GRAMMY-nominated folk/rock legend Gordon Lightfoot recently participated in an installment of the GRAMMY Museum’s An Evening With series. Before an intimate audience at the Museum’s Clive Davis Theater, Lightfoot discussed his early music education and his 1976 hit “The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald,” among other topics. Lightfoot also performed a brief set, including “The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald” and his 1974 hit “Sundown.”
“[‘The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald’] ‚Äù it’s a whole story unto itself, from start to finish, and it still goes on [to] this day,” said Lightfoot.
Regarded as one of Canada’s leading singer/songwriters, Lightfoot first gained acclaim in the 1960s penning hits for artists such as Peter, Paul And Mary and Marty Robbins. After signing with United Artists Records in 1966, Lightfoot released his debut album, Lightfoot! He followed with two classic albums, 1967’s The Way I Feel and 1968’s Did She Mention My Name? ‚Äù the latter earned him his first career GRAMMY nomination for Best Folk Performance. He scored his first platinum and lone No. 1 album to date with 1974’s Sundown, which featured the chart-topping title track and Top 10 hit “Carefree Highway.” Cold On The Shoulder was released in 1975 and reached No. 10, followed by the platinum-selling Summertime Dream (1976, No. 12). Considered one of Lightfoot’s finest albums, Summertime Dream featured “The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald,” a ballad about the final hours of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, which sank in Lake Superior in 1975. The song garnered Lightfoot two GRAMMY nominations, including Song Of The Year, at the 19th Annual GRAMMY Awards.
In 1986 Lightfoot was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. That same year he released East Of Midnight, followed by Waiting For You (1993), A Painter Passing Through (1998) and Harmony (2004). Lightfoot’s most recent album, 2012’s All Live, features a collection of his greatest hits performed at Toronto’s famed Massey Hall. Also in 2012, Lightfoot was inducted into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame.Subscribe NOW to GRAMMYs on YouTube: H
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