![]() ![]() Ian and Sylvia recorded Lightfoot’s “Early Morning Rain” and “For Lovin’ Me” in 1964, and numerous others, including Peter, Paul, and Mary, Elvis Presley, and Judy Collins recorded these songs, too. In the early 1960s, Lightfoot gained a reputation as a songwriter. Lightfoot, always modest, embodied the life of a folk troubadour, traveling the backroads and highways of Canada and the US, playing his 12-string and singing his stories of love and loss and hope.īorn on November 17, 1938, he played guitar, piano, and drums in high school, becoming a part of the Singin’ Swingin’ Eight, a troupe that performed on the show “Country Hoedown.” He soon became a part of the growing folk scene in Toronto, playing in the folk clubs and coffee houses where Ian and Sylvia Tyson, Joni Mitchell, and Neil Young performed. Gordon Lightfoot, whose rich, warm baritone vocals sang the soundtrack of a generation, died on May 1, 2023, in Toronto. ![]()
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