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Sad, but not unexpected. He was the closest thing to a modern day troubadour; he told stories to us about us.
Perhaps. Country singers tell 'personal angst' stories (what happens when you play a country song backwards . . . ). Folk singers more 'social angst' stories.George Strait would like to have a word with you.
RIP Mr. Lightfoot.
George Strait would like to have a word with you.
Perhaps. Country singers tell 'personal angst' stories (what happens when you play a country song backwards . . . ). Folk singers more 'social angst' stories.
Besides, he is American, so not my definition of "us".
That refers to the bell at the Mariners Church ( The Maritime Sailors Cathedral) in Detroit. You can see it immediately as you come out of the Windsor/Detroit Tunnel' They ring the bell every year for sailors who have lost their lives on the Great Lakes.The church bell chimed 'til it rang twenty-nine times
Another Detroit reference, about the 1967 riots. Started when the cops busted a Blind Pig (illegal after hours bar). Windsor sent our fire dept over with their trucks to try help out. Lots of people shot at that one.Though he had success as a singer/songwriter south of the border (where it seemingly mattered) in the 1960s, it was "Black Day in July" that got him wider recognition in the USA - having a songbannedpulled from radio stations in 30 states will get people talking about you as someone who has something meaningful to say.
Right there side by side with Leonard Cohen.Perhaps. Country singers tell 'personal angst' stories (what happens when you play a country song backwards . . . ). Folk singers more 'social angst' stories.
Besides, he is American, so not my definition of "us".
and Ian Tysons.I listened to my two favorite Lightfoot songs on the way to work. Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald and the Canadian Railroad Trilogy.
And it got me to thinking - rare I know but it does happen from time to time.
We need more Lightfoots, Stompin Toms and Gord Downeys. And less Tik Tok, social media and "influencers".
And dare I say it - common sense.