Gordon Lightfoot

Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr CC OOnt November 17 1938 May 1 2023 was a Canadian singersongwriter and guitarist who achieved international success in folk folkrock and country music He is credited with helping to define the folkpop sound of the 1960s and 1970s He has been referred to as Canadas greatest songwriter and his songs have been recorded by some of the worlds most renowned musical artists Lightfoots biographer Nicholas Jennings said His name is synonymous with timeless songs about trains and shipwrecks rivers and highways lovers and loneliness Description above from the Wikipedia article Gordon Lightfoot licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia