a teenagerliving in Strathroy and have enjoyed your style and content for many years. Just the other night I caught one of your latest concerts on the television and the memories of those teenage years all came back to me. Many thanks . Get well soon Gord. Best wishes .
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Name: Marian Kemp mikpfs@ecn.ab.ca
From: (IP Address: 24.79.153.165)
Added: Tuesday, October 1, 2002 9:31 PM
Comments:
Get well soon, Gordon Lightfoot. So glad you're making progress.
My husband & I have been big fans since the late 1960s.
Watching you on t.v. (Tues. evg) on the week of the 50th anniv of CBC television. I think it's in Phoenix (or was it Chilliwack?).
I missed seeing you at the Sprague Club on Stanley Street (Montreal) in the sixties but saw you in the early seventies at Place des Arts.
Don't go back to work too soon. It sounds like 4 months would be about right...
Good luck,
Marian (& Phil) Kemp
Edmonton
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Name: Dick Bosman dick.Ymie@12move.nl
From: www.dickpastel.myweb.nl (IP Address: 195.241.191.228)
Added: Monday, September 30, 2002 8:56 AM
Comments:
I hope,Gordon will soon be recovered from his illnes.Because:The house you live in will never fall down if you sing about nature.........!
dick
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Name: cathy walker bushido@on.aibn.com
From: www.hbkmartialarts.com (IP Address: 216.209.113.105)
Added: Saturday, September 28, 2002 3:28 PM
Comments:
Sorry, I just have to correct one thing and add one more. Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot, I handed to you outside Massey Hall one eve after your performance. It wasn't one of the lyrics I sent to your home. Second thing. I study Tai Chi and one of the weapons used is the fan. This form, though lethal in intent, is extremely beautiful and graceful to watch. The music I use to perform this fan form to is Pussywillow, Cat-tails. It works beautifully with the form. Thanks, Cathy
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Name: cathy walker bushido@on.aibn.com
From: www.hbkmartialarts.com (IP Address: 209.226.248.165)
Added: Saturday, September 28, 2002 2:36 PM
Comments:
A familiar story, I discovered your music when I was about 15, I'm now 42. Your words, and music have touched and shaped my life in so many ways. I've written two books and when I lack motivation, it's always your songs I turn to. The lyrical, haunting emotion they carry, and stories they tell, always inspire me. Without knowing it, you have helped me to become who I am in some ways. About 17 years ago I sent some lyrics to your house, which you actually signed for personally. One was entitled Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot. I wonder if you realize how many people you have touched in your life?
A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot
You've travelled from shore to shore
You've earned your name
And earned it well
For us, you couldn't have done more
You're a proud Canadian
A Canadian of whom we are proud
Your music and lyrics
Have kept my dreams alive
And made me able to survive
Just knowing there is more to life
This is a tribute to your name
I hope your spirit stays the same
I hope your words still help me get by
When the moon rises in the sky
Like a minstrel from days of old
You put your dreams into words
You show us how you're shy, yet bold
You share your dreams with others
And spin your tales of gold
You have given us your visions
Of the land and life we share
You make all our tomorrows
Something about which to care
This is a tribute to your songs
For all the hope you've given to me
And to all others who dream
When the sun sets far away
And darkness fills the sky.
To you Gordon. Your life has definitely been worth living, and we all pray you'll be around for many years to come. You truly are a Canadian treasure and we appreciate you.
Cathy Walker
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Name: Ed Waiksnoris edwaiks@intergrafix.net
From: (IP Address: 216.107.52.21)
Added: Thursday, September 26, 2002 9:36 PM
Comments:
Wishing you well and a speedy recovery..I`ve been your biggest fan since I first saw you in Baltimore in 67`. Must have seen you another dozen times since including your concert at Williamsport in April of this year; it was as wonderful as the first!
Your music is the reason I learned to play the folk guitar. You are truly the Minstrel of the dawn!
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Name: Laurie schmdthaus@aol.com
From: (IP Address: 205.188.208.10)
Added: Thursday, September 19, 2002 9:03 PM
Comments:
Get well soon! I saw you at the Troubador in the late 1960's and have appreciated your music ever since. Your songs have mirrored my life so precisely that some are almost landmarks. Thank you for all the beautiful noise.
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Name: Debbie Davis djmd423@bellsouth.net
From: (IP Address: 216.77.213.9)
Added: Thursday, September 19, 2002 1:01 PM
Comments:
Dear Gordon, I was born in Cape Breton, then lived in Ottawa but have been in the States since I was six years old. At the age of 15 (1971) I first heard your music. Since then I have been completely addicted to your voice, lyrics and music. I believe I have everything you have ever recorded for sale (including songbook which I love). When I was 20, I turned my father on to your music. He was a RCMP for most of his 20's and was born in New Brunswick. He recently passed away and our family is devastated. I want you to know that the funeral home played "Gord's Gold" at his request throughout the visitations and it brought us all great comfort. Dad slipped away on his carefree highway. I just read in the Fort Lauderdale newspaper about your illness. Have been praying very hard for you and your family. I had tickets to the March 28th concert in Pompano Beach, FL but just found out they were cancelled. I have seen you three times before in Virginia over the years. Please give it everything you have and recover from this illness. The world is not ready to lose you. Love, Debra Davis
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Name: Dutch Gord Fan
From: (IP Address: 213.194.1.225)
Added: Friday, September 13, 2002 2:24 PM
Comments:
Get well soon Gordon! We will see you in Toronto!
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Name: Craig Houston chouston@rogers.com
From: (IP Address: 66.185.84.203)
Added: Friday, September 13, 2002 1:11 PM
Comments:
My hopes and wishes for a speedy recovery for you is utmost in my mind. Your music has always been and is still very much a huge part of my life.
See you in November at Massey Hall
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Name: Brian Tyndall
From: (IP Address: 161.184.23.88)
Added: Thursday, September 12, 2002 10:07 PM
Comments:
Get well Gordy, you are the best! God Bless, Brian
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Name: j slade pei..
From: (IP Address: 142.176.125.27)
Added: Thursday, September 12, 2002 7:22 AM
Comments:
started listening to lightfoot music 23 years ago have been playing and singing his songs every since what a challange my son. took me two years to learn some of the songs of a his shadows album.
and still learning to play steel rail blues.love lightfoot songs saltwaterbye@hotmail.com
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Name: Katrina dohertykatrina@eircom.net
From: (IP Address: 159.134.210.32)
Added: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 5:36 PM
Comments:
Speedy recovery to GL. It's a shock to hear that somebody who's been with you for all your life is ill, and I think that's the way Gordon's fans feel. I do. My thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.
Regards Katrina
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Name: Danny Romero djromero@msn.com
From: (IP Address: 204.33.33.207)
Added: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 4:40 PM
Comments:
Dear Gordon,
We are all praying for your quick recovery.
God Bless you and your family. We are looking forward to your health my friend.
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Name: Summerrain Summerrain5142@aol.com
From: None (IP Address: 64.12.96.9)
Added: Monday, September 9, 2002 8:53 PM
Comments:
The song if you could read my mind is beautiful.Gordens lyrics are romantic and sensual.I would love to dedicate that song to someone.I love deeply Marc Steven love Wanda Aubery.Until our hearts meet again angel.
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Name: Edwin Willis ed_jen_brody @yahoo.com
From: (IP Address: 204.112.183.197)
Added: Monday, September 9, 2002 6:17 PM
Comments:
Dear Gordon Lightfoot,
My family and I have just heard the news about you having to undergo surgery. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. I and my family have always loved your music. We wish you all the best to speedy recovery. My fiances mother has resently been diagnosed with cancer and we are going through a very tough time in our lives also. So may god bless you and your family.
Your Freinds
Edwin Willis and
Family
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Name: Jessica and Michael
From: (IP Address: 207.164.148.202)
Added: Monday, September 9, 2002 4:34 PM
Comments:
Hi! We don't listen to much of Gordie's music although we are his third cousin. My mom is his second cousin and my grandma and Gordie are first
cousins. We don't see Gordie much because we live 5 hours away although last weekend we saw him at a family reunion. So hi everyone!!
