{"id":1923659,"date":"2023-05-03T18:41:05","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T22:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iconic-folk-singer-gordon-lightfoot-dead-at-84\/"},"modified":"2023-05-03T18:44:14","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T22:44:14","slug":"iconic-folk-singer-gordon-lightfoot-dead-at-84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iconic-folk-singer-gordon-lightfoot-dead-at-84\/","title":{"rendered":"Folk legend Gordon Lightfoot dies at 84."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ficonic-folk-singer-gordon-lightfoot-dead-at-84%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1923659&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Legendary Canadian Folk Singer Gordon Lightfoot Dies at 84<\/h2>\n<p>It is with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calif-firefighter-sets-fire-to-own-home-after-opening-fire-on-co-workers\/\" title=\"Calif. firefighter sets fire to own home after opening fire on co-workers\">heavy hearts<\/a> that we announce the passing of the legendary Canadian folk <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2-year-old-discovers-the-best-spot-for-watching-cartoons\/\" title=\"2-Year-Old Discovers the Best Spot for Watching Cartoons\">singer<\/a>, Gordon Lightfoot. The singer, famous for his timeless classics such as \u201cIf You Could Read My Mind,\u201d \u201cSundown,\u201d \u201cCarefree Highway,\u201d and \u201cThe Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,\u201d passed away at the age of 84.<\/p>\n<h3>A Career Full of Accolades<\/h3>\n<p>Lightfoot\u2019s career was studded with awards, including seventeen Juno awards, four ASCAP awards, and five Grammy nominations. In 1974, \u201cSundown\u201d was named pop record of the year by the Music Operators of America. He was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1986.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there was a Mt. Rushmore in Canada, Gordon would be on it,\u201d musician Tom Cochrane said in the 2019 documentary \u201cGordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGordon\u2019s songs are works of art, every bit as relevant as classic poetry. But even more importantly, Gordon Lightfoot led the way and he showed us \u2026 that you can be true to your roots. You can draw on your influences at home and country and you can incorporate those inspirations into the fabric of your work and still be internationally successful,\u201d Cochrane lauded Lightfoot at the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame gala in 2003.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is our poet laureate, he is our iconic singer-songwriter,\u201d Rush singer Geddy Lee stated.<\/p>\n<h3>A Life of Music<\/h3>\n<p>Lightfoot was born in Orillia, Ontario, on November 17, 1938. He sang in his church choir, performed in local operettas and oratorios, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iconic-folk-singer-gordon-lightfoot-dead-at-84\/\" title=\"Folk legend Gordon Lightfoot dies at 84.\">set high school records<\/a> in the shot-put and pole vault, as well as playing the starting nose tackle on his school\u2019s Georgian Bay championship-winning football team. He earned scholarships to McGill University\u2019s School of Music and the University of Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>In 1958, Lightfoot moved to California to study jazz composition and orchestration for two years at Hollywood\u2019s Westlake College of Music. He returned to Canada in 1960 and started performing at coffee houses. In 1962, he released two singles produced by Chet Atkins: \u201c(Remember Me) I\u2019m the On\u201d and \u201cNegotiations\u201d\/\u201dIt\u2019s Too Late, He Wins.\u201d They became local hits in Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>Peter, Paul and Mary recorded Lightfoot\u2019s \u201cEarly Mornin\u2019 Rain\u201d and \u201cFor Lovin\u2019 Me,\u201d which were also recorded by a number of other famous performers. In 1966, Lightfoot\u2019s debut album \u201cLightfoot\u201d was released, but it wasn\u2019t until 1970, with the release of \u201cIf You Could Read My Mind,\u201d that Lightfoot became a star.<\/p>\n<h3>A Humble Legacy<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cSometimes I wonder why I\u2019m being called an icon, because I really don\u2019t think of myself that way,\u201d he told The Globe and Mail. \u201cI\u2019m a professional musician, and I work with very professional people. It\u2019s how we get through life.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>His Legacy Lives On<\/h3>\n<p>Although he may be gone, Gordon Lightfoot\u2019s music will continue to live on and inspire generations to come. Rest in peace, Gordon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot, famous for songs including \u201cIf You Could Read My Mind,\u201d \u201cSundown,\u201d \u201cCarefree Highway,\u201d and \u00a0\u201cThe Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,\u201d has died at the age of 84. Lightfoot\u2019s career was studded with awards, including seventeen Juno awards, four ASCAP awards, and five Grammy nominations; in 1974 \u00a0\u201cSundown\u201d was named<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":1923660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[25726,7475,22394,8096,9610,15699],"class_list":["post-1923659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-25726","tag-dies","tag-folk","tag-gordon","tag-legend","tag-lightfoot"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1923659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1923659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1923659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1923660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1923659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1923659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1923659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}