Hi all,

New to the board today. My name is Dan, and I'm a folk-rock guitarist living near Ann Arbor, Michigan. GL is my primary interest, and I enjoy performing a wide range of Lightfoot tunes on stage when I have the opportunity. I no longer have my weekly gigs, but often sit in with some other musician friends who also appreciate GL. I'm hoping to chat with anyone else who plays and/or sings his material, and would eventually love to perform with one or more individuals with a strong Lightfoot interest.

I most frequently perform songs like Home from the Forest, Go-Go Round and Don Quixote. I'll do Canadian Railroad Trilogy or Seven Island Suite when there's time (which there often isn't). CRT was the first song I ever did in front of an audience. Of the GL songs I do, people have most frequently requested If You Could Read My Mind, which I also play almost every week in the little pub in town. (They also request Sundown a lot, which I don't do because a single acoustic guitar can't easily do it justice.)

There are a number of other GL songs I play, but most of them aren't as popular because few people know the more obscure ones - Spin, Spin and Movin' are among my favorites.

I learn more about music every time I play, and every time I have the privilege of playing a GL tune with another musician. Lots to learn! Glad to have found this site.

Take care all!
Dan

Hi all,

New to the board today. My name is Dan, and I'm a folk-rock guitarist living near Ann Arbor, Michigan. GL is my primary interest, and I enjoy performing a wide range of Lightfoot tunes on stage when I have the opportunity. I no longer have my weekly gigs, but often sit in with some other musician friends who also appreciate GL. I'm hoping to chat with anyone else who plays and/or sings his material, and would eventually love to perform with one or more individuals with a strong Lightfoot interest.

I most frequently perform songs like Home from the Forest, Go-Go Round and Don Quixote. I'll do Canadian Railroad Trilogy or Seven Island Suite when there's time (which there often isn't). CRT was the first song I ever did in front of an audience. Of the GL songs I do, people have most frequently requested If You Could Read My Mind, which I also play almost every week in the little pub in town. (They also request Sundown a lot, which I don't do because a single acoustic guitar can't easily do it justice.)

There are a number of other GL songs I play, but most of them aren't as popular because few people know the more obscure ones - Spin, Spin and Movin' are among my favorites.

I learn more about music every time I play, and every time I have the privilege of playing a GL tune with another musician. Lots to learn! Glad to have found this site.

Take care all!
Dan

Welcome, Dan! You've come to the right spot. There are lots of folks here who play GL, and even more who simply listen and enjoy. Glad to have you aboard.

Welcome, Dan! You've come to the right spot. There are lots of folks here who play GL, and even more who simply listen and enjoy. Glad to have you aboard.

Welcome to Gordon Lightfoot Central Dan "The Intended"! As Annie said,this is the place if you like to fill up space,with messages of Lightfoot that you'd like to take root! As you may have already read,I'm Borderstone or The B! I know you're going to like it here but just remember,no bad mouthin' Gord or you'll be forced to listen to a M. Manson CD! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/eek.gif Of course I can already see that you're an "avid listener" like I am. How long have you been into GL? I've been a serious A.L. for a few days shy of a year now,even though I've heard his hits for 29 years. It seems longer but I've only been on here 5 months. I've had fun here and hope you do to. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif Been me,later! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/cool.gif

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Borderstone (An,"Avid Listner" of G.L.)

Hi Dan,

Love your board name. Welcome, kick off your shoes and set a spell.

Bill http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

Great to meet you Dan, and welcome. You will love it here!! We are all die hard fans and even though we are going through Gord withdrawl right now we keep it together here. As Bill said "Set a spell!"

Great to meet you Dan, and welcome. You will love it here!! We are all die hard fans and even though we are going through Gord withdrawl right now we keep it together here. As Bill said "Set a spell!"

Welcome Dan!

there is so much talent within the Lightfoot internet community, you are going to feel right at home.

Dan: Hi and welcome! It is always nice to have one more Gord-aholic on board from Michigan!

Hi Dan! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

Hi Dan! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

Thanks all! Guess I did find the right place... http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

I've been an A.L. (avid listener, Borderstone!) for about five years. I saw Gord in concert in 1999 and that really brought my interest around.

Right now I am trying to learn all the lyrics, in the correct order, to Yarmouth Castle. It's been tougher than either CRT or Wreck were for me to learn (lyrically) the first time around. But in the end I can add one more Gord song to my repertoire! I performed BossMan for the first time about a month ago, and it actually went over great. What fun that was.