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Name: Jennifer Gagnon azuredan666@yahoo.com
From: (IP Address: 63.77.54.233)
Added: Monday, September 9, 2002 3:05 AM
Comments:
When I heard about Mr.Lightfoot being in the hospital, and that he was not in the greatest of states, the first thing I wanted to do was let him know that myself and probably millions of others are thinking of him and wish him and his family nothing but the best. I saw him when he played in Albany NY, and I tell you it was like a dream come true. I have to admit I was not even born when alot of the older songs were released, but the minute I heard him, I was hooked. Everybody pray and think good thoughts for a great artist!!!
jlg
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Name: gerry frost gfrost@nucleus.com
From: (IP Address: 209.115.248.47)
Added: Sunday, September 8, 2002 10:02 PM
Comments:
today on the canadian news i heard about gorden being in the hospital in critical condition.
it brought me tears ! i have been an undying fan of gordens since i was a very young man .through records ,8 tracks cassetts ,now cds he has been my old friend through hundreds of thousands of miles.
i couldnt say enough about how this mans music has affected me ,care free high way ,if you could read my mind ,knotty pine .on and on ,all i can say is, gorden gods speed man ! get well quick .!!!!!!!! gerry frost calgary
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Name: Paul Dernovich
From: (IP Address: 63.227.163.130)
Added: Friday, September 6, 2002 4:56 PM
Comments:
Gordon Lightfoot wrote great songs. He had a wonderful voice. He was one of the best singer/songwriter guys to emerge from the '60s through the '70s into the '80s. His songs have meant a lot to me. And now I can't bear to listen to his music or see him in concert as his voice is gone and his songwriting has suffered. It's too sad to see him now so I will turn to the old records released on CDs when I need my fix. After seeing him in concert earlier this year, it was painfully clear to me that at almost 65, he should retire rather than tour as a shadow of what he was. But in his prime, what a fine minstrel of the dawn he was!
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Name: Katrina dohertykatrina@eircom.net
From: (IP Address: 159.134.210.206)
Added: Thursday, September 5, 2002 6:33 PM
Comments:
Is there an address where one can send a letter to GL, perhaps through his record company? If so please let me know.
Thanks
Katrina
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Name: Katrina dohertykatrina@eircom.net
From: (IP Address: 159.134.210.206)
Added: Thursday, September 5, 2002 6:21 PM
Comments:
Hi - I'm Katrina and I live in Ireland. I have been a big fan of GL since I was 12, and I'll be 36 tomorrow. So that's 2 thirds of my life that I've known and loved this man's music. I've been reading through some of the things that people have written in on the website, and I'm no different to anyone else. Gordon's music has gotten me through a lot of stuff in my life, good and bad, but quite a lot of 'bad'. I went through a phase where I couldn't listen to his songs at all, because there were toooo many memories attached, but in the end one always comes back. Gordon is my favourite singer/songwriter of all time, and it is on my wish list to see him play live, - not an easy one to fulfil as I live in Ireland. Hopefully one day.... The songs Daylight Katy, Sundown, and If You Could Read My Mind have had an enormous impact on my life. There have been times where I felt that GL was my best friend in life, because of his lyrics. That sounds sad, but hey - so goes life at times. It takes a person with a great understanding of life and an understanding of what pain is, to write about intricate emotions. GL has done that with an extraordinary panache. I don't know if this website is orchestrated by a fan or by Gordon himself, but in any case, as Abba once sang "thank you for the music" - it's meant a lot to me over the years. You are number one on my hit-list after all these years! Thank You. (If I won a competition tomorrow and the prize was to meet the one person who has meant a lot in my life, it would be Gordon Lightfoot.)
Katrina
P.s. Is there any chance of GL doing a European tour? Even one night in Ireland? We live in hope. Our town of Monaghan is twinned with Prince Edward Island - does that swing any weight?
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Name: George Bragg
From: (IP Address: 64.229.191.123)
Added: Sunday, September 1, 2002 8:50 PM
Comments:
My parents have a story about how, when they were planning their wedding (some 39 or so years ago), they picked up a young hitchhiker on the highway in SW Ontario. In gratitude, he offered to play at their wedding, which they graciously refused. This hitchhiker, of course, was Gordon Lightfoot.
BTW, my parents are still married, 39 years later!
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Name: Gord Fan
From: (IP Address: 213.194.1.71)
Added: Saturday, August 31, 2002 7:38 AM
Comments:
To Matt Rowley : Look at Pollstar.com !
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Name: Richard Curton
From: (IP Address: 198.26.120.12)
Added: Friday, August 30, 2002 2:47 AM
Comments:
"The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" reminds me of a time in the Navy on the open ocean.
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Name: Matt Rowley BgSwede@yahoo.com
From: (IP Address: 208.60.244.132)
Added: Monday, August 26, 2002 8:22 PM
Comments:
I have been big fan since my teens and I just found out that my wife is a big fan also.
We would love to find out if Gorden is still touring and where he is going to be preforming?
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Name: Benito Madiera nineteen04@yahoo.com
From: (IP Address: 63.206.51.146)
Added: Friday, August 16, 2002 1:26 AM
Comments:
looking for guitar tabulature for gord's song "the watchman's gone" Please help.
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Name: Jay Donovan jdonovan8@hotmail.com
From: (IP Address: 207.172.11.232)
Added: Thursday, August 15, 2002 9:43 AM
Comments:
i am a 21 year old from mass and i have grown to love gordon lightfoots music...i would love to know if he will be in the RI or MA area anytime soon
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Name: Jinny Hannasch-Daley thedaleys1@hotmail.com
From: (IP Address: 204.253.137.213)
Added: Friday, August 9, 2002 4:55 PM
Comments:
I have so often wished I could tell Gordon Lightfoot in person how much his music has meant to me. In 1972, my father gave me and my twin sister "If You Could Read My Mind" as a gift after he and my mom divorced, and we were living with our grandparents. From the very first moment I heard Gordon's voice, I knew his "presence" would always be an important part of my life. Not only did it keep me connected with a dad I missed and yearned to know, but it has given me joy in happy times and comfort in sad ones. I am now 40. Gordon's voice is one of the most beautiful and affecting I've ever heard, and I hope he knows what a difference his talent and life's work has made to so many of us.
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Name: Eric Earl gearl@ga.prestige.net
From: (IP Address: 68.67.110.178)
Added: Friday, August 9, 2002 10:13 AM
Comments:
Hello everyone:
I just had to comment on Gordon Lightfoot and the wonderful legacy that this man has left us. I am a Canadian who now lives in the southern U.S. but my alleigences(spelling?) are still to my country. Gordon, over the years has really epitomized, through his song/verse who we really are as Canadians. I remember so very well the first time that I saw him. It was in a high school of all places in Moncton N.B. in probably about 1963 so needless to say he has really been a huge part of my musical life for many years.
I lost one of my daughters to a tragic accident a number of years back and I had the organist play one of Gordon's songs as it so much said who that little girl really was.
Gordon, thanks so very much. You are truly an icon and, as far as I'm concerned, a real live Canadian hero.
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Name: Jon Timoshyk jtimo4@hotmail.com
From: (IP Address: 24.222.138.164)
Added: Wednesday, August 7, 2002 10:12 AM
Comments:
If you search for the wreck of the edmund fitzgerald, look no farther than a program called kazaa, download that and happy searching for all of gord's gold, even his rare, live works.
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Name: MATT MDA6069@hotmail.com
From: (IP Address: 63.144.161.61)
Added: Sunday, August 4, 2002 1:14 PM
Comments:
where can you download the music to wreck of the edmound fitzgarled if anyone knows e mail me at MDA6069@hotmail.com
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Name: bigmike mikeage2@aol.com
From: n/a (IP Address: 205.188.208.10)
Added: Sunday, August 4, 2002 12:25 AM
Comments:
hey gordonor fans!
I figured i would ask the man or fans themselves.Where would be a good place to download mp3's like the wreck of the edmund fitsgerald? please email (mikeage2@aol.com)me because im sure ill forget where this site is
thanks
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Name: Jim G POWERPUFF322
From: @HOTMAIL.COM (IP Address: 24.31.4.159)
Added: Friday, August 2, 2002 10:54 PM
Comments:
FIRST OF ALL THIS IS MY FUTURE WIFES E-MAIL ADD.
