[New 12 String Mike]

Perhaps it is as much the timelessness of Gord's songs that appeals to us.

I remember someone telling me that Lightfoot's time was passing back in the mid 70's. By that, the individual meant the last of the 60's "folk music." Much of that stuff may seem dated to some, but there is a freshness that still lives in much of Gord's music to me.

As I get older, I find new things in the songs. Not just in Protocol and others on social points, but many of his "relationship" songs too. It is a testament to his writing that he could touch on things that would range over a listener's maturing.

He still scrapes my head clear. His time hasn't passed and that's why we're still with him too.