Looking forward to talking with you all some more. Thanks for the warm welcome.

Dan

Thanks all! Guess I did find the right place... http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

I've been an A.L. (avid listener, Borderstone!) for about five years. I saw Gord in concert in 1999 and that really brought my interest around.

Right now I am trying to learn all the lyrics, in the correct order, to Yarmouth Castle. It's been tougher than either CRT or Wreck were for me to learn (lyrically) the first time around. But in the end I can add one more Gord song to my repertoire! I performed BossMan for the first time about a month ago, and it actually went over great. What fun that was.

Looking forward to talking with you all some more. Thanks for the warm welcome.

Dan

Dan, Post some of your music somewhere with an URL here for us to check you out.
Welcome aboard
Gwen

Dan, Post some of your music somewhere with an URL here for us to check you out.
Welcome aboard
Gwen

Dan, tell us where you play and when...the location of the pub...and I'll slip your way sometime and check you out! I'm located between Flint and Lansing at times, and in northern MI at other times; hence my username.

That would be great... However, as I mentioned, I haven't had a weekly gig for awhile now. Hope to be back in the fall. What I've been doing in the meantime is sitting in with some good friends at the South Lyon Hotel in South Lyon (when they're in the mood to hear Gord)... I'm usually there every Tuesday evening, and if I play at all, it's just a couple of tunes sometime between 9:30 and 11 pm. But if you come, be sure to let us know, and I'll bet we can hit several Gord songs. We often do BossMan, Home from the Forest, IYCRMM and Don Quixote.

Hope to see you sometime. I'll post when I'm back on a regular schedule.

Dan

That would be great... However, as I mentioned, I haven't had a weekly gig for awhile now. Hope to be back in the fall. What I've been doing in the meantime is sitting in with some good friends at the South Lyon Hotel in South Lyon (when they're in the mood to hear Gord)... I'm usually there every Tuesday evening, and if I play at all, it's just a couple of tunes sometime between 9:30 and 11 pm. But if you come, be sure to let us know, and I'll bet we can hit several Gord songs. We often do BossMan, Home from the Forest, IYCRMM and Don Quixote.

Hope to see you sometime. I'll post when I'm back on a regular schedule.

Dan

Hi Dan,
Welcome aboard. I'm also one of those guitarists who can't quite get enough of Lightfoot. Do you have a website where we cab listen to some of your covers? I'd be interested in hearing them.

Cathy http://www.cathycowette.com

Hi Dan,

Cathy was too modest to tell you to listen to the songs at her web site, so I will tell you. Go to the music page and try some of the GL covers there. Most have Cathy singing lead, but there are a couple with another "Lighthead" (Derek Kidd) singing some of the big ones (IYCRMM and DQ). And you'll find Cathy's version of Home From The Forest too, with Derek, Ed Mullen and Matt Carl playing on that one. Ed and Matt, as well as Derek, are three more of the talented GL fans whose recordings you will want to hear. If you have recordings to share, there are lots of us who would enjoy hearing them.

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Valerie Magee

Visit my GL web site at gordonlightfoot.com and Cathy Cowette's site at cathycowette.com

Thanks so much, Cathy and Valerie. I'm honored to be able to "meet" and chat with both of you - Cathy, I've been to your site and listened to your beautiful covers of GL songs. And Valerie, of course, for all your hard work with www.gordonlightfoot.com (I am a devout fan of your site).

Cathy - I particularly enjoyed your cover (with Derek) of DQ - playing it capo #4 to do the famous DQ "lead". I play the song (including the lead) in capo #2, which requires a bit more hand-stretching but actually sounds OK. With two guitars it would be fantastic, but it's usually just me. On occasion I have had the privilege of having multi-instrumentalist David Mosher joining me on violin for that song, and it takes on a whole new feel.

Again I must apologize, though, because I don't have a mechanism for recording my covers or sharing them online at this time. I did have one lousy recording of me doing "I'm Not Sayin'" and "Did She Mention My Name" at a local pub, but it didn't turn out well enough to share anyway. As soon as I have some GL covers recorded properly, I will be sure to get them out here. Thanks again for the encouragement.

Dan

Thanks so much, Cathy and Valerie. I'm honored to be able to "meet" and chat with both of you - Cathy, I've been to your site and listened to your beautiful covers of GL songs. And Valerie, of course, for all your hard work with www.gordonlightfoot.com (I am a devout fan of your site).