I LOVE HER SO MUCH . I MET AND SPOKE WITH GORDON
THIS YEAR.WHAT A FINE MAN. I LOVE ALL HIS TUNES HIS WORDS TOUCH MANY PARTS OF MY LIFE . IM 43 NOW AND I FEEL WE GROWEN UP TOGETHER. ANY HOW I'LL MOVE ON . WE ARE GETTING MARRIED ON AUG,17TH 2002 TEN YEARS TOGETHER WITH 6 KIDS (I WAS LUCKY TO HAVE CUSTODY OF MY 3 KIDS AND MY SWEETY HAD 2 AND WE HAD 1 TOGETHER.(DID NOT WANT TO RUSH INTO ANYTHING(JOKE) AND 3 GRAND KIDS LATER (KIDS FROM 22YR TO 8YR OLD. THERE IS A POINT TO THIS STORY. I'M SINGING A SONG TO MY HONEY WHILE SHE WALKS DOWN THE ISLE AND IT IS FINE AS FINE CAN BE . IF YOU HAVE THE MUSIC PLEASE SEND ASAP . I HAVE IT ON CD BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE THE TABLATURE. WE LOVE ALL YOU GORD FANS HIS THOUGHTS AND MUSIC IS TRUE TO THE HEART. JG & GG
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Name: Chris Trovinger
From: (IP Address: 170.122.250.195)
Added: Thursday, August 1, 2002 12:30 AM
Comments:
just visiting-I like your music!!!
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Name: Dave Jennings dh_jennings@hotmail.com
From: (IP Address: 142.163.5.170)
Added: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 7:07 AM
Comments:
I seem to recall hearing a record or tape of a very early Gordon Lightfoot
that included the song Daisy Do or some such name. Does anyone else remember this???
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Name: Bob Irwin aydy57@cs.com
From: (IP Address: 63.118.26.162)
Added: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 7:02 AM
Comments:
I feel like we're old buds. Gord's music has helped pull me through both the good and not so good times.
Thanks for missing the Leon Spinks/Mohommad Ali fight, tuning up the guitars and playing down in New Orleans for us that night.
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Name: TERMENATER
From: (IP Address: 170.215.126.30)
Added: Friday, July 26, 2002 1:27 PM
Comments:
I would like the lyrics to the wreck of the edmund fitsgerald.
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Name: Jocelyn Hicks B.J.H.H.farm@xtra,co.nz
From: (IP Address: 210.54.194.180)
Added: Friday, July 26, 2002 1:03 AM
Comments:
Dear Gordon,
If it isn't a terrible cheek could you please send me a copy of the words and guitar music to "THe Wreck of the edmund Fiztgerald". I would like to learn to play it and cann't find the music in New Zealand music stores.Looking at the sites many other people also think it was /is an excellent song. Many thanks
Jocelyn
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Name: John bear1@thecia.net
From: (IP Address: 216.41.39.216)
Added: Thursday, July 25, 2002 4:10 PM
Comments:
Gorden Lightfoot, Thank you Sir for your wispering wonderful plesure of great sound. I love it. Other sounds I listen to are Jimmy Hendrix,Ozzy,Genisis,Mike Oldfeld,Neil Young,Sparks,Minstry,Rush,The music to the Movie Midnight Cowboy, Doo wap However you spell it, like in the movie "A Bronx Tale",Alice in Chains,Rage Against The Machine,Kitaro,BrandX,Return to Forever,Frank Zappa,Yes,Allman bro ect...Thanks again LightMetalHorse JD.
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Name: sheila sheilavidallo@smileyface.com
From: (IP Address: 202.78.97.13)
Added: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 11:05 PM
Comments:
to all..
nothing!
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Name: RAE ZIEMIANSKI HALLYBOO740@YAHOO.COM
From: (IP Address: 24.93.121.193)
Added: Friday, July 19, 2002 5:59 PM
Comments:
IF ANYONE KNOWS HOW I CAN WRITE TO HIM LET ME KNOW. I HAVE BEEN A FAN FOR MANY YEARS BUT NEVER GOT TO SEE HIM LIVE. EVEN IF ITS JUST A FANCLUB. THANKS :)
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Name: james bailey wired82au@yahoo.com.au
From: (IP Address: 63.60.193.104)
Added: Sunday, July 14, 2002 10:44 PM
Comments:
no comment, just one word....unreal.
and does any one have the lyrics to the wreck of the edmund fitzgerald?
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Name: Suzanne
From: (IP Address: 24.95.169.98)
Added: Friday, July 12, 2002 9:31 PM
Comments:
Hello,
Whats up dudes? I'm great!
I love this music.
Keep on making it!
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Name: wallace duve spagettiefreddy@cox.net
From: (IP Address: 68.7.248.228)
Added: Tuesday, July 9, 2002 4:56 PM
Comments:
i have a oil painting commisioned by gordonthat i'de like to sell its of gordon sitting with gutair in hand he's whereing a demim shirtwith what looks like jump wings on his right brest with an indian woman over his right shoulder
painting was signed by page mace dated 1975 if intrested please contact me hate to part with it
but have to for servere financial reasons
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Name: JOHN BEATON
From: (IP Address: 24.94.118.52)
Added: Wednesday, July 3, 2002 10:56 AM
Comments:
I WANT GORD TO COME TO CLEARWATER TAMPA ST PETE. ARAE WHENE HE DOES HIS TOUR PLEASE COME CLOSE TO THESE CITYS THANKS
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Name: K Gillis
From: (IP Address: 216.148.246.70)
Added: Monday, July 1, 2002 11:35 AM
Comments:
If you have a chance you have to seee "If you could read my mind" a tribute to Gordon Lightfoot at the Charlottetown Festival in PEI. It was powerful, energetic, and wonderfully captured the lover, creator and troubador of Gordon Lightfoot.
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Name: Karl Wilcox Kj464ga@aol.com
From: (IP Address: 64.12.102.174)
Added: Saturday, June 29, 2002 9:56 PM
Comments:
My wife and I still get tears listening to his music and thinking of all the memories, what a companion he has been through the good times and the bad. All his words with such feeling, creating pictures of life and paths to follow.What makes a person view life with such honesty and compasion, and turn it into words that we can all enjoy, and guide our own lives by, he is just another of Gods miracles.
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Name: Jeff Misiurski em5unit@yahoo.com
From: (IP Address: 216.183.141.68)
Added: Thursday, June 20, 2002 10:05 PM
Comments:
I finally saw Gordon at Massey Hall in Toronto. A great treat! I was wondering how he chooses the songs he will perform? I know he can't sing them all...but I would love to hear 'Mention my name' and 'Stay loose' sometime. These two are extra special for me..my mom used to sing the earlier one to me when I was a wee lad. Thanks for sharing your writing talents with us!
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Name: Greta Fulsom gfulsom@earthlink.net
From: (IP Address: 66.1.239.248)
Added: Thursday, June 20, 2002 7:15 PM
Comments:
I believe Gordon Lightfoot is one of the most gifted songwriters / lyricists of this generation. Many of his songs leave me thinking, "Gee, I wish I'd written that!" My favorite songs are; Beautiful, Susan's Floor, Only Love Would Know, and the heartbreaking The Circle is Small, from the Endless Wire album. I can't thank you enough for the gift you have given all of us.
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Name: Jean Luv2Write0001@aol.com
From: http://www.geocities.com/halloweenfreak0001 (IP Address: 205.188.199.173)
Added: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 10:22 PM
Comments:
Please email me @ Luv2Write0001@aol.com and let me know if Mr. Lightfoot is still alive. My husband mentioned something about it, but I can't seem to find any info on it.
THANK YOU!!!
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Name: ross rosariocolella@hotmail.com
From: (IP Address: 138.89.204.134)
Added: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 3:59 PM
Comments:
Growing up in the 70's, 80's those were wild years. I thought i'd never make it to the 21's century. But the one constant was the music of Gordon. His lyrics kept me going. thanks gordon
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Name: ross rosariocolella@hotmail.com
From: (IP Address: 138.89.204.134)
Added: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 3:59 PM
Comments:
Growing up in the 70's, 80's those were wild years. I thought i'd never make it to the 21's century. But the one constant was the music of Gordon. His lyrics kept me going. thanks gordon
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Name: Ron rlahaye@optonline.net
From: (IP Address: 67.83.51.132)
Added: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 3:38 PM
Comments:
I've listened to Gordon since the early 70's. We used to listen on the way to numerous climbs in the White Mountains. We played "Shadows" at our wedding. My favorite is "If You Could Read My Mind". I have about 50 other second favorites! The only other singer/songwriter who compares is John Gorka. Lightfoot will always be my favorite.
