Lightfoot

British

/ ˈlaɪtfʊt /

noun

Gordon. born 1938, Canadian singer and short songwriter; his recordings include 'If You Could Read My Mind' (1970), Dream Street Rose (1980) and Harmony (2004)

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Hilary Lightfoot is packing away 20 years' worth of memories as she prepares to leave her clifftop home, despite having nowhere else to go.

From BBC

He filled the space with color and vintage equipment, including a 1969 Neve mixing console he bought from Gordon Lightfoot.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was nonetheless immortalized in Lightfoot’s lyrics: “At 7 p.m., a main hatchway caved in, he said, ‘Fellas, it’s been good to know ya.’

From Slate

The mystery, along with Lightfoot’s mournful and eminently meme-able dirge, created fertile soil for a cultural resurgence today—one driven largely by Gen Z and millennials who love mythologizing working-class tragedies and Midwestern nostalgia.

From Slate

Over and over until he plucked it 30 times—29 for the men of the Fitz, and once for Gordon Lightfoot who died in 2023.

From Slate

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