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Roanoke, VA Roanoke Civic Center Sat Jun 15 / 13 Find Tickets
Asheville, NC Thomas Wolfe Auditorium Sun Jun 16 / 13 Find Tickets
Nashville, TN Schermerhorn Symphony Center Mon Jun 17 / 13 Find Tickets
South Bend, IN Morris Performing Arts Center Thu Jun 20 / 13 Find Tickets
Waukegan, IL Genesee Theatre Fri Jun 21 / 13 Find Tickets
Wisconsin Dells, WI Crystal Grand Music Theatre Sat Jun 22 / 13 Find Tickets
Appleton, WI Fox Cities Performing Arts Center Sun Jun 23 / 13 Find Tickets
New York, NY B.B. King Blues Club & Grill Wed Jul 24 / 13 Find Tickets
Vienna, VA Wolf Trap Thu Jul 25 / 13 Find Tickets
Lincoln, RI Twin River Events Center Fri Jul 26 / 13 Find Tickets
Columbus, OH Palace Theatre Columbus Mon Jul 29 / 13 Find Tickets
Kettering, OH Fraze Pavilion Tue Jul 30 / 13 Find Tickets
Washburn, WI Big Top Chautauqua Fri Aug 02 / 13 Find Tickets
Lac du Flambeau, WI Lake of the Torches Sat Aug 03 / 13 Find Tickets
Saratoga, CA Mountain Winery Sun Sep 29 / 13 Find Tickets
Jim Thorpe, PA Penns Peak Sat Oct 26 / 13 Find Tickets
Mesa, AZ Mesa Regal RV Resort Tue Feb 04 / 14 Find Tickets
Mesa, AZ Mesa Regal RV Resort Tue Feb 04 / 14 Find Tickets
Mesa, AZ Valle del Oro Wed Feb 05 / 14 Find Tickets
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Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr. (born November 17, 1938) is a Canadian singer-songwriter who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music, and has been credited for helping define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s. He has been referred to as Canada's greatest songwriter and internationally as a folk-rock legend. Lightfoot's songs, including "For Lovin' Me", "Early Morning Rain", "Steel Rail Blues", "Ribbon of Darkness"—a number one hit on the U.S. country charts with Marty Robbins' cover in 1965— and the 1967 Detroit riot-generated "Black Day In July" brought him international recognition in the 1960s. He experienced chart success in Canada with his own recordings, beginning in 1962 with the Number 3 hit "(Remember Me) I'm the One". Lightfoot's recordings then made an impact on the international music charts as well in the 1970s, with songs such as "If You Could Read My Mind" (1970) (Number 5 on the US charts), "Sundown" (1974), "Carefree Highway" (1974), "Rainy Day People" (1975), all reaching number 1, and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (1976) (reaching number 2). Some of Lightfoot's albums have achieved gold and multi-platinum status internationally. His songs have been recorded by some of the world's most renowned recording artists, including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams Jr., The Kingston Trio, Marty Robbins, George Hamilton IV, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, Barbra Streisand, Johnny Mathis, Viola Wills, Richie Havens, The Dandy Warhols, Harry Belafonte, Tony Rice, Sandy Denny (with Fotheringay), The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, Scott Walker, Sarah McLachlan, John Mellencamp, Toby Keith, Peter, Paul and Mary, Glen Campbell, Anne Murray, The Irish Rovers and Olivia Newton-John. Robbie Robertson of The Band declared that Lightfoot was one of his "favourite Canadian songwriters and is absolutely a national treasure." Bob Dylan, also a Lightfoot fan, called him one of his favourite songwriters, and in an often-quoted tribute to his fellow songwriter, Dylan once observed that when he heard a Gordon Lightfoot song he wished "it would last forever." Lightfoot was a featured musical performer at the opening ceremonies of the 1988 Winter Olympic Games in Calgary, Alberta. He received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree (arts) in 1979 and the Companion of the Order of Canada—Canada's highest civilian honor—in 2003. On February 6, 2012, Lightfoot was presented with the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. In June of that same year he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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Gordon Lightfoot Albums

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Harmony Album 2004-05-17 itunes amazon
Classic Masters Compilation 2003 itunes amazon
Complete Greatest Hits Compilation 2002-04-02 itunes amazon
Songbook Compilation 1999-06-15 itunes amazon
A Painter Passing Through Album 1998-05-11 itunes amazon
The United Artists Collection Compilation 1993-10-05 itunes amazon
Waiting for You Album 1993-04-13 itunes amazon
The Original Lightfoot: The United… Compilation 1992-10-30 itunes amazon
The Original Lightfoot Compilation 1992 itunes amazon
The Original Lightfoot Compilation 1992 itunes amazon
Best of Gordon Lightfoot Compilation 1991 itunes amazon
Gord's Gold, Volume II Compilation 1988-10-11 itunes amazon
East Of Midnight Album 1986 itunes amazon
East of Midnight Album 1986 itunes amazon
Songbook unknown 1985 itunes amazon
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