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Name: Denise
From: (IP Address: 64.8.1.222)
Added: Saturday, June 15, 2002 6:06 AM
Comments:
I stumbled across this web site looking for "correct" lyrics to The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald. I must say, it is real nice to see so many good comments to and about this man who gave us all great music and memories. Today's music, country and rock, is missing the simple stories that the "classic" music gave us. I think today's artists would do better and have more success if they'd revert back to their roots!
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Name: George Gooch george@austwick-nyorks.fsnet.co.uk
From: (IP Address: 195.92.67.65)
Added: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 7:05 AM
Comments:
Hi Gord, I just want to say thank you for the music. It is inspiring. Have loved your music since the seventies but would love to have more.
How about a UK tour ? Live long.
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Name: char lightfootfan@rogers.com
From: (IP Address: 66.185.85.75)
Added: Thursday, June 6, 2002 3:27 PM
Comments:
Hi,I'm Charlene - moderator at www.corfid.com
Lightfoot doesn't participate in any internet websites - that's what he's told us anyway although he is fully aware of them and many of us have met him several times across North America.
I am in Whitby, Ontario, just east of Toronto.
Perhaps you would like to drop Lightfoot a letter to tell him your news. I am very sorry for the loss of your husband.
send mail to:
Gordon Lightfoot
Early Morning Productions
1365 Yonge St.#207
TORONTO, Ontario
M4T 2P7
regards,
Charlene Westbrook
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Name: Sally Hanson shanson@istal.com
From: (IP Address: 205.247.135.178)
Added: Wednesday, June 5, 2002 11:26 PM
Comments:
Gordo,I'm so impressed with this site and happy to finally
find a way to contact you. I'm sorry to tell you of the death of a friend
of yours. His name was Bill Hanson from Traverse City, MI. He knew you in the 1960's. Bill played in
a band call THe Kinsmen. They were a backup band for you during the Great Rocky Mountain Folk Tour. Bill was a
talented musician,writer, and had the voice from heaven. We were married in 1982 and he spoke many times of you and sang many of your songs to me.
Bill passed away on November 3,2001, at the age of 57. He really never pursued his music and I felt that the world missed a lot. He wrote beautiful poetry and lyrics. He had so much appreciation for your talent and kept a book of lyrics, which included many of your songs.
I'm not sure that you will remember him,but if you ever knew him, he would have been hard to forget.
Please email me. I live in Tallahassee, Fl., home of the FSU Seminoles, where Bill had lived since 1971 until his death.
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Name: Char lightfootfan@rogers.com
From: (IP Address: 66.185.85.75)
Added: Wednesday, June 5, 2002 5:50 PM
Comments:
Please note: re-TORONTO- Nov.2002
Char
moderator
If you are planning on attending the Massey Hall concerts in November, and would like to join us for our third annual Convention, please email me to be placed on the mailing list.
Jenney
Jenrivard@aol.com
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Name: beyer beyer_reyeb@yahoo.com
From: (IP Address: 24.218.12.12)
Added: Wednesday, June 5, 2002 2:34 PM
Comments:
hey, i'm trying to learn the wreck of the edmond fitzgerald. the chords aren't hard at all but i need the tabs of the solo. could anyone find it in their heart to e-mail me those tabs?
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Name: Dan Lightfoot dan_lightfoot@sympatico.ca
From: (IP Address: 64.231.57.98)
Added: Tuesday, June 4, 2002 10:26 PM
Comments:
Gord!
Anyone ever ask you if you were related to Dan Lightfoot? Just curious.
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Name: Ed van Alem
From: (IP Address: 213.75.89.76)
Added: Monday, June 3, 2002 5:11 PM
Comments:
First of all, my compliments to this site. It is a pleasure to read and see so many thinks about "the man". Gordon Lightfoot to me is the gentle voice of Canada. The country where in the past few years i was visiting family or on holiday in BC. I bought al the records (lp's) of gordon that I could get here in europe. I would have liked to see him perform live in Amsterdam or another major city in the vicinity. But to my knowledgde he never came. So just recently while surfing the site of Cd Now I saw that a DVD Gordon Live in Reno was available and I orderded it forthwith. Now I've just seen it for the second time. In one word it is FANTASTIC. I'm thinking of getting tickets to see him live in Canada at the Massey Hall coming November. If I have the time I will. Allthough I know Gordon good give no greater satisfaction to his fans abroad to visit them and do a couple of shows here in Europe.
Keep up the good work
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Name: Mark Henshaw
From: www.geocities.com/mr5by5/ (IP Address: 165.170.128.65)
Added: Friday, May 31, 2002 9:08 AM
Comments:
Being 11 years his junior, I grew-up with Gordon Lightfoot's music.
In the 60s and 70s he encouraged me as a poet and songwriter.
His songs can bring a tear to my eye as quickly as any - as often a tear of joy as of sadness!
I had the pleasure of hearing Gordon in concert at Kleinhan's Music Hall in Buffalo, NY in '73 or '74 - a remarkable performance...
When I watched his (excellent) Vegas concert on US Public Television recently it brought back memories of hours spent listening-to and learning his songs on an Italian mountaintop during my US Air Force career, my son singing-along with "Carefree Highway" in the car when he could barely talk, and the endless times I have marveled at the honest simplicity and poetic acheivement of "Cherokee Bend", "If You Could Read My Mind", "The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald", "Don Quixote", and "Second Cup of Coffee"...
Thanks, Gord, for pouring your heart out on paper and sharing your life, your love, and your music with me!
From the other side of Lake Ontario, Your Friend;
Mark Henshaw
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Name: Charles Swann windfire1@yahoo.com
From: (IP Address: 216.60.228.149)
Added: Friday, May 31, 2002 3:11 AM
Comments:
In my eyes Gordon Lightfoot is and always will be the number one singer/song writer of all time.
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Name: Phil W.
From: (IP Address: 63.188.132.31)
Added: Thursday, May 23, 2002 2:24 PM
Comments:
Gordon has to be one of the greatest all-time singer-songwriters of the past several decades! I had the great pleasure to meet him on two occasions backstage at Pittsburgh appearances and on the second meeting, presented him with a portrait I painted of him which he brought out on stage and set up on an easel for the second half of the concert to my great surprise and delight!
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Name: Dave tv562
From: (IP Address: 64.12.106.36)
Added: Thursday, May 23, 2002 8:06 AM
Comments:
GL has made my life so much richer. millions of thanks
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Name: LILY ANN
From: (IP Address: 203.148.72.2)
Added: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 11:32 PM
Comments:
I've always been a fan of gordon Lightfoot. Coming from a country where American pop (of all shades) is popular, I have foundit difficult to indulge in his music. Most of the salespeople in music stores have never heard of him. My friends from Canada introduced me to his music in 1980. since then, I was hooked.
I'm doubly glad too that the site offers the lyrics. Now, I can follow along whenever I play the few tapes I have of his music. thanks and keep up the good work.
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Name: Ruth Garcia ruth_bazan@hotmail.com
From: (IP Address: 63.66.49.65)
Added: Monday, May 20, 2002 1:58 PM
Comments:
I have enjoyed Gordon Music, but I had forgotten how good it was till I heard it again.
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Name: Mike Gabriel mo2gabriel@aol.com
From: (IP Address: 205.188.200.139)
Added: Monday, May 20, 2002 10:08 AM
Comments:
I've been G.L. fan for years.everytime I here Carefree Highway, reminds me of my grandparents summer cabin in N.Wisconsin.Fishing with my Dad and Grandfather on a back road on a small bridge at night.What a memory to have!If I ever meet G.L., I'm going to thank him for always taking me back to Wisconsin.They are both gone now,But that song brings them and that time back alive again.
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Name: Bruce
From: (IP Address: 205.188.197.34)
Added: Monday, May 20, 2002 8:02 AM
Comments:
It is wonderful to have found this site. Gordon Lightfoot has a way with words that are so inspirational and what a story they tell. My personal favorites are Canadian Railroad Trilogy, Sundown, Carefree highway and The wreck of the Edmound Fitzgerald. I also like rainy day people and about all of his songs that I have heard actually.
