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Music Appreciation

LoisB

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13. This is sad news.

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Mon May 1, 2023, 10:11 PM

May 2023

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Gordon Lightfoot has passed away. [View all] Swede May 2023 OP

Thank you... JoeOtterbein May 2023 #1

Bummer ornotna May 2023 #2

I feel old now. RIP Mr. Gordon Botany May 2023 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music May 2023 #22

Great poet blm May 2023 #4

Oh No Bev54 May 2023 #5

Who is the other one? LisaM May 2023 #8

Robbie Bachman Bev54 May 2023 #12

Tim Bachman BOSSHOG May 2023 #16

Oh could be, I may have gotten it wrong, I just know it wasn't Randy Bev54 May 2023 #17

Sorry you are correct, it was Tim Bev54 May 2023 #18

Any one of them would have been a heartbreak Bev54 BOSSHOG May 2023 #19

Yes that is year of birth and yes we are losing some of the best and I fear what else Bev54 May 2023 #21

Me too 😐 dweller May 2023 #27

Happy 1954 teammate BOSSHOG May 2023 #45

Ah (I think that was a couple of days ago). LisaM May 2023 #30

Noooooooooooooo...... 50 Shades Of Blue May 2023 #6

Damn. greatauntoftriplets May 2023 #7

He had a slew of health problems VGNonly May 2023 #26

RIP Gordon DENVERPOPS May 2023 #31

He was also a heavy smoker. VGNonly May 2023 #32

He was extremely lucky to survive that ruptured aneurysm and all that time spent in a coma. greatauntoftriplets May 2023 #34

My father survived an AAA VGNonly May 2023 #37

Gordon and your father DENVERPOPS May 2023 #38

I'm sorry about your father. greatauntoftriplets May 2023 #41

I survived a AAA Beausoleil May 2023 #44

The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead when the skies of November turn gloomy. Rocknation May 2023 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music May 2023 #23

this one ... dweller May 2023 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music May 2023 #24

Same here. greatauntoftriplets May 2023 #35

Bought the album Gord's Gold in 1975 Nanuke May 2023 #11

Awesome time for Music BOSSHOG May 2023 #25

This is sad news. LoisB May 2023 #13

oh my goodness :(:(:( Gordon was my first concert back TalenaGor May 2023 #14

An inspirational minstrel and poet. Sneederbunk May 2023 #15

He led an interesting life. World famous musicians who played Toronto applegrove May 2023 #20

One of the giants.. Permanut May 2023 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music May 2023 #29

Here's one of his lesser-known gems: lastlib May 2023 #33

I know a woman who was honeymooning on the Bahama Star. greatauntoftriplets May 2023 #36

He had a million lesser-known gems. Few artists were as prolific as he was. nt Quixote1818 May 2023 #40

Summertime Dream (the album) is chock-full of gems lastlib May 2023 #47

He was my favorite artist hands down. My DU handle partly comes from his song Don Quixote Quixote1818 May 2023 #39

I can see her looking fast in her faded jeans Lasher May 2023 #42

I spent quality time in Owen Sound, Canada OAITW r.2.0 May 2023 #43

"This one is really hard to write. Once in a blue moon you get to work and hang out with one of ..." mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 #46