Same here. First discovered Gord in the mid 60s, listened through all the UA and early Warner years (my teens, 20s, early 30s) then had a family and lost touch with all music except kid stuff for quite a while. Plus there were the format changes, from vinyl to cassette and 8-track to CD and now MP3 and who knows what else? Somewhere about 6 or 7 years ago I came across a Lightfoot song I didn't remember hearing, "Miguel" and was instantly smitten once again. Of course I *had* heard Miguel before but it had been SO many years I'd actually forgotten the song. That launched me on a wonderful rediscovery of all things Lightfoot, and I rebuilt my collection with CDs and downloads to my computers at home and at work. Many a third year resident was exposed to his music when stopping by the library while I was cataloging in the work room - don't know if I made any converts but had a couple ask, "who's that?" which gave me the opportunity to spread the gospel of Gord, lol. Now I listen intermittently but my computers have it all and I've got the CDs and my own mixes for travel or walking.
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