Friday, May 5, 2023

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – Tuesday May 16, 2023: Remembering Gordon Lightfoot


Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

CKCU can be heard live at 93.1 FM in Ottawa and https://www.ckcufm.com/ on the web. 

This episode of Stranger Songs was recorded and can already be streamed on-demand by clicking on “Listen Now” at … https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/60419.html

Theme: Remembering Gordon Lightfoot (1938-2023).


One of our greatest singer-songwriters – whose songs have done much to help define Canadian identity and culture – Gordon Lightfoot passed away on May 1st at age 84.

Gordon Lightfoot- Long River
The Original Lightfoot (EMI)

Bruce Cockburn- Ribbon of Darkness
Beautiful: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot (Borealis/NorthernBlues)
Matthew Alexander- Steel Rail Blues
Soul River (Caravan)
Ilsey Juber- The Way I Feel
Ladies Sing Lightfoot (Sunset Blvd.)
Gordon Lightfoot- Bitter Green
Songbook (Warner Archives/Rhino)
Johnny Cash- For Lovin’ Me
The Man in Black 1963-’69, Plus (Bear Family)
George Hamilton IV- Did She Mention My Name
In the 4th Dimension (RCA)
Stephen Fearing- Early Morning Rain
Vejpoesi (Stephen Fearing)

Gordon Lightfoot- Alberta Bound
Songbook (Warner Archives/Rhino)
Murray McLauchlan- Home from the Forest
Beautiful: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot (Borealis/NorthernBlues)
Katy Moffatt- Canadian Railroad Trilogy
Ladies Sing Lightfoot (Sunset Blvd.)

Connie Kaldor- If You Could Read My Mind
Beautiful: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot (Borealis/NorthernBlues)
Gordon Lightfoot- Cold on the Shoulder
Songbook (Warner Archives/Rhino)
The Kennedys- Cotton Jenny
Ladies Sing Lightfoot (Sunset Blvd.)
Special Consensus- Brave Mountaineers
Great Blue North (Compass)
John McLachlan with Marc Atkinson & Scott White- The Patriot’s Dream
50 Years Since Don Quixote: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot (John McLachlan)

Gordon Lightfoot- The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Songbook (Warner Archives/Rhino)
Darling West- Sundown
Ladies Sing Lightfoot (Sunset Blvd.)
Tony Rice- Walls
Tony Rice Sings Gordon Lightfoot (Rounder) 
Quartette- Song for a Winter’s Night
Rocks and Roses (Outside Music)

Gordon Lightfoot- A Painter Passing Through
A Painter Passing Through (Reprise)

Next week: The traditional folk and blues songs of Bob Dylan.

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--Mike Regenstreif

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