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Name: Andrew Dean playa_4_life6969@hotmail.com
From: (IP Address: 152.163.195.197)
Added: Sunday, May 19, 2002 10:24 AM
Comments:
I think Gordan is 1 of the best musicians ever.
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Name: Joe czech42@hotmail.com
From: (IP Address: 66.31.48.57)
Added: Thursday, May 16, 2002 1:57 PM
Comments:
Hi There,
Have to say this is a GREAT website. Been a GL fan for years. Back in the early 70's while everyone else was listening to Led Zepplin and others of the like. I was listening to Gordon. And since I found this site there is NO MORE misheard lyrics.Keep up the great work.. A FAN
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Name: Jonathan Oaks joaks55@hotmail.com
From: (IP Address: 24.51.198.91)
Added: Friday, May 10, 2002 8:03 PM
Comments:
Any chance sound clips could be added?
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Name: CHRIS PASQUALETTI CCHP33@HOTMAIL.COM
From: HOTMAIL (IP Address: 216.239.185.27)
Added: Wednesday, May 8, 2002 2:39 AM
Comments:
I HAVE ENJOYED GORDENS MUSIC SINCE I FIRST HEARD IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND, IT MUST HAVE BEEN 69 OR 70,IT IS STILL MY ALL TIME FAVORITE SONG AFTER ALL THESE YEARS,I'VE WORN OUT MORE THAN ONE C.D.I PUT MY HEADPHONES ON AT NIGHT AND FALL ASLEEP WITH THE CALM I GET ONLY FROM THIS WONDERFUL MAN OF MUSIC AND LYRICS.I WANT SO MUCH TO SEE HIM IN CONCERT.CAN I BE PUT ON A LIST TO BE NOTIFIED IF HE EVER DOES A CONCERT IN OREGON? IF NOT I WILL KEEP ON C****ING,BUT I DON'T NO HOW RELIABLE THE CONCERT UPDATES ARE .I WOULD HATE TO MISS A CHANCE.THANK YOU,A SINCERE FAN
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Name: jon gabriel wales uk jongab@hotmail.com
From: (IP Address: 195.93.48.173)
Added: Thursday, May 2, 2002 3:41 PM
Comments:
the best there has ever been.years of enjoyment, and long may it contiue!AWESOME!!!
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Name: The Beadles Family ksmsdrpepper@hotmail.com
From: (IP Address: 206.173.163.15)
Added: Wednesday, May 1, 2002 6:26 PM
Comments:
Cool website. This is really nice. I was going to make a copy of my Gordan Lightfoot CD for a friend of mine but think better of it. It appears that what I have must be a bootleg copy? it doesn't even show up on your lists of compilations. I have a 3 cd set, but it does not have the GL songs that my husband and I remember from our single days in the 1970's and 1980's - "Carefree Highway" "If You Could Read My Mind" "Sundown" "Rainy Day People" etc. Soooo it looks like I need to go buy some different albums, will be c****ing your web site out later for that (gotta take the 4 year old out for awhile.). Also was disappointed to see the lyrics taken down as I am deaf and never did understand the lyrics - I was always attracted to the melody of GL songs, the band performing itself (low frequency parts of the song). I have to lipread in person so the lyrics tend to get lost by the wayside. But I suppose some legal anal type wrote you nasty email and told you to take the lyrics off "or else" so thinks to those types, I'm out of the loop still. Oh well. This is still a great web site. Thanks for the research that has gone into it and the quality web design making this easy to use!! Cheers! (From Kansas, USA)
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Name: Mike Ballard mballard@camden.rutgers.edu
From: (IP Address: 165.230.99.7)
Added: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 3:32 PM
Comments:
Gordo continues to be the best singer/songwriter around. He's written more GREAT songs than most people have written songs, period. It was great to see you again, Gordo, at the concert in Pitman, NJ on April 3. I love the music and love watching Terry Clements play lead guitar. Thanks again for all the great music and I hope to see many more concerts. I'm looking forward to the next CD too (and enjoyed that new song, No Hotel).
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Name: michael steele steele_22347@msn.com
From: (IP Address: 63.234.46.116)
Added: Sunday, April 28, 2002 6:38 PM
Comments:
gordon,, glad you never made it as a dancer,,your heart felt style will live forever,,keep up the great work,,live long brother
m.s.
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Name: Charlie Hunt SuperPawPaw@ntelos.net
From: (IP Address: 216.12.123.243)
Added: Friday, April 26, 2002 2:35 PM
Comments:
Love the man,love the talent and style of his music, really from the heart.
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Name: jose
From: (IP Address: 207.43.195.202)
Added: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 3:14 PM
Comments:
I have adored three singers during my lifetime:
1.Don Henley
2.Waylon Jennings
and last, but not least: 3. Gordon Lightfoot
A Dominican Republic native who loves the Canadian
attitude and its most prized possesion: Gordon.
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Name: Devoted GL Fan Forever
From: (IP Address: 66.24.144.118)
Added: Thursday, April 18, 2002 10:48 AM
Comments:
Gordon's music has been an integral part of my life for over 30 years. He writes and sings as no one ever has or ever will. It is my hope that GL and his band will continue touring for many years to come. I wish him and his band the best of health, happiness, and continued success.
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Name: Jeff Stine jsemaphore@aol.com
From: (IP Address: 205.188.192.26)
Added: Monday, April 15, 2002 9:01 AM
Comments:
Gordon Lightfoot's music is just wonderful, especially the lyrics that are portrayed in his songs. They seem to have much meaning to life and sometimes just takes you away from reality. His guitar playing is unique because the instrument he plays or the way he plays the guitar it seems to have a pleasant ringing sound.
Lightfoot's songs also make you visulize what is going on in the song or what surroundings are like at the time he sings the piece. Always a joy to listen to his work. Looking forward this summer to listen and see him again.
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Name: Little Red sharongbogle@hotmail.com
From: (IP Address: 209.52.200.6)
Added: Sunday, April 14, 2002 11:06 PM
Comments:
I have enjoyed Gordon's music for along time too, but does anyone know how old he is? Please email it to me if you wouldn't mind. Thanks.
Little Red
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Name: Ray rayconcar@aol.com
From: (IP Address: 152.163.201.57)
Added: Saturday, April 13, 2002 6:56 PM
Comments:
Just saw GORDON last week WOW what a show!!!!!! He is truely the greatest
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Name: Bob Nadon nadeaumusic@aol.com
From: www.nadeaumusic.net (IP Address: 64.12.103.39)
Added: Saturday, April 13, 2002 12:10 AM
Comments:
We have returned from watching Gordon perform live for the first time on 4/6 in Verona, NY with an even deeper appreciation of his work and talent. Gordon is one of those truly gifted writer/musician/performer who has stayed true to his work. Thank you to all who helped finding fan sites for his page at Nadeau.
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Name: Dennis green greendennis@hotmail.com
From: (IP Address: 141.151.103.170)
Added: Saturday, April 13, 2002 10:12 AM
Comments:
Well my girlfriend and I went to see gordon in Whillimsport PA last night (April 12/02. To tell you the truth as a musician myself, it was by far the best show I ever seen in the folk line of music. I'm Canadian myself from Newfoundland and have been listening and playing Gordons music since I began in the early seventies. gordon ? dont ever stop writng and thanks for a wonderful evening out . Godbless and take care of you . Oh by the way Nice happy face I also have a seven year old daughter :) Hope to hear and see you soon Dennis and Tina Lock Haven PA.
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Name: James Reed reedjames@hotmail.com
From: (IP Address: 194.217.0.27)
Added: Saturday, April 13, 2002 5:25 AM
Comments:
I recently brought Endless Wire with one of my favourite songs Daylight Katy being the first track, I have always loved this song, It's such a
sweeping majestical song which carries so well and i don't think many songs can compare to it.
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Name: Jennifer snadjsrenaski@aol.com
From: (IP Address: 205.188.200.38)
Added: Saturday, April 13, 2002 12:42 AM
Comments:
As kids, my brothers, sister, and I grew up listening to Gordon Lightfoot and now as an adult I have a new appreciation for his music. My father is a huge fan and has turned me into one as well, my dad and I share many things, but Gordon Lightfoot music is one of the greatest things we share. We love you Gordon and thanks for all the memories!
