A Musical Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot

clfwebbanner.png

Hosted by: 
Produced by: 
KBOO
Air date: 
Wed, 06/07/2023 - 5:30am to 7:00am
Gordon Lightfoot
A Musical Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot

On May 1 we lost Gordon Lighhtfoot, one of the greatest songwriters of our time. His biographer Nicholas Jennings said, "His name is synonymous with timeless songs about trains and shipwrecks, rivers and highways, lovers and loneliness."

Today’s program is a musical tribute, featuring interpretations of his greatest songs by some terrific artists, and a few rarities.  

You’ll have to wait for the Annual Gales of November show to hear his shipwreck songs.

The program closes with a set by the man himself.

Featured artists include Johnny Cash, Tony Rice, Alison Krauss, Eva Cassidy, Nana Mouskouri, Harry Belafonte, Nanci Griffith, Billy Strings, Sandy Denny’s folk-rock group Fotheringay, Canadian singer-songwriters James Keelaghan and Harry Manx, local troubadour Tom May, and more.

Topic tags: 
Genre(s): 

Episode Playlist

  • Time
    5:30
    Artist
    Harry Manx
    Song
    Bend In the Water
    Album
    Beautiful - A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot
    Label
    NorthernBlues Music, Inc.
  • Time
    5:33
    Artist
    Fotheringay
    Song
    The Way I Feel
    Album
    Fotheringay
    Label
    A & M
  • Time
    5:38
    Artist
    Eva Cassidy
    Song
    Early Morning Rain
    Album
    Imagine
    Label
    Blix Street Records
  • Time
    5:44
    Artist
    The Johnstons
    Song
    Bitter Green
    Album
    Bitter Green
    Label
    Transatlantic Records
  • Time
    5:46
    Artist
    John D. Loudermilk
    Song
    Talkin' Silver Cloud Blues
    Album
    Sings a Bizarre Collection of Most Unusual Songs
    Label
    RCA/Legacy
  • Time
    5:50
    Artist
    Nana Mouskouri
    Song
    Sundown (L'amour c'est comme L'ete)
    Album
    Que je sois un ange
    Label
    Phillips
  • Time
    5:53
    Artist
    Tom May & Tiller's Folly
    Song
    Carefree Highway
    Album
    River City Folk Duets
    Label
    Blue Vignette
  • Time
    5:56
    Artist
    Gordon Lightfoot & Johnny Cash
    Song
    For Lovin' Me
    Album
    Live on the Johnny Cash Show Season One Episode 2
    Label
  • Time
    6:02
    Artist
    Johnny Cash
    Song
    If You Could Read My Mind
    Album
    American V: A Hundred Highways
    Label
    American Recordings Catalog P&D
  • Time
    6:06
    Artist
    Kate Campbell
    Song
    The House You Live In
    Album
    Wandering Strange
    Label
    Large River Music
  • Time
    6:10
    Artist
    Harry Belafonte
    Song
    You'll Still Be Needing Me After I'm Gone
    Album
    Belafonte by Request
    Label
    RCA/Legacy
  • Time
    6:15
    Artist
    Billy Strings
    Song
    Cold on the Shoulder
    Album
    Live at the Capitol Theater Feb 3, 2022
    Label
  • Time
    6:17
    Artist
    Nanci Griffith
    Song
    Ten Degrees and Getting Colder
    Album
    Other Voices, Other Rooms
    Label
    Elektra Records
  • Time
    6:20
    Artist
    Alison Krauss & Tony Rice
    Song
    Shadows
    Album
    A Hundred Miles or More- Live from the Tracking Room
    Label
  • Time
    6:24
    Artist
    Tony Rice
    Song
    The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
    Album
    Songs of Gordon Lightfoot
    Label
    Rounder
  • Time
    6:31
    Artist
    James Keelaghan
    Song
    Canadian Railroad Trilogy
    Album
    Beautiful - A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot
    Label
    NorthernBlues Music, Inc.
  • Time
    6:38
    Artist
    Jagdish Rao
    Song
    Steel Rail Blues
    Album
    Label
  • Time
    6:42
    Artist
    Gordon Lightfoot
    Song
    Pride of Man
    Album
    Lightfoot
    Label
    United Artists
  • Time
    6:44
    Artist
    Gordon Lightfoot
    Song
    Black Day In July
    Album
    Did She Mention My Name
    Label
    CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92)
  • Time
    6:48
    Artist
    Gordon Lightfoot
    Song
    Old Dan's Records
    Album
    Old Dan's Records
    Label
    Warner Records
  • Time
    6:52
    Artist
    Gordon Lightfoot
    Song
    Summertime Dream
    Album
    Summertime Dream
    Label
    Warner Records
  • Time
    6:57
    Artist
    Scott Wigley
    Song
    If You Could Read My Mind
    Album
    Instrumental Guitar
    Label
    Scott Wigley

Audio by Topic: