The theme for this edition of Stranger Songs is Remembering Gordon Lightfoot.
One of our greatest singer-songwriters – whose songs have done much to help define Canadian identity and culture – Gordon Lightfoot passed away on May 1st at age 84.
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| "Songs of Gordon Lightfoot" was the theme for the September 13, 2022 edition of Stranger Songs and none of the versions of Gordon Lightfoot's songs from that show are repeated on this one. You can see the playlist and stream the earlier show at this link. https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/57590.html |
| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy 
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| Long River Gordon Lightfoot - The Original Lightfoot - EMI
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| Ribbon of Darkness Bruce Cockburn - Beautiful: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot - Borealis/NorthernBlues
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| Steel Rail Blues Matthew Alexander - Soul River - Caravan
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| The Way I Feel Isley Juber - Ladies Sing Lightfoot - Sunset Blvd.
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| Bitter Green Gordon Lightfoot - Songbook - Warner Archives/Rhino
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| For Lovin' Me Johnny Cash - The Man in Black 1963-’69, Plus - Bear Family
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| Did She Mention My Name George Hamilton IV - In the 4th Dimension - RCA
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| Early Morning Rain Stephen Fearing - Vejpoesi - Stephen Fearing
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| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy
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| Alberta Bound Gordon Lightfoot - Songbook - Warner Archives/Rhino
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| Home from the Forest Murray McLauchlan - Beautiful: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot - Borealis/NorthernBlues
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| Canadian Railroad Trilogy Katy Moffatt - Ladies Sing Lightfoot - Sunset Blvd.
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| If You Could Read My Mind Connie Kaldor - Beautiful: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot - Borealis/NorthernBlues
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| Cold on the Shoulder Gordon Lightfoot - Songbook - Warner Archives/Rhino
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| Cotton Jenny The Kennedys - Ladies Sing Lightfoot - Sunset Blvd.
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| Brave Mountaineers Special Consensus - Great Blue North - Compass
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| The Patriot’s Dream John McLachlan with Marc Atkinson & Scott White - 50 Years Since Don Quixote: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot - John McLachlan
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| The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Gordon Lightfoot - Songbook - Warner Archives/Rhino
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| Sundown Darling West - Ladies Sing Lightfoot - Sunset Blvd.
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| Walls Tony Rice - Tony Rice Sings Gordon Lightfoot - Rounder
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| Song for a Winter’s Night Quartette - Rocks and Roses - Outside Music
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| A Painter Passing Through Gordon Lightfoot - A Painter Passing Through - Reprise
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| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy
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G'day! ( that's how they say it in Orillia Country! I lived in Elmvale.... 1/2 hour away;-) Saw him twice @ Massey Hall. A great Canadian...& never left!!
3:44 PM, May 16th, 2023