Gordon Lightfoot Soundstage 1979 Complete

the wonderfully archived 1979 broadcast as ripped from an NTSC format DVD which has the unavoidable characteristic red toned colouring of the original VHS tape recording
Song Setlist:-
01 - Intro (the last troubadour)
02 - Cotton Jenny
03 - The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
04 - Endless Wire
05 - Summertime Dream
06 - Speech
07 - Don Quixote
08 - If You Could Read My Mind
09 - Ghosts Of Cape Horn
10 - Beautiful
11 - Hangdog Hotel Room
12 - Sundown
13 - Band Intro (4 great interviews)
14 - Early Morning Rain
15 - Whisper My Name
16 - On The Tv (later renamed On The High Seas)
17 - Old Dan's Records
18 - Canadian Railroad Trilogy
(unforgivably cut short by ignorant production)

[@janetshelkofsky]

He is perfect. He wrote, played guitar and sang each song. Gordon and band in concert played exactly as they sound on the recordings. He’s a perfectionist and is perfect. Long time fan, wonderful memories.

[@spanitaliangirl]

For that very reason, Gordon self-produced his own recordings. He was frustrated because he knew they could sound better if produced by others but it was more important to him that the music sound the same in the recordings as it would when people heard the music live when they came to see him and his band play. Also why he had the same band members on his recordings and in live appearances.

[@wayneclapp3479]

There has never been nor will there ever be another Gordon Lightfoot. He is truly in a league of his own. He was the absolute best

[@dollyhobbs4529]

Soo true!

[@dollyhobbs4529]

He was kind, & easy going! Love him! He will always be no1 in my books!

[@2404Pepe]

He's been in my music life since I was 14 years old. In Argentina nobody knew him but I met his music when living in Ann Arbor MI and back in Argentina promoted him everywhere I went. Beautiful!!!!! so unique, so different and so him. Great guy, unforgetable songns. Yes, you're right, there won't be anothe like him

[@chrisklest1238]

When I lived in Chicago, one of my neighbors was named Gordon Lightfoot. His parents named him after the man himself.

[@richardkeenan5081]

Truly Great

[@sharonmundy2457]

I cried when i heard Gordon was gone RIP beautiful soul

[@billdornan4379]

MAY 1,2023 ❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🇨🇦 what a sad day for his family and all proud Canadians

[@MrDanbloom]

Rest in eternal peace, Gordon. Dead at 84 in 2023.

[@1961HORNET]

The Most Prolific Singer / SongWriter of the last Fifty Years ! ! No one Even comes Close !!! Even Today He plays his songs at Age 78 , Showing No signs of Slowing Down " He truly is National Treasure " CANADA is a truly BLESSED COUNTRY !!! His kind will not walk this way Again ...... SF JONES

[@SandraPokorneyCmonDude]

Heard this news yesterday, how heartbreaking. You will be missed. Thank you for the music and the memories. RIP Gordon, fly high brother!

[@katherinehunter9526]

Rest in Peace and Love forever Gordon Lightfoot! Thanks for all the fabulous music and lyrics you painted of our Canadian landscape, history and your personal life stories and observations of people and life. You are an inspiration and legend to us all here in Canada. Bless your Heart and Soul for being our National Troubadour telling our history and using words like the Group of 7 used paint. So proud you never forgot your roots and didn't run off to live is California or New York. So proud of you and yes I broke into tears when on May 1st 2023, my oldest son told me of Gordons passing. An era is over, but the legend and music will live on forever, as any well written prose does. God speed Brother. The Band is waiting.. Ian Tyson, David Crosby, Harry Bellefonte have recently passed too... Perhaps? Who knows maybe you will journey on together from here making heavenly music until you return. I'd like to think so.🙏🏻 Thank you for all the wisdom you imparted on this impressionable young girl from Alberta. I truly knew nothing about the real world of love, lies, longing looks, loneliness, drugs, alcohol, gambling or being cheated on. But the deep feelings I felt as I listened and learned from this wise man wordsmith music. With these songs that as a child, touched my heart and ignited a fire I had no idea I had or what it was about! The depth his lyrics reached inside, I only understood the feeling of when I finally grew up. To know of the hard intensity lessons of a real romantic relationship, that Gordons songs were really teaching us about. Thanks again for your being a big part my soundtrack for of 5 decades now. ❤🇨🇦🎼🎸🎶⚘🙏🏻💃🏻

