Gordon Lightfoot in Concert
Thursday, October 7, 2010 at 8:00 PM
Prices: $ 95.00, $ 55.00, $ 35.00 and $ 25.00
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About this event:
As a singer-songwriter, Gordon Lightfoot came to prominence in the 1960s, and entered the international music charts in the 1970s with songs such as "If You Could Read My Mind" (1970), "Sundown" (1974), "Carefree Highway" (1974), "Rainy Day People" (1975), and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (1976). His songs have been recorded by some of the world's most renowned recording artists, including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, 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 and John Mellencamp.
Robbie Robertson of The Band declared that Lightfoot was one of his "favourite Canadian songwriters and is absolutely a national treasure." Gordon Lightfoot was a featured musical performer at the opening ceremonies of the 1988 Winter Olympic Games in Calgary, Alberta.
Gordon Lightfoot has received sixteen Juno Awards — for Top Folk Singer in 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976 and 1977; for Top Male Vocalist in 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1973; and as Composer of the Year in 1972 and 1976. He has received ASCAP awards for songwriting in 1971, 1974, 1976, and 1977; and has been nominated for five Grammy® Awards. In 1974, Lightfoot's song "Sundown" was named pop record of the year by the Music Operators of America. In 1980, he was named Canadian male recording artist of the decade, for his work in the 1970s.
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