Who was in the canoe with Gordon?

08-19-2004, 12:15 AM

I just watched Canadian Idol and at the beginning they show some footage of wilderness, a big lake, and Gordon Lightfoot in a Canoe. There is another man in the canoe and I know I've seen him before (another singer???). It's driving me crazy that I can't think of his name.
Does anyone know who was in the canoe with Gordon?

08-19-2004, 12:15 AM

I just watched Canadian Idol and at the beginning they show some footage of wilderness, a big lake, and Gordon Lightfoot in a Canoe. There is another man in the canoe and I know I've seen him before (another singer???). It's driving me crazy that I can't think of his name.
Does anyone know who was in the canoe with Gordon?

stationmaster · 08-19-2004, 12:27 AM

I think his name was Lyle...

Station Master · 08-19-2004, 01:10 AM

maybe, Murray McLaughlin

yeah, great montage...in there was also a wee clip (all those clips were way too short, agh) of him playing CRT which i had not seen before ...in colour, very clear but old clip, a young Gordon ...i'd like that, hmmm

jj · 08-19-2004, 01:10 AM

maybe, Murray McLaughlin

yeah, great montage...in there was also a wee clip (all those clips were way too short, agh) of him playing CRT which i had not seen before ...in colour, very clear but old clip, a young Gordon ...i'd like that, hmmm

fowlesjohn · 08-19-2004, 01:24 AM

no, that was watchman, wasinit?

gwen snyder · 08-19-2004, 01:24 AM

no, that was watchman, wasinit?

Borderstone · 08-19-2004, 01:55 AM

JJ,that clip is from Jan. 1st 1967 and can be seen (B & W only,sorry) on one of the threads titled CBC Archives or something like that.

Use the search option here on the home page and then type in CBC archives in the blank top space,the rest is easy.

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08-19-2004, 05:22 AM

Yes it was Murray McLaughlin

08-19-2004, 05:22 AM

Yes it was Murray McLaughlin

BILLW · 08-19-2004, 05:23 AM

Actually Lyle wasn't even an egg back then. And TheWatchman was in another canoe, but that was some years later. But I can see the resemblance and why it would be easy to confuse the two.

Bill

charlene · 08-19-2004, 06:06 AM

the guy in the boat was MUrray and the clip JJ is talking about is a new one they dug up somewhere-it was very clear and back in the late 60's obviously. he looked so beautiful. it wasn't the clip of CRT with the navvies etc.
It was cool the way they pieced together CRT with the different clips of him singing a different line in each one.could have been the whole show! too short for sure!

charlene · 08-19-2004, 06:06 AM

the guy in the boat was MUrray and the clip JJ is talking about is a new one they dug up somewhere-it was very clear and back in the late 60's obviously. he looked so beautiful. it wasn't the clip of CRT with the navvies etc.
It was cool the way they pieced together CRT with the different clips of him singing a different line in each one.could have been the whole show! too short for sure!

Station Master · 08-19-2004, 06:36 AM

thanks for trying to clarify, B (but yup, i've seen the CBC b+w many times and they also included that clip which is also well preserved...one i hadn't seen for some reason until recently was him doing Remember Me at the archive site, wish they had It's Too Late

) hey, thanks char for confirming i wasn't seeing things, can you hunt that down? let's go raid ctv until they cough it up, lol

jj · 08-19-2004, 06:36 AM

thanks for trying to clarify, B (but yup, i've seen the CBC b+w many times and they also included that clip which is also well preserved...one i hadn't seen for some reason until recently was him doing Remember Me at the archive site, wish they had It's Too Late

) hey, thanks char for confirming i wasn't seeing things, can you hunt that down? let's go raid ctv until they cough it up, lol

08-19-2004, 08:15 AM

Thank you very much!
It was Murray McLauchlan. Gosh, I haven't seen him in a long time.

08-19-2004, 08:15 AM

Thank you very much!
It was Murray McLauchlan. Gosh, I haven't seen him in a long time.

Jim Dundee · 08-19-2004, 08:34 AM

It was Murray McLauchlan and it was from a show Murray did which first aired on July 1, 1985 (Canada Day). He took his float plane and flew across Canada and met different songwriters who performed a song in different settings. Gord performed "Gotta Get Away."

John

donquixote · 08-19-2004, 08:34 AM

It was Murray McLauchlan and it was from a show Murray did which first aired on July 1, 1985 (Canada Day). He took his float plane and flew across Canada and met different songwriters who performed a song in different settings. Gord performed "Gotta Get Away."

John

LSH · 08-19-2004, 09:11 PM

We definitely need to nag that clip outta CTV. They're holding out on us!! I'd also like to see that biography clip. When that first aired, I lived right across the Juan de Fuca Strait from Vancouver Island. So I got it on regular TV and I still missed it. ARGH.

Jim Dundee · 08-19-2004, 11:06 PM

I think it aired on CBC and was called "Floating over Canada." It also featured Buffy Saint-Marie and Levon Helm (he sang Acadien Driftwood.

Here is a line from the Canadian Encyclopedia about Murray: "He returned to the hinterland theme for the CBC TV travelogue/music video Floating Over Canada in 1985."

It was really delightful hour-long special.

John

donquixote · 08-19-2004, 11:06 PM

I think it aired on CBC and was called "Floating over Canada." It also featured Buffy Saint-Marie and Levon Helm (he sang Acadien Driftwood.

Here is a line from the Canadian Encyclopedia about Murray: "He returned to the hinterland theme for the CBC TV travelogue/music video Floating Over Canada in 1985."

It was really delightful hour-long special.

John


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