[@ashipstalen.jayyoung7804]

One of the best things that ever happened to me in my career as a stage manager and sound engineer was meeting Gordon at the Berkeley Community Theater in California. I was doing sound and lights for a show prior to his and I was asked if I could do a lighting design for his show at the theater and help out with the sound mixing. I was very flattered and jumped at the chance. It was a wonderful evening sitting behind soundboard and a free hand in choosing the gels for the lights and using a device called a Sweet 16 (16 lighting presets) I was able to sit soundboard and do the lights at the same time while talking to the spotlight operator with headphones. After the show was over I was asked to do seven additional shows with him at other venues in California, which I was delighted to do. For six years I had a gig when he came west. Gordon was very easy going and as genuine as the music he played. As long as the monitor mix on stage was balanced, he was a happy guy and was complementary about the lighting design. Several years later I worked with his first lead guitar player, David Rea, recording and producing two albums. Every time Gord was coming to California we made a special effort to meet him backstage and he was always happy to see us and also very kind. I was in Nova Scotia mixing sound for the Lundenberg Harbour Festival and several others. After that I was leaving to go back to California and I knew that I was never going to be returning to Nova Scotia again. I ran into Gordon, who was doing the show there, and he and I were talking about me never seeing Nova Scotia because I was getting too old and too disabled to be on the road much longer. He took out his guitar and played me “Farewell Nova Scotia”, which was one of the highlights me knowing him.

[@cherixbiggs5819]

Thank you for sharing all that insight with the rest of us!!! How very exciting. That would have been the highpoint of my life...meeting and working with/for him!!! He sounds as wonderful as I have always dreamed him to be.... Even if we are all growing old, I wouldn't trade my years of living for any others. We had the most wonderful music, overall, and we had Gordon Lightfoot, in particular. My husband and I went to so many concerts, I can't list them, but we drove to wherever, if he didn't come to our City. I really appreciate every word you posted! Cheri B.

[@benjaminlarson2995]

Rick Biggs I also got to meet gord it was at fortune bay resort casion in tower mn I was going to my first concert of his an I've been a gord fan my whole life I was playing slots b4 the concert an smoking a cig when I bumped some one they said no prob I looked up here was gord playing slots right next to me I almost died from shock he asked if I was going to the show I said ya I'm in the back row he said let me upgrade your tickets he grabbed his pen an said front row dead center during intermission he said come to my trailer after the show so me an my friend went I got to meet all the gang rick carter mike an Barry an the next year he emailed me telling me he would be at black bear casino an If I was going I said yes he gave me tickets with back stage passes I asked gord when I get hitched when i gind the rightone if he would play at the wedding he said yes he is that great of guy

[@thebrutaljudge9883]

Great read !....thank you for sharing.

[@danbasta3677]

He is an excellent and humble man, and we all are very blessed to have him and his music.

[@theawakeningheard410]

Man, you are so fortunate. Thank you for sharing your story. Sir Gordon Lightfoot is a true treasure.

[@robertdesapri7926]

One of the greatest singer songwriters of all time. Thank you for your incredible collection of music! RIP

[@jennydiazvigneault5548]

Gordon is more than a singer. He is a national treasure of Canada and a gift from the sky spirits to music.

[@daviator4720]

As are/was his band mates...

[@mindyenglish5305]

Hi! American here. He may belong to Canada, but he's a treasure to us too.💜💜

[@j.edward4379]

It's got to be where I just love everything he does. I've listened to his BBC performance dozens of times. The sound quality is great. It's old (from 71 I believe) because it's before alot of his big hits but I love every song he does. That BBC concert is done with just a bass and another guitar. It's all he needed. It's sad nowadays because he's lost that bass voice. But I would still go to his concerts if they came nearby Washington st.

[@dollyhobbs4529]

Love hm! Love this concert shows where hes soo human!

[@andreasboose5611]

Totally agree ❤️

[@ladytoad7220]

his voice just drops your anxiety levels to peaceful

[@donnahilton471]

Exactly! My therapy.❤

[@martinbarstow16]

Songs like The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald and Canadian Railroad Trilogy are not just stories or songs. They are epics!

