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ORILLIA, ONT. — A generation of old friends, longtime couples and families raised on Gordon Lightfoot gathered Saturday night in the singer-songwriter's Orillia, Ont., hometown to mark the passing of the Canadian musician.
A generation of old friends, longtime couples and families raised on Gordon Lightfoot gathered Saturday night in the singer-songwriter's Orillia, Ont., hometown to mark the passing of the Canadian musician.
Canadian folk icon Gordon Lightfoot has died at the age of 84. Lightfoot died Monday night at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto of natural causes, a statement on his official Facebook account reads. "It is with profound sadness that we confirm that Gordon Meredith Lightfoot has passed away. Gordon died
The Canadian singer-songwriter is known for hits like "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," "If You Could Read My Mind" and "Early Morning Rain"
An appreciation of the songs about ships and sailors, about Canada and lost love, and, especially, about freight trains.