Canada's number one singer-songwriter and folk musician
May 1, 2023
Gordon Lightfoot died at the age of 84.
"The legend lives on ..."
from the
Gordon
Lightfoot concert
in Munich Germany
October 1975
With his wonderful songs, the great poet and musician
has changed and enriched my life.
Links to
some interesting Gordon Lightfoot websites:
Wayne Francis
Florian Bodenseher
Valerie Magee
Gordon Lightfoot
(From the cover of the album "Cold on the Shoulder" - 1975)
Two of my favourite Gordon Lightfoot songs:
Triangle
It's Worth Believing
My favourite
group of the sixties and seventies:
Listen to midi version of
Mr.
Tambourine Man
Some other favourites are:
Eagles, America, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Kris Kristofferson, Chris Rea,
Beach Boys, Flying Burrito Brothers, Glen Campbell, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan,
Jimmy Buffett, Carlos Santana, Ten Years After, Deep Purple, Rolling Stones,
Mickey Newbury, Sting, The Who, Bruce Springsteen and many others ...
Special feature: Listen to Pete's Song of the Week
Classical Music
Some of my favourites:
Frederic Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1 in e Minor
(Especially the second movement, Romance: Larghetto)
Arvo Pärt
Mirror in the Mirror
(Spiegel im Spiegel)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in b Minor
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria Rusticana - Intermezzo Sinfonico
Giacomo Puccini
Vincero (sung by Luciano Pavarotti)
from Nessun Dorma
Turandot
Ludwig van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 3
("One of the grandest overtures ever written." - Bramwell Tovey)
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 5
