Lightfoot is such a great songwriter, but he never really did have much of a
voice!  Don't get upset, I saw Gordo way back when it was just him and
Dennis Pendrith with Red Shea on guitar.

The album 'Tony sings Gordon' is a GREAT CD - Lightfoot's melodies and Tony
Rice's plaintive voice are an inspired match and the song structures force
Tony to play to the point.  Both my  kids love it too.

On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 6:22 AM, Brien Dews <vwvanagon@gmail.com> wrote:

> My 7 year old son recently became fascinated with Great Lakes ship wrecks,
> most notably the Edmund Fitzgerald. So I played Lightfoot's ballad of the
> Fitz for him. He has since taken up the guitar so he can play that song. He
> is getting quite good. Kinda neat that someone so young is interested in
> Gordon Lightfoot.
> Brien
>
> On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 7:43 AM, J Stewart <fonman4277@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > As part of my Father's Day weekend, the wife and I went to Gordon
> Lightfoot
> > last
> > night at Wolftrap in Vienna, Virginia. Took the Westy, got there early
> and
> > had
> > dinner and a bottle of wine in the camper-during a thunderstorm-which
> made
> > me
> > thankful I didn't get lawn seats! He opened with "Cotton Jenny" and then
> > did
> > "Carefree Highway". I've seen Gordon Lightfoot at least 5 times and this
> is
> > the
> > first time he as ever done "Carefree Highway". Always wondered what he
> has
> > against that song? Opening song I was shocked, his voice is going,
> sounded
> > very
> > weak, then got a bit stronger as the concert went on, but seemed to come
> > and go.
> > When we got home, I looked him up on the Internet, and I did not realize
> he
> > is
> > 70 years old! I thought has was around 60. Anyway, well worth the $40.00
> > per
> > ticket price, even if his voice was a bit weak.       Jeff
> >
>
>
>
> --
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> Rockford, MI
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