Overview
Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. (November 17, 1938 – May 1, 2023) was a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music. He is credited with helping to define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s. He has been referred to as Canada’s greatest songwriter and was known internationally as a folk-rock legend. Lightfoot’s biographer Nicholas Jennings said, “His name is synonymous with timeless songs about trains and shipwrecks, rivers and highways, lovers and loneliness.” [Wikipedia]
His singular contribution to the maritime music community was his international chart-topper, “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.”
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General Information
1965
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Band Members
Gordon Lightfoot Rick Haynes Barry Keane Mike Heffernan Carter Lancaster
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Lightfoot
Contact Information
Bernie
Fiedler
Toronto
Ontario
Canada