Lightfoot was doing well in Canada for a while, but it was “If You Could Read My Mind” from 1970 that piqued interest in his music among listeners down south. The song was a big US hit that peaked at ...

The Edmund Fitzgerald was so impressive, crowds would gather to watch it go through the Soo Locks. DETROIT — Here in the Mariners' Church, planted in the shadow of the Renaissance Center at the corner ...

On paper, it should never have been a hit record. But despite the odds stacked against it — the 6-minute length, the somber subject matter, the last-minute recording session — “The Wreck of the Edmund ...

The trouble with interviewing Gordon Lightfoot is not that the 74-year-old folk music legend is evasive or difficult or whatever other thing legends have earned the right to be in interviews; in fact, ...

DULUTH — The guitar Gordon Lightfoot used to write "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," according to his longtime bassist, is being sold at auction along with several other items related to the late ...

The Lightfoot Band will play at the Iron Horse on April 24 at 7 p.m. Most of the band members are part of Gordon Lightfoot’s original touring band. Legendary Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon ...

KEARNEY — It all started with a crush. “I had a girl I was sweet on in high school who introduced me to Gordon Lightfoot,” said musician Eric Elison in an interview from his home in Colorado Springs. ...

Legendary singer-songwriter, who’s overcome health issues, still can move an audience. Gordon Lightfoot and his band perform at the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts Tuesday night.

I recently discovered that I have Gordon Lightfoot’s first 14 LPs in my collection. He released 20 albums over his 40-year career. There was a time in my late teens and early 20s when I listened to ...