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Name: Randy Ball
From: robichaudroad.homestead.com (IP Address: 207.61.27.149)
Added: Sunday, April 7, 2002 10:13 PM
Comments:
Sir Gordon Lightfoot
forever been a fan. My older bro had all your '70s 8-tracks so your music touched my soal at a young age . I just finished watching your Live perfomance on M.M.Music. VERY cool!! Your music was obviously ahead of it's time because it is just as great today as it was in the '70s. As a professional club-circuit musician, my all-time favorite Lightfoot cover is, and always has been, Sun Down. I met your son Fred a few times in the '80s through a mutual friend (we saw a Rush concert together at Varsity Stadium in Toronto Sept '79)
Great to see you still rockin'on!
PEACE & PRESERVATION
R.Ball
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Name: JOHN
From: (IP Address: 24.94.118.52)
Added: Friday, April 5, 2002 10:26 AM
Comments:
HE IS THE BEST SINGER & STORY TELLER I HAVE EVER HEARD AGAIN THE.... BEST....
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Name: Norma Exler jamsmacker@aol.com
From: (IP Address: 64.12.105.154)
Added: Thursday, April 4, 2002 9:10 PM
Comments:
I lived in the state of Michigan when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in Lake Superior. I was 15 years old when that happened and of course being around those lakes are really amazing during the winter seasons. The song came out and that is all that the people in our neighborhood listened to. What is really amazing that I moved to Florida in 1979, well in 1995 I happened to be on vacation taking my daughter to White Fish Point to see the Shipwreck Museum when to our suprise they were brining the bell up from the Edmund Fitzgerald. It is really something to be so close to a historical happening as the ship going down and being at the museum when they bought the bell up. Thank Mr. Lightfoot for memoralizing such a happening and for letting the world know that those lakes are a force to be wreckened with. Again thank you!!!
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Name: L. Sage lsage2000@yahoo.ca
From: (IP Address: 207.61.129.226)
Added: Wednesday, April 3, 2002 10:40 AM
Comments:
Growing up I can remember my aunt and uncle telling stories of going to see Gordy Lightfoot in the coffee houses popular during those times in Toronto's Yorkville. I began listening to his music at a very young age when my dad brought home Sunday Concert. His music sent me places and over the years I have derived much solace and peace from his songs. Great memories were made growing up at our cottage in northern Ontario with my brother singing Gordon's songs around the campfire. One day I will never forget was the first time I went to see him live at Massey Hall. When he sang Canadian Railroad Trilogy my mother and I cried. It was an incredible experience. He truly is a Canadian icon and we are lucky to have him. I'll listen to his music forever. Thank you Mr. Lightfoot.
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Name: Brian Collins bc93dc@cs.com
From: (IP Address: 152.163.213.48)
Added: Sunday, March 31, 2002 8:20 PM
Comments:
The first time I heard The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald was in the car on the way up north on NY Rte 12 to a friend's camp near the St Lawrence Seaway. The radio station was faint (a.m. back then) and I couldn't catch all the lyrics, just that it was about a shipwreck of some sort. A couple days later, we were on a tour boat in the shipping channel in the Seaway when the rhythm of our boat on the water and the massive size of the freighters passing by brought the song back to my mind. I couldn't even remember the name of the ship in the song, so I substituted a name I saw on one of the "boats" The Sir Dennis Lowson. (It hsd the same number of syllables). When I found out that the song turned out to be about one of these type of freighter, my imagination was literally captured. As a cool coincidence, I read a book about the wreck that told how one of the crew members of the Fitz had a friend or relation (I can't remember which now) who was a crew member on the Sir Dennis Lowson. What hooked me as a Lightfoot fan was how the music behind the masterfully poetic lyrics captured the feel of the subject matter. His poetry and musicianship has continued to be a steady source of pleasure and inspiration.
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Name: Randy Randolph Frstmanout@aol.com
From: (IP Address: 172.131.213.202)
Added: Friday, March 29, 2002 1:48 AM
Comments:
Gordon:
Thanks for signing the old Conn guitar for
me one rainy April evening in Tacoma,Wa.
at the Temple theater about two blocks
from where I learned to play Lightfoot tunes
about twenty five years ago in Wrights
Park.Our paths have crossed in your
songs many times.I want you to know I keep
them alive at open mics and random free
fall performances near the campfire.From
Softly to 8th ave affair.Richard Bach once
wrote...Some of my best friends are people
I've never met.You've been a best friend
for many years...I'm glad I got the chance
to finally meet you and shake your hand.
Randy
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Name: Harry Ohrt hohrt@wans.net
From: (IP Address: 63.253.193.103)
Added: Thursday, March 28, 2002 11:06 PM
Comments:
Mr. Lightfoot, I enjoy your music. However, it is
very sad music at times and I can take only so much of
that.
Thank you none the less.
Harry
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Name: Richard Knowles richie.knowles@ntlworld.com
From: (IP Address: 194.168.3.18)
Added: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 10:32 AM
Comments:
I'm 34 now, born and brought up in England, but have enjoyed Gordon Lightfoot's music since my mother introduced me to it in the very early '70's - I must have been about five or six years old when I first heard it. Listening to 'If You Could Read My Mind' (that and Michelle Shocked's album 'The Texas Campfire Tapes') inspired me to learn how to sing and play guitar by ear because I STILL can't read musical notation and TAB is a mystery to me as well ! Beautiful music, poetically brilliant.
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Name: Dennis McHugh perennialwolfman@aol.com
From: (IP Address: 205.188.197.184)
Added: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 10:15 AM
Comments:
Been listening since 1969. To me the best stretch of records ever put out by anyone was Lightfoot from If You Could Read My Mind through Summertime Dream, inclusive. My favorite song (at least this month) is 'Seven Island Suite'. Does anyone agree? Last concert was at Waterloo Village in the early 1980's. I'll get to another one someday. I just hope he keeps touring long enough for that to happen. Later.
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Name: Todd Reynolds reynolds1@shaw.ca
From: (IP Address: 24.86.223.2)
Added: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 8:59 PM
Comments:
I didn't know there were fanatics like me.Lightfoot is my hero.I know how to play well over 60 Lightfoot songs.I got up at 4:a.m. to get tickets to his show a couple years ago(the painter passing through tour)It paid off I had front and center.I'd seen him before but that was awesome.
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Name: Nancy Rogers Reenan@mindspring.com
From: (IP Address: 165.247.40.167)
Added: Saturday, March 23, 2002 1:41 PM
Comments:
I'm forever grateful to my brother, ten years my senior, who introduced me to Gordon when I was only 15 years old; he said take a listen to the last of the great troubadours. Thirty years later I'm still listening.
In the late 70's my sister in laws and I attended a benefit concert given by Gordon Lightfoot, Dave Mason and Harry Chapin at the Nassau Colliseum on Long Island. After the concert, we went down a staircase, which we thought would lead us out of the building, suddenly we were backstage hanging out with Gordon. He was very gracious to us despite the fact that our excitment bordered on hysteria. He shared info about his upcoming album not yet released, Endless Wire. He was very kind.
The last time I saw Gordon was in the early 80's at Westbury Music Fair. His performance that night was truly sublime.
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Name: simon. p tv-sim@zahav.net.il
From: (IP Address: 213.8.216.161)
Added: Thursday, March 21, 2002 4:32 PM
Comments:
i think that gordon lightfoot is the best of the best . i have all the lp and cd that mony can buy .thank you gordon for the music. my dream is that you will be in israel for a live concert i hope.
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Name: Sean P. Keay sean_keay@hotmail.com
From: (IP Address: 24.43.181.76)
Added: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 4:52 PM
Comments:
We were wondering if anyone knows how to get a hold of gordon... We're making a canadian short film and want to know if we can use him in it. He ...after all is pure Canadianna. Someone email me back. Thanks
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Name: Bob Nadon nadeaumusic@aol.com
From: www.nadeaumusic.net (IP Address: 205.188.201.141)
Added: Monday, March 18, 2002 10:09 PM
Comments:
We are looking forward to the show 4/6/02 in Verona, New York. We will have Gordon's page up at Nadeau Music within the next week - just in time for the show. Would like some ideas for official site or impressive fan sites to link to the page. Any suggestions?
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Name: Randy Randolph Frstmanout@aol.com
From: (IP Address: 172.156.250.138)
Added: Monday, March 18, 2002 2:14 AM
Comments:
Dear Gordon:
You have no idea what it meant to me to
have you sign the old Conn guitar at the
Temple Theater in Tacoma Washington.
