Posted May 2nd, 2023 on Niagara At Large
R.I.P. Gordy.
To read a tribute from Canada’s Prime Minister, click on – https://pm.gc.ca/en/news/statements/2023/05/02/statement-prime-minister-death-gordon-lightfoot
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Gord was a singer, songwriter, poet, activist and an icon. Many famous artists covered his songs like Streisand, Elvis, Dylan, Marty Robbins, Peter Paul and Mary. He deserves to be up there with people like Bob Dylan.
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I saw him live several times from circa 1964 to the 2000’s. A great talent, so many great songs that will live forever.
Thanks for this post, Doug.
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One of the Canadian greats.
RIP.
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Agree with Deernotdinner… no matter now old …. the songs are in the heads of every living Cdn …..
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