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Lightfoot & The Hermit

Lightfoot & The Hermit

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Myrl Coulter
May 14, 2023
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Back in the 60s and 70s, the disc jockeys on my favourite local Winnipeg radio station played Gordon Lightfoot songs almost as often as they did The Beatles. I loved the Beatles but I was also a huge Gordon Lightfoot fan. Who wasn’t? He had a guitar, curly hair, a moustache, and songs that told stories, had substance and thoughtful surprising lyrics. Ea…

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