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Auburn Annie · 04-15-2004, 06:57 AM

Press release in several Canadian news sources:

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Gordon Lightfoot returns to the small screen with new music video

TORONTO (CP) - Folk legend Gordon Lightfoot is back on TV in a music video after 23 years.

The singer's video for his new single Inspiration Lady is in rotation on MuchMoreMusic and Country Music Television Canada. It's the first for the 65-year-old songwriter since 1981's In My Fashion, Blackberry Wine, Shadows and Baby Step Back.

Shot on a cold day in early February, the three-minute clip shows a thinner Lightfoot strumming his guitar in what appears to be an old storage warehouse. Images of an older woman, who gets progressively younger throughout the video, cuts in and out as Lightfoot sings the track about adoration and love.

It was directed by Stephen Scott, a longtime video director whose body of work includes spots for the Barenaked Ladies, Shaggy and Creed, as well as commercial clients Ford, Timex, and Wal-Mart.

Inspiration Lady is the first release from Lightfoot's upcoming album Harmony, out May 11. The record is the Orillia, Ont.-born entertainer's first studio album in six years and was finished while the singer was recovering in hospital from a stomach ailment.

04-15-2004, 06:57 AM	#2
Auburn Annie Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 3,101	Press release in several Canadian news sources: ****************************************** Gordon Lightfoot returns to the small screen with new music video TORONTO (CP) - Folk legend Gordon Lightfoot is back on TV in a music video after 23 years. The singer's video for his new single Inspiration Lady is in rotation on MuchMoreMusic and Country Music Television Canada. It's the first for the 65-year-old songwriter since 1981's In My Fashion, Blackberry Wine, Shadows and Baby Step Back. Shot on a cold day in early February, the three-minute clip shows a thinner Lightfoot strumming his guitar in what appears to be an old storage warehouse. Images of an older woman, who gets progressively younger throughout the video, cuts in and out as Lightfoot sings the track about adoration and love. It was directed by Stephen Scott, a longtime video director whose body of work includes spots for the Barenaked Ladies, Shaggy and Creed, as well as commercial clients Ford, Timex, and Wal-Mart. Inspiration Lady is the first release from Lightfoot's upcoming album Harmony, out May 11. The record is the Orillia, Ont.-born entertainer's first studio album in six years and was finished while the singer was recovering in hospital from a stomach ailment.