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Music Appreciation

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notemason

(572 posts)
Tue May 2, 2023, 05:46 PM May 2023

My Lightfoot Story [View all]

It was the 70's and I had a letter of introduction to Gordon Lightfoot and I loaded my van with music equipment in South Carolina and headed for Toronto. Really excited for this man was my music idol; his amazing lyrics coupled with really tasteful chord progressions made him so. When I reached the Canadian border the guards there looked in my van at all my equipment and refused to allow entry. In their words I didn't look like a tourist, I looked like someone who would be staying in Canada and there were too many Canadians out of work for them to allow that. And so we never met, but I followed his career closely and still sing many of his songs . Today I shed a tear of love for this man and his music. Thanks for listening.

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My Lightfoot Story [View all] notemason May 2023 OP
Welcome to DU! MLAA May 2023 #1
Since '04 notemason May 2023 #2
Welcome to Music Appreciation, anyway! I'd love to hear more highplainsdem May 2023 #3
Thanks for sharing! notemason May 2023 #5
Please do! ggma May 2023 #7
I'd love to hear that story. highplainsdem May 2023 #13
For Gordon and Don notemason May 2023 #14
Sounds like heaven. :) highplainsdem May 2023 #15
I think most of us notemason May 2023 #16
They're good! And now I'm more curious than ever to hear about the song you highplainsdem May 2023 #17
Thank You! notemason May 2023 #18
Ahhhh, way longer than me! I just saw the 200 or so posts and though you were pretty new! MLAA May 2023 #9
Bummer That You Couldn't Get There ProfessorGAC May 2023 #4
You know notemason May 2023 #10
Sorry you didn't meet him vapor2 May 2023 #6
Cool! notemason May 2023 #11
Consolations for your missed opportunity. Congrats for Gordon giving you it in the first place. erronis May 2023 #8
Thanks notemason May 2023 #12
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