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Nov. 10, 2010
Movies
The documentary “Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind” is an introspective look at the Canadian troubadour, featuring Geddy Lee, Alec Baldwin and others.
July 29, 2020
Afterword
Feb. 22, 2010
Music
Lightfoot had a string of folk-rock hits in the ‘70s, including ‘Sundown,’ ‘If You Could Read My Mind’ and ‘The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.’
May 1, 2023
Gordon Lightfoot marks 50 years at Grammy Museum stop
March 22, 2013
Feb. 18, 2010
When Canada’s folk-poet laureate Gordon Lightfoot was singled out for a lifetime achievement award at the 1986 Juno Awards, Canadian recording academy officials went straight to the top of the singer-songwriter food chain to find the appropriate person to handle his induction speech: Bob Dylan.
March 8, 2019
Feb. 19, 2010
Entertainment & Arts
Gordon Lightfoot kept it simple Saturday night at the Greek Theatre.
Sept. 19, 1988
Ask most rock fans to name the key folk musicians of the ‘60s and you’ll probably get a list that begins with Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs and Joni Mitchell, continues through the likes of Joan Baez, Judy Collins and Paul Simon and, if the person’s really sharp, also includes Tim Hardin, Tom Paxton and Tom Rush.
May 20, 1993