Canadian entertainment GIANT....Gordon Lightfoot....RIP

[KoolBak]

He has been one of my fave singers since the 70s. I wish I'd had the chance to see him in concert

A great man....RIP, you awesome hoser......

[mookiemcgee]

ditto, very sad.

[Dukasaur]

He has been one of my fave singers since the 70s. I wish I'd had the chance to see him in concert

A great man....RIP, you awesome hoser......

Yeah, very much.

[DoomYoshi]

You can't catch a hearse like you can a freight train.

[jusplay4fun]

YES....Gordon Lightfoot was definitely a great singer and a great talent. RIP.

[ConfederateSS]

---------- It is sad, losing Gordy.....But The Edmund Fitzgerald song will live Forever....From The Gales of November come Early....
------------ Many sites around Detroit, to Do with The Edmund Fitzgerald song..../Ship....Also on Belle Isle, Coast Guard/Museum has a great tribute to all the ships that have gone down in The Great Lakes...
------------ In 6th grade....We had to do a report on the sinking of The Edmund Fitzgerald....From the perspective of the closest ship....The Anderson....Her Captain....The song was played every day from October 1st...to November 10th...The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald....... ConfederateSS.out!(The Blue and Silver Rebellion)...
---------He passed away on May 1st....On Great Lakes Awareness Day....How Kool was that...GOD takes care of everyone... ...

[2dimes]

---------- It is sad, losing Gordy.....But The Edmund Fitzgerald song will live Forever....From The Gales of November come Early....
------------ Many sites around Detroit, to Do with The Edmund Fitzgerald song..../Ship....Also on Belle Isle, Coast Guard/Museum has a great tribute to all the ships that have gone down in The Great Lakes...
------------ In 6th grade....We had to do a report on the sinking of The Edmund Fitzgerald....From the perspective of the closest ship....The Anderson....Her Captain....The song was played every day from October 1st...to November 10th...The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald....... ConfederateSS.out!(The Blue and Silver Rebellion)...
---------He passed away on May 1st....On Great Lakes Awareness Day....How Kool was that...GOD takes care of everyone... ...

A report in grade 6, eh... Did you have to draw little yellow faces by hand back then?

[ConfederateSS]

---------Ink pad....rubber smile stamps... ... ConfederateSS.out!(The Blue and Silver Rebellion)...

[jonesthecurl]

I have to admit, I've heard the name, but couldn't name any of his songs. Maybe he wasn't as big in the UK?

[Dukasaur]

I have to admit, I've heard the name, but couldn't name any of his songs. Maybe he wasn't as big in the UK?

Yeah, definitely not big in the U.K.

That special blend of rock + folk + country seems to be a North American phenomenon. Besides Gordon Lighfoot, other artists that fit the bill are his contemporaries like Peter, Paul & Mary or John Denver. They too were huge in North America and not so huge in Europe. The closest commonwealth equivalent would be someone like the Australian band The Seekers.

Just out of curiosity, I looked up his U.K. hits, meagre as they were. "If You Could Read My Mind" hit #30 on the U.K charts and was his biggest hit there, if you can even call it that. Second came "Sundown", which hit #33 on the U.K. charts. The same song was #1 in the U.S. and Canada. Coming up third was "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" at #40 on the U.K. charts. The same song was #2 in the U.S. at the time, and #1 in Canada for months.

[DoomYoshi]

I think I already established that John Denver is an international phenomenon. Although, outside North America he might be a 1-hit wonder. Don't really know.

[KoolBak]

Not to mention he was a piss-poor pilot...

[jusplay4fun]

I think I already established that John Denver is an international phenomenon. Although, outside North America he might be a 1-hit wonder. Don't really know.

a few facts:

Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. (December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997),[3] known professionally as John Denver, was an American guitarist, singer, composer, actor, humanitarian, and environmentalist.[4] He is known for popularizing acoustic folk music in the 1970s as part of the ongoing singer-songwriter movement of the mid-to-late 20th century. Denver is widely recognized as a cultural icon of the American West.[5]

(...)