As I told you.I learned to play that old
guitar 25 years ago two blocks from where
you performed.The songs you have written
and sang are like the stories of my life.I still
play them at open mics in my hometown.
From Carefree highway to 4th ave affair.We
have been in the same places,perhaps at
the same.Thanks again.
This Conn does only Lightfoot Tunes.
Randy
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Name: Eddie choag34217@aol.com
From: (IP Address: 198.81.16.53)
Added: Friday, March 15, 2002 3:33 AM
Comments:
Just to share.Maybe I'm crazy,I love all gordons music but as far as albums SHADOWS is my favorite.I also bought the SONGBOOK album,it was released the same day he was in concert in Santa Barbara,Calif. that me and my wife went to.I took the CD set with me and we actually had seats in the front row. Try as I could I could not make eye contact with him.This concert being in an old classic theatre, if you were in the front row you got out last.Opting for the side exits we went out a side door and ran into Terry Clements smokeing a cigar I approached him and showing him the SONGBOOK CD asked him if he would take it in and get it autographed for us.He said the band had not seen the box set yet so he commencesto pull all the CDs and hard back book out and look at it under a small light over the door.Finally he put it all back together,hands it back to me and says come with me you can ask him yourself!we intered the back of the theater into an aery where a small party was set up.We were invited to beverages and liquid refreshments.We were then told he would be in shortly there were about twenty people there.Itookthis time to take the little hard back book out of the CD set and had all his band members sign it,by then the real GORDON LIGHTFOOT came into the room,I am 49years old and I was shaking like a little kid!.He signed a couple autographs then looked at me,stuck his hand out and said "Hi I'm GORDON LIGHTFOOT"as he shook my hand.While he was shaking my hand all I could say was I'm Ed and I would like to thank you for all the wonderfull music he had given all of us fans over the years.I then said said humbly that there were other people wanting to talk to him and started to pull my hand from his.He has quite a grip,he said"Hold on partner there is not that many people here we can talk a little"then he let go of my hand.I introduced my wife.Then I told him a story I had kept inside myself for a long time.On my birthday 4-13-70 I turned 20 years old and there was a retired cruse ship anchored off the harbor where I lived.This particular day we had gale force winds,the ship drug anchor and went aground on the north jetty of the harbor.it remained there for a couple of years while the powers of tried to figure out what to do with it.Its position created one of the finest surfing spots on the coast.There was a lot of salvage work going on and I saw the life boats in our harbor,the name of the shis was the BAHAMA STAR anyone remember the song Ballad OF The Yarmouth Castle? If you listen to this song you'll hear that the Bahama Star was the first ship on the scene of theYarmouth Castle as it burned.Mr. Lightfoot said 'your a surfer" I said yea,he said someone had sent him some pictures of the ship.Then said"I don't think I've ever met a surfer.by then I think I had talked to him for a half hour,we started to leave and he pointed to our songbook collection and said"Did you want me to sign that?"I had forgot,I had everyones autograph but his! then he signed it.The night of my life!
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Name: john davis johndavis44@aol.com
From: (IP Address: 198.81.16.179)
Added: Saturday, March 9, 2002 12:49 AM
Comments:
im looking for gordon lightfoot
for my motherinlaw she says she knows you her name is barbara volz,wilson if you are the one shes looking for please write her care of her daughter cathy wilson at 265n 1260e pleasant grove ut 84062
thank you
john davis
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Name: Moonforest moonforest@aol.com
From: (IP Address: 64.12.107.178)
Added: Tuesday, March 5, 2002 7:48 PM
Comments:
Gordon Lightfoot's music has helped to forge my soul. When I couldn't express myself, his words and his music took over and expressed everything for me. His music was with me throughout every period of my life, matching music to my mood. I remember the first time I heard one of his songs, I was three and totally transfixed. Thirty years later, I still can't stop breathing it in. Thank you Gordon, for sharing pieces of yourself with your fans.
-Moonforest-
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Name: Dawn Warnaca dwarnaca@aol.com
From: (IP Address: 169.204.210.251)
Added: Tuesday, March 5, 2002 12:04 AM
Comments:
Did Gordon Lightfoot write "You are so beautiful to me?"... OR Was he the first to perform it? Joe Cocker did something similar...but who was first...or who wrote it? thank you
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Name: Andre Washington awashington@acninc.net
From: (IP Address: 63.232.94.77)
Added: Sunday, March 3, 2002 2:23 PM
Comments:
Mr. Lightfoot,
I have always enjoyed your music. The song, Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald peaked my interest enough to study intensely what happened that sad sad day in November. Appreciated very much your easy going sound. I doing computer work out in the Gulf of Mexico on various Oil company platforms and everytime I look across the Gulf I hear the song Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald and reflect.
Thanks Gordon
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Name: Greg Kickergreg@aol.com
From: (IP Address: 64.12.104.186)
Added: Saturday, March 2, 2002 7:21 PM
Comments:
Hey Gordon-
I am a Captain of a ship almost identical to the Edmund Fitzerald. After one of my crewmen made me listen to the song, everytime I hear it my heart starts to pound. I honetly have never heard a more emotional song than that. Just the other day we were bringing a load of iron ore(how ironic) up from south carolina to the tip of maonr, all the way there I had that song playing in my wheelhouse. Gordon-you are truly one of the greatest singers in the world. God Bless you.
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Name: TRACY JORDAN tjordan1@txucom.net
From: (IP Address: 209.34.13.157)
Added: Saturday, March 2, 2002 1:37 PM
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As a youngster on the farm, i came in contact w/ this music on a radio station brodcasting from Mexico...XERF...the old time X...not too many of us remember that old radio station....I was totaly taken aback by Gordans music and lyrics....As a much older gentleman...almost as old as Gord...If at all possible..tell this old fart..that i respect him as one of the worlds greatest poets and song writers alive...moreso a great poet and wordsmith...God bless him as he has brought many days of solice to my being...thanks Gordan............TJ
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Name: Gary Sorenson GSoren3307@aol.com
From: (IP Address: 152.163.201.82)
Added: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 4:17 PM
Comments:
I've always enjoyed listening to Gordon Lightfoot. His songs have brought me many hours of pleasure. Thanks Mr. Lightfoot.
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Name: David Miller jeanettemiller@blazenet.net
From: (IP Address: 24.104.59.153)
Added: Sunday, February 24, 2002 10:16 AM
Comments:
Dear Gordon,
My name is Dave.I am intrigued with the songs you wrote over a period of time including the wreck of the edmond fitzgerald , rich man spiritual ,poor little allison. where can i get a copy of your song lyrics or signature by you? i understand you are going to be at the american music theatre in pa. are you going to be greeting your fans after the show? because i would like you to sign a photo for me if you please. thanks.
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Name: Candi Renee Bitchen Oldcaverat2@aol.com
From: (IP Address: 64.12.101.164)
Added: Friday, February 22, 2002 11:06 PM
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Listening to Gordon Lightfoot's voice and guitar take me to another world. I never get tired of hearing the same songs over and over again. If I could hear him perform live just one time, it would be one of the hilites of my life.
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Name: David M. Hays arv@colorado
From: (IP Address: 128.138.108.85)
Added: Friday, February 22, 2002 9:39 PM
Comments:
In 1970, when I was a freshman in college,Gordon Lightfoot became my new mountain music. That summer, “If You Could Read My Mind” was on the jukebox where I bought patty melts when I was flush. I quickly memorized the song, relishing that my pitch was the same as the singer. He seemed to combine the traditions of early folk music with a solo voice that both celebrated and lamented the solitary condition. Furthermore, unlike many 60's folk groups, his were not the recycled songs of earlier folk quartets, doling out homogenized themes. He wrote them himself. So the songs exhibited contemporary themes of isolation, departure and getaway in an ever more individualistic and fashion, written from his personal experience. His music also evoked familiar western textures: a chilly wind against a worn jean jacket, hard work done with old buckskin gloves, and a crackling fire warming the front of your plaid flannel shirt. His music became my anthem.
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Name: Martin Smit mps@planet.nl
From: (IP Address: 195.241.224.138)
Added: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 12:09 AM
Comments:
After many years I bought a CD form Gordon. A very good gitarist en singer/songwriter. Yes I like this music very much. I wish I could visit a concert in Holland.