Cathy - I particularly enjoyed your cover (with Derek) of DQ - playing it capo #4 to do the famous DQ "lead". I play the song (including the lead) in capo #2, which requires a bit more hand-stretching but actually sounds OK. With two guitars it would be fantastic, but it's usually just me. On occasion I have had the privilege of having multi-instrumentalist David Mosher joining me on violin for that song, and it takes on a whole new feel.

Again I must apologize, though, because I don't have a mechanism for recording my covers or sharing them online at this time. I did have one lousy recording of me doing "I'm Not Sayin'" and "Did She Mention My Name" at a local pub, but it didn't turn out well enough to share anyway. As soon as I have some GL covers recorded properly, I will be sure to get them out here. Thanks again for the encouragement.

Dan

Question for Cathy...

Can you tell me what chords you played at the end of SFWN? It begins right at the end of the last line when the "ooh's" are starting. I play this using the chords in the GG book, but what you're playing has more authentic chords. ALso, can you tell me how many guitars we are hearing. They sound great.

Intended... I play CRT in D and DQ in C (CFG). What keys are you in? I wish I knew someone in my area that could play lead guitar. I just began playing at a local coffee house near Columbus OH. A bass player would be nice to. I understand about learning all the words, that is the biggest challenge to performing. So much practice time goes into it. I even forget the words to my own songs occasionally.

Thanks for bringing up the topic.

Question for Cathy...

Can you tell me what chords you played at the end of SFWN? It begins right at the end of the last line when the "ooh's" are starting. I play this using the chords in the GG book, but what you're playing has more authentic chords. ALso, can you tell me how many guitars we are hearing. They sound great.

Intended... I play CRT in D and DQ in C (CFG). What keys are you in? I wish I knew someone in my area that could play lead guitar. I just began playing at a local coffee house near Columbus OH. A bass player would be nice to. I understand about learning all the words, that is the biggest challenge to performing. So much practice time goes into it. I even forget the words to my own songs occasionally.

Thanks for bringing up the topic.

Martin,

I play DQ in B (capo 2, with A-chord fingering), and CRT in F (capo 3 with D-chord fingering, drop-D tuning on 6th string).

And I certainly don't play "lead guitar" per se, just the acoustic "lead" melody lines you find in some of Gord's songs. DQ's is very prominent; IYCRMM (which I play in the key of A, capo 2, G-chord fingering) has a nice one using sixths as well.

Drop-D tuning is almost a must for my solo guitar playing. When I don't have a bass player, it fills in a lot of those bass pedal tones.

Great to hear from you. What other GL songs do you do?

Dan ("The Intended")

Martin,

I play DQ in B (capo 2, with A-chord fingering), and CRT in F (capo 3 with D-chord fingering, drop-D tuning on 6th string).

And I certainly don't play "lead guitar" per se, just the acoustic "lead" melody lines you find in some of Gord's songs. DQ's is very prominent; IYCRMM (which I play in the key of A, capo 2, G-chord fingering) has a nice one using sixths as well.

Drop-D tuning is almost a must for my solo guitar playing. When I don't have a bass player, it fills in a lot of those bass pedal tones.

Great to hear from you. What other GL songs do you do?

Dan ("The Intended")

Martin/12 - Re your question to Cathy, I think you can find her answer on another thread here: www.corfid.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001589.html
(her message is the 3rd one down). The ending is the same as the intro, and the riff between the verses. There are two recordings of SFAWN on Cathy's site, one solo and one with the Lightfoot Tribute Band. If you listen to the solo SFAWN, you will hear it with just Cathy playing. It sounds like multiple guitars, but it's just Cathy. On the LTB recording, Derek Kidd is playing as well.

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Valerie Magee

Visit my GL web site at gordonlightfoot.com and Cathy Cowette's site at cathycowette.com

Dan,

Here are some of the other GL songs I am doing now:

Beautiful
Ghosts of Cape Horn
Steel Rail Blues
A Tree too Weak to Stand
Saturday Clothes
Sit Down Young Stranger
The House You Live In
If You Need Me

Val,
Thanks for the link. (Ask and you'll receive). I will have to give that a try.

Dan,

Here are some of the other GL songs I am doing now:

Beautiful
Ghosts of Cape Horn
Steel Rail Blues
A Tree too Weak to Stand
Saturday Clothes
Sit Down Young Stranger
The House You Live In
If You Need Me

Val,
Thanks for the link. (Ask and you'll receive). I will have to give that a try.

a couple others I forgot...

Wherefore & Why
Early Morning Rain

a couple others I forgot...

