Ian Haysom reflects on Gordon Lightfoot, the impact the musician had on his life and some of his favourite songs.
Gordon Lightfoot performs during the evening ceremonies of Canada's 150th anniversary of Confederation, in Ottawa on July 1, 2017.
It got a big laugh. We all knew he had laughed at death a few times in the past and had once called a Toronto radio station from his car to tell them the newscast that just announced he had died was wrong. He laughed then too. , and I got to tell Lightfoot how my daughters and I had sung his song over the years and it was something very special to us.
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