Denver recorded and released approximately 300 songs, about 200 of which he composed. He had 33 albums and singles that were certified Gold and Platinum in the U.S by the RIAA,[9] with estimated sales of more than 33 million units.[10] He recorded and performed primarily with an acoustic guitar and sang about his joy in nature, disdain for city life, enthusiasm for music, and relationship trials. Denver's music appeared on a variety of charts, including country music, the Billboard Hot 100, and adult contemporary, earning 12 gold and four platinum albums with his signature songs "Take Me Home, Country Roads", "Poems, Prayers & Promises", "Annie's Song", "Rocky Mountain High", "Calypso", "Thank God I'm a Country Boy", and "Sunshine on My Shoulders".


Death
Denver died on the afternoon of October 12, 1997, when his light homebuilt aircraft, a Rutan Long-EZ with registration number N555JD, crashed into Monterey Bay near Pacific Grove, California, while making a series of touch-and-go landings at the nearby Monterey Peninsula Airport.[56] He was the plane's only occupant.[61][62] The official cause of death was multiple blunt force trauma resulting from the crash.

Denver was a pilot with over 2,700 hours of experience. He had pilot ratings for single-engine land and sea, multi-engine land, glider and instrument. He also held a type rating in his Learjet. He had recently purchased the Long-EZ aircraft, made by someone else from a kit,[63] and had taken a half-hour checkout flight with the aircraft the day before his accident.[64][65]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Denver

[ConfederateSS]

Not to mention he was a piss-poor pilot...

---------I wouldn't say a bad pilot....Kool .....
------------- The bad thing was ....He was a poor builder, he built his own death trap/plane....He should of stuck with song writing... Staying on the ground.... Someone assisted him, But he built his plane...You can believe he had nothing to do with the plane's construction , the official press release... ... ConfederateSS.out!(The Blue and Silver Rebellion)...

[jimboston]

I think I already established that John Denver is an international phenomenon. Although, outside North America he might be a 1-hit wonder. Don't really know.

a few facts:

Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. (December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997),[3] known professionally as John Denver, was an American guitarist, singer, composer, actor, humanitarian, and environmentalist.[4] He is known for popularizing acoustic folk music in the 1970s as part of the ongoing singer-songwriter movement of the mid-to-late 20th century. Denver is widely recognized as a cultural icon of the American West.[5]

(...)

Denver recorded and released approximately 300 songs, about 200 of which he composed. He had 33 albums and singles that were certified Gold and Platinum in the U.S by the RIAA,[9] with estimated sales of more than 33 million units.[10] He recorded and performed primarily with an acoustic guitar and sang about his joy in nature, disdain for city life, enthusiasm for music, and relationship trials. Denver's music appeared on a variety of charts, including country music, the Billboard Hot 100, and adult contemporary, earning 12 gold and four platinum albums with his signature songs "Take Me Home, Country Roads", "Poems, Prayers & Promises", "Annie's Song", "Rocky Mountain High", "Calypso", "Thank God I'm a Country Boy", and "Sunshine on My Shoulders".


Death
Denver died on the afternoon of October 12, 1997, when his light homebuilt aircraft, a Rutan Long-EZ with registration number N555JD, crashed into Monterey Bay near Pacific Grove, California, while making a series of touch-and-go landings at the nearby Monterey Peninsula Airport.[56] He was the plane's only occupant.[61][62] The official cause of death was multiple blunt force trauma resulting from the crash.

Denver was a pilot with over 2,700 hours of experience. He had pilot ratings for single-engine land and sea, multi-engine land, glider and instrument. He also held a type rating in his Learjet. He had recently purchased the Long-EZ aircraft, made by someone else from a kit,[63] and had taken a half-hour checkout flight with the aircraft the day before his accident.[64][65]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Denver

Thanks for copy-pasting! What would we do without you?

Fucking retard monkey!

[KoolBak]

[jusplay4fun]

I think I already established that John Denver is an international phenomenon. Although, outside North America he might be a 1-hit wonder. Don't really know.

a few facts:

Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. (December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997),[3] known professionally as John Denver, was an American guitarist, singer, composer, actor, humanitarian, and environmentalist.[4] He is known for popularizing acoustic folk music in the 1970s as part of the ongoing singer-songwriter movement of the mid-to-late 20th century. Denver is widely recognized as a cultural icon of the American West.[5]

(...)

