Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian folk legend, dead at 84

Well shucks. I just saw him do a show last September. What a legacy.

A Canadian singer-songwriter legend known worldwide

https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/legendary-folk-singer-songwriter-gordon-lightfoot-dead-at-age-84-1.6379492

He was one of my all time faves . I saw him at MASSEY HALL here in Toronto. ….terrific.

I also have him in live concert on a well-recorded professional DVD production …a full live concert ( PBS?) ~ 22 years ago in RENO NV , when he was still in his prime …. SENSATIONAL….I watch it a couple times a year for a pick-me-up. …this live performance is better than his albums IMO.

If you are up to being pleasantly surprised at something new to watch …. Highly recommended.

https://gordonlightfoot.com/LiveinRenoDVD.shtml

Rest In Peace, Gordon , and Thank You.

If I could read your mind, love
What a tale your thoughts could tell
Just like a paperback novel
The kind the drugstore sells
When you reach the part where the heartaches come
The hero would be me
But heroes often fail
And you won't read that book again
Because the ending's just too hard to take

Thanks Gordon for countless hours of singing along and more than a few hours of crying in my beer.

The world will be smaller without you.

R.I.P.