Somebody else will know which one it was, but Gord had a guitar and sound equipment stolen in Michigan in 1974 (per Wayne Francis' Lightfoot chronology: Lightfoot's guitars and sound equipment are stolen in Saginaw, MI forcing him to cancel a concert in Ann Arbor.) And additional detail from a posting by Doug (PLUMBGURU@) back in March 1999:
"Lightfoot has been beset by quite a few problems as of late. He has his own airplane. The airplane broke down in Saginaw, Michigan. They were about to
climb aboard a rented Piper Aztec and a man walked in and said, "Mr. Lightfoot I think you'd like to know that all of your equipment has been ripped off."
So I'd be curious to know the provenance of that guitar. I think the missing guitar is the one Val described: "Among the missing was his Gibson B-45, which he lamented had "a million miles on it" and on which he had written most of his more than 300 songs". Different model?
[This message has been edited by Auburn Annie (edited October 19, 2004).]
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