[@carolynpohlman945]

Performed

[@sicituradastra4295]

Yes ... Gordon Lightfoot is one of the few modern music masters to achieve Bard status !

[@brianbeecher3084]

And the Ghosts of Cape Horn completes the trilogy.

[@robbiet8583]

I agree! All are tales we love to hear, set to music. And that voice! Scenes come alive.

[@BaronMichaelDeBlone1066]

Epics indeed and it takes a pure genius to condense them down into works of several minutes duration without sounding rushed, forced etc.

[@jamesdrynan]

He painted pictures with poetic lyrics and memorable melodies that epitomized the Canadian experience. Listen to Pussywillows Cattails. Pure and simple beauty.

[@jimmyhenderson9761]

his music was inclusive, Native words...lake gitchegomy, french lyrics, american steel firms. etc.

[@jceedrummer]

Such a great songwriter. His songs constitute the fabric of many peoples lives and there’ll never be another like him

[@riffraff3658]

One of the all-time great singer/songwriters. Bummed that never got the chance to see him live. I could listen to this guy all day and night

[@wayneclapp3479]

Gordon was a fantastic singer guitar player and Lyricist but nobody wrote melodies like Gordon Lightfoot he was the best

[@tonysorisio7073]

Every so often I have to listen to gordon to take away the wear and tear of life

[@paulhauk99]

Times ten.

[@mattmorton3045]

Paul Hauk bb

[@mattmorton3045]

Absouletly succulent

[@mattmorton3045]

Him and John Denver two of the greatest song writers ever

[@bhogan1100]

Paul Hauk p

[@williamj.sheehan2001]

This version of "Beautiful"-- just stunning. Sad to have lost you, Gordon, but so happy you were here!

[@majorpuggington]

Thankful for such a great talent, listening since i was a kid in the 70's. Took my wife to see him a few years back. RIP Gord.🙏

[@Gykolove]

Fantastic, as Gordon always was, on record and in concert. Rest well, my friend....🕊️💜.................

[@johnmlynar4921]

I had the pleasure of seeing Gordon live twice. He is a legend.

[@Mebbe308]

Such talent comes once in a lifetime and we are definitely blessed to hear it

[@TheCream14]

What can I say that hasn't already been said. One of most talented musicians I've ever known. Super nice guy. Met him once at an airport. Very gracious and polite.

[@richsackett3423]

So... Canadian?

[@Highland804]

@@richsackett3423 You beat me to it. Ha!

[@gilliandelledonne4713]

I fell in love with his music at 11, first saw him in concert when I was 17 and have had the pleasure of seeing him many times over the years. I will be 64 this year (not sure how that happened) and still enjoy every note, every lyric, and every moment of his music.

[@lindalauchlan982]

Wow Wow Wow this man is amazing!!!!!! and to think this young man is now 80 and still singing these songs. Proud to be a Canadian is a reason because of this man.

[@dorisporis8]

We in USA adore him!! Thank you, friend, Canada!!

[@johnnyjensen6067]

One of the greatest singer/songwriter's of all time. He makes me proud to be Canadian! Love his songs.

[@syarbrough8510]

+John Jensen right on John! You guys have produced some incredible talent. I love the way GL writes. Some of his tunes have this different style arrangement that sets him apart from all the other folk style artists. His tune Daylight Katy has that Beach Boys arrangement feel to it. Just changes directions w/o warning. love that.

[@johnnyjensen6067]

I find his music just simply "flows", if you know what I mean.

[@syarbrough8510]

John Jensen Agree all way John! He's a genius.

[@aolhorsebiz]

John, I would agree, Gordon Lightfoot is the greatest singer/songwriter of all time. NO DOUBT! I am not Canadian, but agree with this statement 100%. Not only that, but Gordon is the only troubadour of our time, EVER.

[@tom.mihail9366]

aolhorsebiz I agree and I'm Australian!

[@Araconox]

Every song here can stand on its own. And of course there were many more to come.. a musical genius and we're so proud that he is Canadian.

[@densecret9169]

I'm the original Gordon Lightfoot groupie, having been to all but one concert in Vancouver since 1967, even rescheduling a trip to see him once. Sick, I know, but there is just something about his music, his voice, his songs that seem to me eternal. I'll be dropping in later this year to see him again. Love this Chicago concert. Thanks.

