Comments on: Column: Gordon Lightfoot in Ann Arbor http://annarborchronicle.com/2011/09/19/column-gordon-lightfoot-in-ann-arbor/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=column-gordon-lightfoot-in-ann-arbor it's like being there Tue, 16 Sep 2014 04:56:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 By: Carl Unbehaun http://annarborchronicle.com/2011/09/19/column-gordon-lightfoot-in-ann-arbor/comment-page-1/#comment-73375 Carl Unbehaun Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:20:05 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=72116#comment-73375 I saw Gord on September 16, 2011 in NW Minnesota. It was my first (and last) casino venue, and the 6th time I’ve seen him live. All 2,500 seats were sold, but some of the crowd was rowdy and disrespectful. Gord has lost so much weight (can’t weigh more than 130 pounds). His robust voice still hasn’t returned and, at times, there was nothing there. But, he has a heart as big as Canada, and I’ll still buy tickets anytime (as long as it’s not at a casino).

]]> By: Dan Madaj http://annarborchronicle.com/2011/09/19/column-gordon-lightfoot-in-ann-arbor/comment-page-1/#comment-72934 Dan Madaj Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:38:40 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=72116#comment-72934 I remember being disappointed with Lightfoot’s “Don Quixote” album because it wasn’t the “all-whale” album he promised at the Ann Arbor Earth Day event. There was just the one whale song, “Ode to Big Blue.” I eventually forgave him . . . .

]]> By: Rod Johnson http://annarborchronicle.com/2011/09/19/column-gordon-lightfoot-in-ann-arbor/comment-page-1/#comment-72768 Rod Johnson Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:58:54 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=72116#comment-72768 Yeah, Dylan is actually quite a good guitarist. And–I’ve had this argument so many times I hardly bother anymore–I think he was a great singer.

]]> By: gary rothberger http://annarborchronicle.com/2011/09/19/column-gordon-lightfoot-in-ann-arbor/comment-page-1/#comment-72756 gary rothberger Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:38:18 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=72116#comment-72756 Dylan could play. And sing. As I remember it, Lightfoot played on Maynard. Not only can I remember what I smoked, I also remember where I was sitting.

]]> By: Susan FAlcone http://annarborchronicle.com/2011/09/19/column-gordon-lightfoot-in-ann-arbor/comment-page-1/#comment-72751 Susan FAlcone Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:52:33 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=72116#comment-72751 Nice article. As I recall, in 1966 the Canterbury House was located on North Division St between Ann & Catherine.

]]> By: Edward Vielmetti http://annarborchronicle.com/2011/09/19/column-gordon-lightfoot-in-ann-arbor/comment-page-1/#comment-72716 Edward Vielmetti Wed, 21 Sep 2011 02:02:04 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=72116#comment-72716 Dylan gets played on oldies stations once in a while in the eastern UP, but Gordon Lightfoot’s “Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” is on continuous loop at the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum at Whitefish Point. [link]

]]> By: Rod Johnson http://annarborchronicle.com/2011/09/19/column-gordon-lightfoot-in-ann-arbor/comment-page-1/#comment-72698 Rod Johnson Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:42:14 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=72116#comment-72698 “Like Dylan – Except He Could Play”–right, and that’s why he’s a pivotal figure in modern popular music, while Dylan is a once-popular folkie that gets played on oldies stations once in a while.

I mean, no disrespect to Lightfoot, who is a great songwriter, but sheesh.

]]> By: Will http://annarborchronicle.com/2011/09/19/column-gordon-lightfoot-in-ann-arbor/comment-page-1/#comment-72697 Will Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:59:19 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=72116#comment-72697 Great piece!

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