Gordon Lightfoot
"Cold On The Shoulde"
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March 03 - 09, 2024
Year of Release: 1975
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Bend In The Water
Rainy Day People
Cold On The Shoulder
The Soul Is The Rock
Bells Of The Evening
Rainbow Trout
A Tree Too Weak To Stand
All The Lovely Ladies
Fine As Fine Can Be
Cherokee Bend
Now And Then
Slide On Over
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Gordon Lightfoot returns this week, with his 1975 release, Cold On The Shoulder. There aren't real "standout"
hits from this album, such as (from my knowledge) "Sundown," "If You Could Read My Mind," "Carefree Highway," "The Wreck
Of The Edmund Fitzgerald." However, one song, "Rainy Day People" (which was a popular hit), I have heard on
oldies channels (preferably, Sirius XM's 70s on 7). Yet, with his music, I'm sure this album is just as appreciative as his
others. And recently, he passed away last year, on May 1, 2023, of natural causes. He was 84 years old.
"Bend In The Water" has a definite old-fashioned Country style. "Rainy Day People" is next, as it is
just as great as Lightfoot's laid back memorable hits. "Cold On The Shoulder" is another good song, with a very
happy-go-luck feel. "The Soul Is The Rock" is another pleasant sounding tune, folkish, and can relate in sound of
another well-known folk artist, John Denver.
The piano is the main instrument heard on "Bells Of The Evening." It's simply a beautiful song. "Rainbow
Trout" is another good song, with "the common sound of Gordon Lightfoot." Like many songs, the acoustic guitar is
the main instrument. Nice harmonies too. "A Tree Too Weak To Stand" has the John Denver style, another good one.
The folk style has "All The Lovely Ladies," and it's another "common sound of Gordon Lightfoot," a great sound.
"Fine As Fine Can Be" has a more spiritual sound. It is perfect for Gordon Lightfoot, more than just Fine.
"Cherokee Bend" has a more of a "Western Country" sound. It's a little different than your common GL sound.
Again, it fits. "Now And Then" is another common GL song, and ending the album is "Slide On Over," as it
has a cool grooving sound, Country'ish.
Gordon Lightfoot's Cold On The Shoulder has all the great sounds of Folk and Country. And he had always a
distinctive and recognizable voice. Lightfoot's biographer Nicholas Jennings said, "His name is synonymous with timeless
songs about trains and shipwrecks, rivers and higways, lovers and loneliness." He continued to tour, until mid-April 2023.
To keep in shape for the tours, he worked out in the gym, six days a week. He declared in 2012, the he was "fully prepared
to go whenever I'm taken. I've been almost dead a couple times, once almost for real... I have more incentive to continue
now because I feel I'm on borrowed time, in terms of my age." His bandmembers displayed their loyalty to him, as both
musicians and friends, recording with him as long as 45 years. He was married three times, with a total of 6 children.
4 from his marriages, and 2 from other relationships. In the 1970s, he was also involved with Cathy Smith, who would become
"famous" for injecting John Belushi with a fatal speedball.
He may have left us, but his music will always be enjoyed forever.
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