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On the night of Nov. 10, 1975, Gordon Lightfoot was perched in the attic of his Toronto home, working on a song. By then, the 36-year-old was already one of the most successful figures of the singer-songwriter era, having penned coffeehouse standards like “If You Could Read My Mind” and …

Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson made an increasingly rare appearance onstage together Thursday as the Rush duo covered Gordon Lightfoot’s “The Way I Feel” at a Toronto tribute concert for the late Canadian singer-songwriter. Lee and Lifeson, who were billed as “L+L” on the lineup, performed alongside the Canadian country …

A live album by prolific Canadian singer-songwriterGordon Lightfoot,who died on May 1 at age 84, will be released July 14. At Royal Albert Hall is being billed as his final album, and was recorded at Lightfoot’s seventh appearance at London’s treasured venue in 2016. The double album includes many of …

Billy Joel paid tribute to the late Gordon Lightfoot by performing the Canadian songwriting legend’s “Sundown” Friday at the Piano Man’s monthly visit to Madison Square Garden. “You might know him from the hit records he had,” Joel told the audience before launching into a minute-long rendition of the 1974 …

Neil Young paid tribute to fellow “Canadian legend” Gordon Lightfoot after the storied singer-songwriter died earlier this week at the age of 84. In a statement shared on his website, Young called Lightfoot a “great Canadian artist” and “a songwriter without parallel.” He continued, “His melodies and words were an …

Gordon Lightfoot — a genius-level Canadian singer-songwriter whose most enduring works include “If You Could Read My Mind,” “Sundown,” “Carefree Highway,” “Early Morning Rain,” and “Rainy Day People” — died on Monday, the CBC confirmed. He was 84. Lightfoot’s deceptively simple songs, which fused folk with pop and country rock, …

So many brilliant songwriters came out of Canada in the Sixties — legends like Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, and Robbie Robertson — that the talents of Gordon Lightfoot are sometimes overlooked by those who don’t know better. He never even appeared on a Rock and Roll Hall of …

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Gordon Lightfoot was one of the greatest songwriters of his generation, with poignant melodies set to words that touched on everything from highways and hilltops, to lovers to …