[@kenkvaale12]

one of the very best performers for all time ... glad that Bob Dylan inducted Gordon into the Hall of Fame!!!

[@sherryswart6859]

My Gordon. I still think the world of you. You are the love of my life. 45 years of your music. I still can;t get enough. I can never let you go. Will love you forever.

[@buckjohnson1119]

A treasure. Gordon, you’ll always be with us in Spirit, and voice. Just as the Loon and Amphibians announce the arrival, of Spring. A Joyous sound. I hope our Souls, meet again. ✨🕊✝️✨

[@dynjarren7523]

What a great voice! Lightfoot and Neil Young are Canadas gift to the World. What unique voices! And now I have to say: RIP 💐

[@anthonyfoutch3152]

Plus Joni and The Band.

[@upsidedown3341]

What about Anne Murray?

[@dollyhobbs4529]

Sorry to loose U God knew U needed to rest! He broke alot of hearts when U took wing & join the havenly choir! Love U!

[@1961HORNET]

What a fantastic concert first class entertainer first class person but my favorite is the first song come out with his first song 1970 God bless GORDON Lightfoot truly one of the best ever

[@dancullihall6834]

RIP love your songs

[@alexhankewicz3556]

One of Canada's gifts to the world our native son and troubadour captures the essence of this people and land, A voice as clears as our lakes and streams and majestic as the rocky mountains

[@micheleturley8870]

I love Gordon lightfoot. Very talented ! The song ' beautiful' is a very beautiful song .

[@wandakerr1223]

It just never gets old.

[@NevadaBoss]

Wishing a happy 8-0 to Canada's national treasure and greatest troubadour. The legend lives on...

[@karennygaard4205]

Gordon Lightfoot, I have loved you forever........

[@luvpants2012]

He's in absolute top form here. Love the song "Beautiful". One of his best.

[@davidroberts8074]

Anything by Gorden Lightfoot

[@barbaragilbert8841]

That's my fave Gord tune. Absolutely 😍 beautiful!

[@marilynleveque2497]

Poet, Composer, Musician, Story Teller, Singer, Gentleman, Historian, Treasure and So much more. I grew up in MI, wish I was Canadian like some of my ancestors. RIP Gordon. You will be missed.

[@generalmoonstone]

Been listening to Gordon since I was a kid heard Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald and I've been hooked ever since.

[@passion777able]

All these songs take me back to my early years as a wife and mother. His voice has a deep quality that soothes troubles away. I was so hurt knowing he went through a hard time of his own and when I saw him later, so thin and weak, I ached for his troubles. I miss the burly, guy that sang those songs like a back woodsman of the Americas but I know he is Canadian. His people must be so proud of him. . Keep singing Gordon.

[@cinnamongirl7877]

What kind of troubles did he have? Health scare? I never heard about that. His music reminds me of when I was around 12 and I fell in love with him and his music.

[@passion777able]

@@cinnamongirl7877 Just go to his WIKIPEDIA page of his biography and you'll find it under HEALTH. Too long for me to mention it here. That's where I learned.

[@swerne01]

@@cinnamongirl7877 Alcoholism, infidelities, divorces, later an abdominal aortic aneurism that almost killed him. Plenty for one person to deal with.

[@razorback9926]

I saw Gord in 1998 in Concord, CA. Front row, center seats, my wife and 2yo daughter in tow. Right when he started singing Don Quixote my daughter holds up her two Power Puff dolls and loudly says “Dipsy’s mad at Lala!” Gord looked at us, I apologized and we quickly got up and moved to the grass area way in the back. After the song, Gordon laughed and said he hoped he didn’t scare us off. We waved from the grass area and the spotlight found us. He said thank you and asked which doll won.

[@suzannemcmaken4648]

💖

[@adrianstruys5644]

its so sad they dont do music like this anymore consider urself blessed if u appreciate this

[@mikemcconomy7335]

Blessed And born in the the 70s.i remember when The Edmund fitzgerarald went down with All her hands.So Sad For There Families.God Bless Them.I Hope Gordon Keeps GoingTo Over 100.

[@warrennekurak4247]

Absolutely you nailed it! ❤

[@PedalPumpingxo]

I gave up modern music and decided to see what the past has to offer and when I found Gordon Lightfoot I was in so many words Blown away by his music. The Fitzgerald and Sundown I listen to almost every morning. AM exploring more of his songs.

