Canadian singer-songwriter from Orillia, Ontario, known for folk and folk-rock songwriting and for songs such as "Early Morning Rain" and "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald."

Born November 17, 1938 (Orillia, Ontario). Died May 1, 2023.

DeBaser reviews praise Gordon Lightfoot's songwriting, melodic gifts and storytelling across his 1960s–1970s peak and later records. Key albums discussed include Lightfoot!, If You Could Read My Mind, Summer Side Of Life, Sundown and Summertime Dream. Reviews highlight signature songs such as Early Morning Rain and The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald. The overall view is reverent: a master of concise, evocative folk and folk-rock.

For:Fans of classic folk, singer-songwriters, and listeners who like lyric-driven storytelling.

 Fourteen songs of disarming simplicity: voice, acoustic guitar, and some sporadic bass lines, no percussion, no surrounding arrangements to speak of: this is all young Gordon Lightfoot needs to debut in the music market with a masterpiece, which will prove to be just the first, memorable piece of the career of this extraordinary singer-songwriter who will build his legend over the next ten years without ever making a mistake, becoming a cult artist among the most recognized, admired, and covered of all time.

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 The church bell chimed ‘til it rang twenty-nine times for each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald. The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down of the big lake they call Gitchee Gumee, Superior they said never gives up her dead when the gales of November came early.

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