RIP Mr. Lightfoot

[Hilljackoutlaw]

Another great one gone.

 

[Oak]

Dang it.

 

[Mica Man]

Definitely had a unique singing voice.

 

[Highwood]

Definitely had a unique singing voice.

 

[noharleyyet]

Steady greatness RIP.

 

[Gellar]

I always enjoy a little Gordon light foot when he comes on the radio. Rip.

 

[Mallardsx2]

Definitely had a unique singing voice.

Every Upper from Michigan is sitting around listening to that song today.

 

[Nameless Range]

My 9 year old recently became mildly obsessed with Edmund Fitzgerald song and story which in turn got us listening to more Gordon Lightfoot.

 

[noharleyyet]

Such distinctive voicing and melodies.

 

[Oak]

My 9 year old recently became mildly obsessed with Edmund Fitzgerald song

When my daughter was 6 or 7 she would ask to listen to "the sad boat song."

 

[TOGIE]

anyone else having mandela effect?

i sincerely thought he had already passed away some time ago.

great great music. RIP

i always took this seinfeld bit as a way of showing some sincere fondness for lightfoot

 

[Redmt]

I just listened to the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald on earbuds. It's a very provoking song.

 

[Gut Shot]

RIP

One of the greats

 

[noharleyyet]

From Mr. Lightfoot's The Watchman's Gone

If you find me feedin' daisies
Please turn my face up to the sky
And leave me be
Watchin' the moon roll by
Whatever I was
You know it was all because
I've been on the town
Washin' the bullshit down

 

[bullbugle]

When my daughter was 6 or 7 she would ask to listen to "the sad boat song."

I used to work at a bar in Ten Sleep where we’d close the place down with that song every night. The owner was a Great Lakes guy. I’ll always cherish the memories of the whole bar, plenty tuned up, belting it out at the tops of our lungs. RIP Mr. Lightfoot.

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

Such distinctive voicing and melodies.

Probably my favorite

 

[elkduds]

Ouch, RIP for another bedrock troubador of my well-wasted youth.

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

Read that all the royalties from the Edmund Fitzgerald goes to the families of the wreck.

 

[7mm08mo]

Every Upper from Michigan is sitting around listening to that song today.

Hell I’m from Missouri and I listened to it a lot today. Lost another great one!

 

[Nick87]

I thought something happened to Lori when I saw the title.