[@appointedzeusthegod5125]

Even tho im 17 these songs give me a revive for life, my grandpa showed me bitter green and sundown by gordon lightfoot and i fell in love with it that i listen to everything hes made. It saddens me to think that he is 80 and might pass away at any moment but i pray to him that he lives to be over 90 im glad hes in our world

[@jefffrederick8648]

Canada’s greatest singer/songwriter of his generation. Neil Young and Joni Mitchell notwithstanding. Prolific and all about the music. Thank you for all the great tunes and thanks for leaving out the politics. You are surely missed.

[@hausofvishy8695]

His voice and music bring a beautiful kind of haunting from afar and beyond .🌻

[@-covid-20]

What an absolute musical genius....shy...bashful but so frigging unbelievably good.......R.I.P. GORD.......MAY GOD REST YOUR SOUL ....

[@neil1390]

Nobody could paint a picture with music better than Mr.Lightfoot, ever! This song sticks in my head for a long time everytime I hear it

[@carolobrocki9206]

One of our most talented artists ever. Thank you, Gordon, for all of your great music. It brings so much happiness

[@mysticmaverick1]

This concert was exquisite. I have loved him since the 70s. A true poet, fantastic songwriter, rich baritone voice, great musician, and so handsome and sexy in his day. I knew when I went to see him recently he has lost his voice but I had to see him one last time.

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

RIP Mr. Lightfoot. You get to ride that carefree highway now.

[@MegaMeanDean]

Gordon is friggen awesome. Timeless and ageless. Very few of us on earth can say this. Unfortunately, he is ageing. I don't care. What he shared with us is ageless and timeless. And I will remember him this way.

[@georgeneedham6427]

Some of the best concerts I've ever attended featured Gordon Lightfoot. I saw him one at the Rainbow Center in Niagara Falls, and even with lousy amplification, he was captivating. His songs are among the best of the entire rock era.

[@monicacall7532]

George Needham I saw him in 1974 and it was one of the best and most memorable musical experiences I’ve ever had. As a professional musician I appreciate his artistry so much. He’s simply the best!

[@dsmcchristian86]

FOLK HERO..GORDON IS A LEGEND....

[@mikemcconomy7335]

Truly legend,&More so now.

[@mikepreston-engel8869]

I've held that 12 string guitar when visiting him at his Toronto home.Nobody can play an acoustic 12 string like Gord can. He has it to this day and always takes it with him when on tour. It's well-worn and beaten, yet he still caresses the melodies from it as if it is brand new.

[@kathymceachern2437]

I don't think about my teen years... I put Gordon on and I'm reliving it.

[@rayrodriguez2230]

I'm a staunch BEATLES fan but I will definitely say this THE BEATLES are great song writers but GORDON LIGHTFOOT is something much more. He's not only a excellent song writer but a superb story teller as well. His rich lyrical style paints a tapestry of imagery,blending with simple but beautiful melody lines. I am very saddened to hear of his passing today. REST IN PEACE. You will never be forgotten by your legions of fans!

[@A1Adaydreaming]

Gordon Lightfoot is the reason that I learned to play guitar in 1975. I wanted to learn to play like him. I only took lessons for one year and then just kind of became "self-taught", but I remember that my guitar teacher was all about learning chords and scales and reading music and music theory and I, on the other hand, didn't care about most of that. What I cared about was Gordon Lightfoot songs. Typical lesson was: Teacher: "Today we are going to learn about and practice the Pentatonic Scale." Me: "hey, I brought in my cassette tape recorder, let's listen to this song here, Carefree Highway, and then I want you to teach me how to play that guitar intro." And so it went...

[@deancamf]

Yeah, same for me. I never took lessons but I the first songs I learned to finger pick were Gord's. Fifty years later I'm still playing them.

[@wandamundy1759]

Gordon Lightfoot was a schooled and educated Music School graduate. He didn't scribble lyrics and chord changes on paper napkins - he wrote his songs on manuscript paper - and also wrote the string arrangements - except for a few written by Randy Newman. He was not a "by ear" player.

[@vanislefan]

One of the true greats, including... everybody.

