I was first introduced to the music of Gordon Lightfoot in the Summer of 1969 when he was an opening act for Peter, Paul and Mary. That was unusual because PP&M just about never had an opening act. Their performance model was the same one that Gordon uses now, which is to do the whole show themselves with one 20-minute intermission. I believe the reason was that Gordon had just signed on with Albert Grossman, who was PP&M's manager and he was trying to introduce Gordon to PP&M's audience, who he believed was the same audience. I know Gordon played the Carter Barron Amphitheater in Washington, DC, Red Rocks, Denver and the Hollywood Bowl in August of 1969. I can't seem to remember if he appeared unaccompanied, which is my best recollection but I could be wrong, or if he had a bass and rhythm guitar accompaniment. Not too many Americans had heard of Gordon in 1969, even those who were fans of the folk scene, except as the writer of PP&M's versions of Early Morning Rain and That's What you Get for Lovin Me. That changed big time shortly thereafter.
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