Gordon Lightfoot

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Gordon Lightfoot

Gordon Lightfoot is a Canadian folk legend, whose music influenced multiple generations of artists, from Bob Dylan to Sufjan Stevens and Fleet Foxes. With 20 albums and multiple Grammys over a five-decade career, Gordon Lightfoot established a popular folk sound that translated the beauty of the country and North American roots music for the 20th century.

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QUOTES from his peers:

"Lightfoot became a mentor for a long time. I think he probably still is to this day. I can't think of any Gordon Lightfoot song I don't like. Every time I hear a song of his, I wish it would last forever. " - Bob Dylan

"Gordon Lightfoot has created some of the most beautiful and lasting music of our time. He is Bob Dylan's favorite singer/songwriter - high praise from the best of us, applauded by the rest of us." - Kris Kristofferson

"I've always been trying to write songs like Lightfoot. A song of mine like 'Come Monday' is a direct result of me trying to write a Gordon Lightfoot song." - Jimmy Buffett

"Canadian Railroad Trilogy is an extremely fine piece of songwriting." - Johnny Cash