Denver recorded and released approximately 300 songs, about 200 of which he composed. He had 33 albums and singles that were certified Gold and Platinum in the U.S by the RIAA,[9] with estimated sales of more than 33 million units.[10] He recorded and performed primarily with an acoustic guitar and sang about his joy in nature, disdain for city life, enthusiasm for music, and relationship trials. Denver's music appeared on a variety of charts, including country music, the Billboard Hot 100, and adult contemporary, earning 12 gold and four platinum albums with his signature songs "Take Me Home, Country Roads", "Poems, Prayers & Promises", "Annie's Song", "Rocky Mountain High", "Calypso", "Thank God I'm a Country Boy", and "Sunshine on My Shoulders".


Death
Denver died on the afternoon of October 12, 1997, when his light homebuilt aircraft, a Rutan Long-EZ with registration number N555JD, crashed into Monterey Bay near Pacific Grove, California, while making a series of touch-and-go landings at the nearby Monterey Peninsula Airport.[56] He was the plane's only occupant.[61][62] The official cause of death was multiple blunt force trauma resulting from the crash.

Denver was a pilot with over 2,700 hours of experience. He had pilot ratings for single-engine land and sea, multi-engine land, glider and instrument. He also held a type rating in his Learjet. He had recently purchased the Long-EZ aircraft, made by someone else from a kit,[63] and had taken a half-hour checkout flight with the aircraft the day before his accident.[64][65]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Denver

Thanks for copy-pasting! What would we do without you?

Fucking retard monkey!

jimb continues to wallow in the ignorance he appears to preach and advocate.

Do you fear the facts, truth, knowledge, and learning jimb? Apparently so.

[jusplay4fun]

I have to admit, I've heard the name, but couldn't name any of his songs. Maybe he wasn't as big in the UK?

Yeah, definitely not big in the U.K.

That special blend of rock + folk + country seems to be a North American phenomenon. Besides Gordon Lighfoot, other artists that fit the bill are his contemporaries like Peter, Paul & Mary or John Denver. They too were huge in North America and not so huge in Europe. The closest commonwealth equivalent would be someone like the Australian band The Seekers.

Just out of curiosity, I looked up his U.K. hits, meagre as they were. "If You Could Read My Mind" hit #30 on the U.K charts and was his biggest hit there, if you can even call it that. Second came "Sundown", which hit #33 on the U.K. charts. The same song was #1 in the U.S. and Canada. Coming up third was "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" at #40 on the U.K. charts. The same song was #2 in the U.S. at the time, and #1 in Canada for months.

I looked up a list of his recorded songs: INCREDIBLE LIST:
https://gordonlightfoot.com/songs.shtml#l

I agree with Duk about other artists that "fit the bill." I recently played some music from the Seekers and enjoyed those songs, too.

Gordon Lightfoot had an incredible voice; I did not know that he wrote most of the songs he recorded. WoW..!!
Most of the songs below are ones I really enjoy; here are some of his hit songs:

Title/Composer
If You Could Read My Mind
Gordon Lightfoot

Sundown
Gordon Lightfoot

Early Morning Rain
Gordon Lightfoot

Carefree Highway
Gordon Lightfoot

The Way I Feel
Gordon Lightfoot

Canadian Railroad Trilogy
Gordon Lightfoot

Bitter Green
Gordon Lightfoot

Did She Mention My Name
Gordon Lightfoot

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Gordon Lightfoot

I'm Not Sayin'
Gordon Lightfoot

For Lovin' Me
Gordon Lightfoot

Pussywillows, Cat-Tails
Gordon Lightfoot

Rainy Day People
Gordon Lightfoot

The Last Time I Saw Her
Gordon Lightfoot

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Ewan MacColl

https://www.allmusic.com/artist/gordon-lightfoot-mn0000667794/songs

[KoolBak]

Probly my fave song of his - Summertime Dream. Remember I was about 13 when it dropped. Rode my bike 15 miles into town to buy it

https://youtu.be/aBq2StnOFAA