[@mach1gtx150]

His music always gratifies my ears and heart and never, ever grow weary of his music and lyrics. Red Shea added a whole new dimension to his music when they played together. Red's undermelodies(?) added so much to the song and you could see it on Gord's face as seen on the 1972 BBC concert. God Bless him and his compadres that have given us so much in pleasure and heart rending enjoyment as all great musicians do (.......notice that I said 'Musicians', not the cannon fodder you hear today). Ageless.......

[@SamsterOne]

today's music is as phoney as canned laughter

[@mach1gtx150]

Yes, empty, shallow and with no heart. Take care.

[@kenyonbrooks6196]

I had the great pleasure of seeing Gordon in concert at the Spokane Opera House in 1979 and like other commenters have noted, he and his band sounded just like his albums. His music is timeless and I’ve enjoyed it so much over the decades. I love listening to his “shuffled” songs on my Bluetooth headphones while I do yardwork. Before I know it, I’ve listened to several albums-worth and my project is done. You just can’t be unhappy after listening to his music. I’m so glad his music will live on!

[@stevenrupert5562]

One the best Canadian legendary folk singer. Thanks to Gordon Lightfoot.

[@MaryPinkHair]

Gordon Lightfoot deserves his place in the space of our pleasures....

[@Gypsy_Soul1980]

His music is full of emotion, it’s been essential in my life. It has brought me tears of joy and sadness.

[@TimmyMayMusic]

Never get tired of these songs...

[@dougmacdonald9603]

Just watch his face. He is so hungry for perfection and he achieves it with each song. Appreciate this. He's the best

[@cherixbiggs5819]

Yes, indeed, he is a perfectionist! He played at Melody Fair one year and he would only allow half of the seats to be sold, that is how fussy he is about his venues, as well! There is no music that brings me more peace than Gordon's.

[@dsmcchristian86]

Who else gets "burned in a three-way script"?............... A poet ...a minstrel...a great artist ;)

[@carolynpohlman945]

What does that mean?

[@anneoboyle8447]

@@carolynpohlman945 a Love Triangle 📐 you, your lover & a third person that came between you two & ruined everything. So you walk away & let them have each other: heartbroken,💔😓🙏 faithless love.

[@tipp55]

The one and only time I saw Gordon perform live was in Dublin, Ireland in 1974. I was amazed how he and his guitarist and bass player were able to reproduce live exactly the sound of his records. It was a wonderful and magical show.

[@seancoleman6471]

The reason I started playing music to begin with! He is truly the master and I was fortunate enough to get to see him before Terry passed away R.I.P., 50 years on the Carefree Highway!

[@janetqueen9453]

I have always loved his music. He has been with me since I was 14 and Im 67 now!!! His music has always made me feel like I'm home. Im so grateful that I was alive when he started to make his music. I was about 16 when I first heard him . I just always loved him so much. I feel like we were related :)

[@dennissecret2857]

Well, I love every song he has written, and I have to say that Endless Wire is a song that has really grown on me. Way better than I originally thought.

[@Joesfosterdogs]

I am always amazed at how a songwriter can remember all those lyrics...RIP Gordo...you left a legend.

[@gulfgypsy]

Happy Birthday to one of the true artists of our time! His music and lyrics are ageless and timeless.

[@bradspicks]

indeed

[@tom.mihail9366]

Nia the Gulf Gypsy Gordon is equal to Phil ochs and that's saying a lot!

[@denisekozak2030]

Gordon Lightfoot Beauliful

[@tedcichanowicz9278]

father time has caught up with that extraordinary voice but he has given us a treasure chest of tunes that have no parallel.Who else could put you in a wintery forest while composing in a hot July Cleveland hotel room? He and his accompanying musicians along the way have no equal.

[@luvpants2012]

He was so on top of his game here.

[@katrinepaterson2768]

Simply incomparable! I've been a fan since first seeing him on TV in the early 60s on the BBC.

[@mckessa17]

BBC and CBC

[@marjcam]

One of the very best - used to go to Massey Hall every September to hear him - it was always something to look forward to. So glad he is still touring - hope to see him in Hfx this month.

[@lightfootfan]

he has an east coast tour this November.. he was at Massey Hall every March for years - I went every March.....then it was may and an 18 month wait and then in november - he followed that schedule for quite a while.- the last few times it's been every 24 months tho.. lightfoot.ca - 2019 tour dates so far and previous tours as well. see him while you can!