Wherefore & Why
Early Morning Rain

quote:Originally posted by The Intended:
Thanks so much, Cathy and Valerie. I'm honored to be able to "meet" and chat with both of you - Cathy, I've been to your site and listened to your beautiful covers of GL songs. And Valerie, of course, for all your hard work with www.gordonlightfoot.com (I am a devout fan of your site).

Cathy - I particularly enjoyed your cover (with Derek) of DQ - playing it capo #4 to do the famous DQ "lead". I play the song (including the lead) in capo #2, which requires a bit more hand-stretching but actually sounds OK. With two guitars it would be fantastic, but it's usually just me. On occasion I have had the privilege of having multi-instrumentalist David Mosher joining me on violin for that song, and it takes on a whole new feel.

Again I must apologize, though, because I don't have a mechanism for recording my covers or sharing them online at this time. I did have one lousy recording of me doing "I'm Not Sayin'" and "Did She Mention My Name" at a local pub, but it didn't turn out well enough to share anyway. As soon as I have some GL covers recorded properly, I will be sure to get them out here. Thanks again for the encouragement.

Dan

Hi Dan,
First of all, you might enjoy attending out guitar chat on Tuesday evenings in our Paltalk room. If you want details, let me know and I'll e-mail them to you.

I'm very impressed that you figured out how I was playing the lead to DQ. Most people do it ala Terry Clements, in the A progression. I tried it for years and just couldn't make it sound right, so I relearned it on the 4th fret in G. Derek does the basic fingerpicking in open C, making the interplay between the two guitars quite interesting. It's really one of my favorite songs to play. We have several songs that we call 'ours' (although Lightfoot may not agree that they are truly ours). Other favorites are If You Could Read My Mind, Wreck, CRT, and my favorite, Song For A Winter's Night. Derek is from California and I'm from Northern Maine, so we don't get together all that often. We really haven't played together very many times. But every time we do, it's magic, and we always make sure to play our favorite Lightfoot songs.

You should invest in some recording software. I use Cool Edit 2000. It's inexpensive and does the trick. Often, (when I get too lazy to hook everything up) I just record with a standard computer mic. It would be enough to get you started.

Cathy

quote:Originally posted by Martin/12:
Dan,

Here are some of the other GL songs I am doing now:

Beautiful
Ghosts of Cape Horn
Steel Rail Blues
A Tree too Weak to Stand
Saturday Clothes
Sit Down Young Stranger
The House You Live In
If You Need Me

Val,
Thanks for the link. (Ask and you'll receive). I will have to give that a try.


I see Val already answered your question.
Where are you from, Martin/12?

Cathy

quote:Originally posted by Cathy:

I see Val already answered your question.
Where are you from, Martin/12?

Cathy


Cathy,

First of all, thanks for the splendid notes on SFWN. They were very helpful--even for a one-arm guitar player like myself. Do you have notes for DQ? BTW, by chance, do you work on Mac computers?

I am in the Columbus, Ohio area. Let me know if you're driving through sometime.

quote:Originally posted by Cathy:

I see Val already answered your question.
Where are you from, Martin/12?

Cathy


Cathy,

First of all, thanks for the splendid notes on SFWN. They were very helpful--even for a one-arm guitar player like myself. Do you have notes for DQ? BTW, by chance, do you work on Mac computers?

I am in the Columbus, Ohio area. Let me know if you're driving through sometime.

Cathy,

Thanks for the recommendations. And yes, I would like to check out the Tuesday evening guitar chat. If you can E-mail the details to me at technicaldr@yahoo.com I'd appreciate it. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

Dan

Cathy,

Thanks for the recommendations. And yes, I would like to check out the Tuesday evening guitar chat. If you can E-mail the details to me at technicaldr@yahoo.com I'd appreciate it. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

Dan

quote:Originally posted by Martin/12:

Cathy,

First of all, thanks for the splendid notes on SFWN. They were very helpful--even for a one-arm guitar player like myself. Do you have notes for DQ? BTW, by chance, do you work on Mac computers?

I am in the Columbus, Ohio area. Let me know if you're driving through sometime.

I have never written up notes or tablature for DQ. Many people have asked, but I haven't gotten around to it. I'm probably avoiding it because of how complicated it is. I will do it one of these days, though.

No, I don't work on a Mac.

Cathy

Originally posted by Borderstone

It seems longer but I've only been on here 5 months.

Come the 30th and it will have bin 4 months for me. Seems like only this mornin when I registered.