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Name: thomas f berg ` tberg@lakeland.ws
From: \ (IP Address: 64.33.152.24)
Added: Monday, February 11, 2002 12:09 AM
Comments:
HOPE TO SEE YOU ST PAUL MINNESOTA SOON
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Name: Scotty Colquhoun colqu@juno.com
From: (IP Address: 207.90.109.170)
Added: Sunday, February 10, 2002 6:15 PM
Comments:
As a postscript to my previous entry, I heard a radio interview many years later where Gordon explained the pressures and problems that lead to the Saratoga Springs incident. He also said he went into rehab. I also finally cleaned up my act and have been substance free for a couple of years. I'm not an advocate, but I'm still amazed that I don't miss it and can still play my axe with no guilt!!
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Name: JOHN "Scotty" Colquhoun colqu@juno.com
From: (IP Address: 207.90.109.134)
Added: Sunday, February 10, 2002 5:26 PM
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I was looking for the lyric for Circle of Steel and came upon this site. I've appreciated GL's music since the first time I heard PPM's version of Early Morning Rain. I was the first one on my block to buy his first album. His second album kind of turned me off by what I perceived was overproduction(strings and such). I was such a purest in those days. My faith was restored by "Back Here On Earth" and I was a hooked for life. The first live performance was at the Bitter End in Greenwich Village and the song "Cold Hands From New York" my first of many favorites. I was also on hand the time he broke down and failed to finish the gig at Saratoga Springs. They offered to give refunds but I opted not to. I was usually too stoned or broke to see him live but taught myself 8 chords or so and started writing songs for myself and the carnal pleasures they sometimes brought. I guess I can thank him for that. I often think he wrote "Second Cup Of Coffee" for or about me. Anyway, thanks for the memories and see you again sometime.
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Name: Pete Harter pkharter@itt.com
From: (IP Address: 151.190.254.105)
Added: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 7:53 PM
Comments:
I've been a GL fan for 30 years now, and a real fan I was during the 70's. His music hit me so hard in 1972 (I think it was "Read my mind")while in the throws of huge personal turmoil (romance related, of course), and I was hooked. My outlook on life improved year-by-year through the 70's, but I still was a steadfast fan, loving all his albums & attending concerts.
When I got married in '82, for some reason I kinda forgot that I liked his music. Maybe it was that in the back of my mind I related the GL songs to some of the turmoil I had gone through. My turntable (what's that????) kinda fell into disuse in general, as I started raising a family, which has a big impact! But then this Christmas, my wife gave me the "United Artists Collection" CD and suggested we go to one of his concerts this spring, and she's not even a fan! Did I marry well or what?
So, after purchasing a couple more CD's (to start with), I'm back at it! I'm so amazed, reviewing his work critically as I can now, how good his voice was (is?), & his "ax" handling abilities. And then there's those lyrics....they have me hooked all over again.
Canadians, you've a national treasure in that man. He may not have made it as big down here in the States as the glitzy & loud guys of his day, but that only speaks to the poor tastes of the American populace.
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Name: emma princess_emma25@hotmail.com
From: (IP Address: 144.134.67.150)
Added: Saturday, January 26, 2002 10:48 PM
Comments:
when i was young my dad used to play me gordon lightfoot constantly! and i think he is ok. if u have any info on gordon that u would like to share with me (like tours new cds or songs) as we live in australia and don't get many gordon cds or merchandise her so any info is greatly appreciated! thanks emma
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Name: ted cichanowicz ted@leglergroup.com
From: (IP Address: 64.65.244.16)
Added: Thursday, January 24, 2002 11:36 AM
Comments:
Have enjoyed Gord's music since 1966 when I was a freshman at McGill University. Followed his concert tours all over the U.S. while I was in the military during the 1970's. Saw him perform quite a bit in California. His concerts were always "perfect". Never too loud, always in tune, music impeccably played by him and his sidemen,and he rarely shared the stage with any other act. (once in Norfolk,Va he performed at "Scope" along with Leon Redbone..I was absolutely appalled!) The best concerts had to be the legendary Massey Hall gigs however. Nothing compares! One song he used to do which I have never seen on any of his recordings was called "Farewell to Nova Scotia". Does anyone have this song? I was hoping it would surface on "Songbook", but it didn't. My favorites would be too many to mention..but a few spring to mind..Beautiful, Song For a Winter's Night (a gem), Circle is Small, Saturday Clothes (remember that one?)Last Time I Saw Her Face. Many compare him to Bob Dylan..the biggest difference is that Gord can sing, he is an excellent musician, his lyrics are relevant, and his songs are beautifully crafted..in other words, there is absolutely NO COMARISON between the two..in my humble opinion.
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Name: phoozer p.leboeuf@irdi.com
From: (IP Address: 209.47.200.93)
Added: Thursday, January 10, 2002 2:28 PM
Comments:
Good Day All
Pleased to see the room is still going, I recently received "Songbook" as a gift and was quite excited. I have approximately 19 record albums in various stages of depreciation and over the last few years I've been neglecting them and had lost exposure to many of the great songs of the earlier years. The "Songbook" collection, in my view, is a well rounded "sampling", if you will, of Gorden's career of songwriting with many of the more well known as well as some of the obscure selections.
It is especially enjoyable to hear such tunes as CAN'T DEPEND ON LOVE, HI'WAY SONGS, ALL THE LOVELY LADIES, OLD DAN'S RECORDS, POOR LITTLE ALISON and numerous others without the inherent scratching and skipping of the old LPs.
This boxset, along with the earlier "Classic Lightfoot" collection, which I also have on CD provide well rounded exposure to Lightfoot without having to dust off and fire up the turntable.
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Name: Kylie S. angelsublime@bongmail.com
From: (IP Address: 63.27.19.92)
Added: Tuesday, January 8, 2002 11:02 PM
Comments:
your site is coming along nicely. i found all of the info, especially the things ppl have written in about, very interesting. i am only 19 years old and it's hard to find anyone to talk about GL with me. and since i wasnt there, ive always wondered if everyone's favorite song was "Sundown". Mine has to be "Bitter Green". but anyway, thanks.. your site gave me some idea of y other ppl like GL. keep up the good work.
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Name: David Sawtelle dsawclay@aol
From: (IP Address: 205.188.198.186)
Added: Monday, January 7, 2002 9:13 PM
Comments:
Please help!!! I am looking for the Lyrics and Chords to "The Auctioneer." What I most urgently need are the lyrics to the actual "Auctioneer part" can't seem to find this anywhere.
Thank You!
David
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Name: PAUL ZERVAS quirine@supanet.com
From: (IP Address: 131.251.0.8)
Added: Monday, January 7, 2002 11:11 AM
Comments:
I am a young pro singer-songwriter and Sir Lightfoot has taught me everything I know, Any support slots coming up? I am real good you know!
Brilliant site! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!
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Name: greg eldreth crystaleldreth@netscape.com
From: (IP Address: 206.107.114.209)
Added: Friday, January 4, 2002 8:09 PM
Comments:
big fan, i love wreck of the edmond fitzgerald
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Name: matthew greenwood matthew.greenwood@manchester-enterprises.co.uk
From: (IP Address: 194.205.3.252)
Added: Friday, January 4, 2002 8:35 AM
Comments:
I have to admit being from manchester england I have not heard of you before so the only song I can say is my fav is "if only you could read my mind" as it is brill, I have only heard it due to a comedy tv programme we have called trigger happy tv, and it is top !
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Name: Diana Mccartney Diana46220@aol.com
From: (IP Address: 152.163.204.83)
Added: Friday, January 4, 2002 7:39 AM
Comments:
A-a-a-h Gordon Lightfoot and that music. I've had the pleasure of attending several of his concerts in Indiana and had waited years to design a tattoo that would be unique and meaningful to me. Found it in "Pussy Willows, Cattails, Soft Winds and Roses" It now resides on my R. ankle. Ve-ry nice. G.L. is still a handsome dog !!!
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Name: Monte Kennedy snowman@madbbs.com
From: (IP Address: 12.39.92.230)
Added: Tuesday, January 1, 2002 10:23 PM
Comments:
I became a Gordon Lightfoot fan after hearing
one of his first songs. It has been 25+ years
now and I still enjoy Gordon's style over all
new comers.
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