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You know, the guy who wrote the song about the wreck of the edmund fitzgerald?

Just curious to see how many other people have actually heard of him!  His music is probably the first thing I remember from my childhood....baking cookies in the middle of winter in the kitchen with my dad listening to his old school TAPES of Gordon Lightfoot

We learned the song in Music class in like 2nd grade... havent heard it since!

He was popular in the UK back in the 1970s mainly among the folk music fans. I have a couple of vinyl albums but haven't listened to them for years. 'If You Could Read My Mind' & ' Early Morning Rain' are about the only singles I can think of. I think they were minor hits. I was never a big fan myself.

Ive got a couple of his songs... Gunny sent them to me....hes ok..

I've heard that song. Never knew who it was by though. Rather sad actually.

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The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald and Sundown were good songs when they came out. Still think they're great. I listen to a classic station on the radio and just heard Sundown the other day.

Man it sucks when the music you remember comes out on a Time Life album.

Keni

 I've listened to Gordon Lightfoot my whole life, great songwriter with a very recognizable voice.

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Gordon Lightfoot, The best folk singer SIMPLEY! in my oppinion, Love his music, have heard every single song of his (or very close to em all) the new stuff is good even though his voice is somewhat weak but its all good, Another good singer is Lee Murdock.... Most prolly never heard of him, he's a local folk singer about the great lakes in MN,IL,MI,Indiana and maybe a few other states around the lakes have a look for his site, has 3 songs up for download..... Cheers, Gunny! And I love ALL of lightfoots music!

EDIT: I saw Lee Murdock in concert and he did the Wreck of the Fitzgearld wasnt too bad either, the guy can simply pull off a good show for 10-20 USD a person!

My Grandma just told me (when i asked if she'd heard of him) that my great uncle (her much younger brother (by about 12yrs)) who has lived in canada since he was 6 went to school with Gordon Lightfoot! lol

Craig

I have been a fan of Gordon Lightfoots music for a long time.  I think my favorite is probably The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerld.  Although, I really like Sundown as well as Early Morning Rain.

it's so good to know that I'm not the only person out here who listens to him

The 2 songs that stick out in my head are The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald and a remake of a song called The Auctioneer. Both of them I got from LimeWire