I'm embarrassed to say that I'm not specifically a big fan of Lightfoot, although I honestly haven't paid that much attention either. I'm getting more interested lately and plan on giving him a thorough listen.
Ironically my uncle is John Stockfish, and was married to my mother's sister during much of his involvement with Lightfoot. My parent's also knew Lightfoot well because he played at their coffeehouse in Halifax called the Privateer's in the 60's, and they sang his songs through the years themselves.
To top that all off, I'm a singer/keyboardist living in Toronto, and although I DO sing Sundown, I don't have any others.
I can almost hear the collective gasps of for shame. I know. My bad. He has great material and I plan on learning some more. Especially the early stuff.
So my question.. Does anyone here know the story of Gordon's early days with my uncle?
I've only heard a version of it from my aunt, and I can't ask him because they split in the early 90's and he moved to Nashville. He's quite a nut actually....very odd duck.
Anyway, was curious if anyone here knew anything.
Kendall