[@lucasclark1569]

That's awesome😬

[@moonoggin]

Your music is still alive in each one of your fans

[@beechnut8779]

As a Chicagoan, I got to go to several Soundstage performances back in the day. But oh, how I wish I had been in this audience!

[@maggiechauvin4770]

Will be sadly missed. I remember listening to Gordon when I was 16. Love him!

[@ericbank8226]

Gordon Lightfoot is a once in a lifetime talent to both hear and experience. I have been lucky enough to see and hear him perform on a number of occasions. The best was back in early 1970 in Boston. Somehow, we bumped into each other that evening in a tiny pub near Harvard Square! We drank whiskey and sang songs (even though i am terrible), and closed that pub (apropos) 'In the Early Morning Rain' ....

[@cmbdaisey1]

I just LOVE His Music ! What a Great Talent!!!

[@davidraddatz9861]

I love Gordon Lightfoot. I lived in Ashland Wisconsin, on Lake Superior.

[@andyinoregon]

So many incredibly fine songs, but the one that slays me every time is "Beautiful" at 28:53. The pedal steel guitar arrangement is just so perfect.

[@allysonl6505]

My favorite singer songwriter of all time. Canada’s pride and joy! RIP Gordon

[@johnnyrocker2400]

An awesome performance and performer. It was very sad to see Terry Clements here, knowing that he is gone now. I saw them 1 year after this performance in Reno and it was this exact lineup, Gordon, Pew Wee Charles, Rick Haynes, Barry Keane and Terry Clements. I have been to numerous Lightfoot shows, and this era was my favorite.

[@dmzabo3914]

If you could read my mind girl. One of the best songs of all time!!!

[@rickschucker9697]

Sorry, your wrong, it IS THE BEST SONG EVER WRITTEN BY ANYONE EVER!!!!!

[@stilltryin71]

My favorite song forever and i am 81.

[@squonkhunter8994]

Remember watching this in '79. Stereo simulcast on FM radio in Dallas. Great show, great sound.

[@jahnman420]

Thank u lord for Gordon Lightfoot!

[@raysmusic49]

jahnman420 yes..! And how would our lives be without singer songwriters like Gordon..... it touches our souls.

[@Einmal_um_die_ganze_Welt-fl9qp]

Thank you for your wonderful poetic songs...your voice is unique...you have accompanied me my whole life...I could ALWAYS hear your music...for hours...you have accompanied me until the last day of my life. THANK YOU Gordon for EVERYTHING

[@micheleterner0708]

absolutely beautiful

[@francesbrisco776]

I really love this concert the music and Gordys facial expressions

[@francesbrisco776]

@gordonlightfoot865 THANK YOU GORDY,❤I'm fine..From Battleground Washington😄State

[@plippleplop]

I perform Gordon Lightfoot music at my acoustic shows and I’m so moved by his spirit and so grateful for the beautiful music he left for us…a treasure on all levels 🎸🎶❤️

[@kathyhinkley4716]

Miss him already. He's a big chunk of my early years. Saw him twice in Washington DC. RiP

[@Foxael]

The best concert aside from seeing him live that I have ever seen

[@Foxael]

He absolutely gives his heart and soul to his music. So love it.

[@mandyboose8983]

Yes, i totally agree !! This and the BBC Concert in 1971are the his very best Live Gigs of all tiime !!!

[@williamr.endsley5861]

I first saw Gordon in 1978 just after I returned from the war in Vietnam. He was playing with his band, with Red Shay on guitar, in a small church in Berkley, California. I sat on the first row. I have been a fan ever since. Thanks to whomever posted this presentation.

[@southmauldin7809]

William R. Endsley Thank you for you service in such a tough time. Have a great day. Gordon and John D make me smile.

[@carolobrocki9206]

Thank you for your service, sir.

[@nomadnametab]

slight typo. you hit the 7 instead of 6. :) welcome back, buddy. i went in 7 years after you left. you guys had it a lot harder than we did.

[@luvpants2012]

When he goes into Don Quixote it's complete virtuosity

[@scottbaker-ScottyB]

My first KZbin video was a Melody of Gordon Lightfoot songs, thank you Gordon for your talent and voice.