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JohnStinson 09-30-2009 09:44 PM

What Songs did Lightfoot cover
 
I was wondering what songs by Dylan that Lightfoot sang either recorded or live.

I remember
Ring Them Bells

What other covers??

Changes
Me and Bobby Mcgee
On Susans Floor

...any others??

charlene 09-30-2009 10:05 PM

Re: What Songs did Lightfoot cover
 
the auctioneer

joveski 09-30-2009 10:47 PM

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Postively 4th street, from Dylan

jj 09-30-2009 11:30 PM

Re: What Songs did Lightfoot cover
 
some more Dylan:
TALKIN' WORLD WAR III BLUES
DON'T THINK TWICE, IT'S ALRIGHT
BLOWING IN THE WIND
HOLLIS BROWN
GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY


plus these live:
CIVIL WAR TRILOGY
SKILLET
LITTLE BROWN SHACK
YOU GO TO YOUR CHURCH
WABASH CANNONBALL
WILDWOOD FLOWER
SONG OF THE GROUNDHOG
GET TOGETHER
I STILL MISS SOMEONE
DIAMOND JOE
HARBOUR LE COU
BIG IRON
1913 MASSACRE
TURN, TURN, TURN
RED IRON ORE
SONG FOR CANADA
WAYFARING STRANGER
IRISH BALLAD
FOGGY DEW
500 MILES
O'RAFFERTEY'S PIG
JOLLY TINKER
FOUR RODE BY
FOUR STRONG WINDS
COUNTRY BOY
NEW AUTOMOBILE
PEEPIN' AND HIDIN'
SQUID JIGGIN' GROUND
RIDDLE SONG
IF I HAD A HAMMER
STREETS OF LAREDO
EL PASO
MILLER'S CAVE
THE RACE IS ON
SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD
KING OF THE ROAD
PIDDLING PETE
PARTNERS
FAREWELL TO NOVA SCOTIA
TENNESSEE STUD
SNOW BLIND FRIEND
OLD BLUE

jj 09-30-2009 11:47 PM

Re: What Songs did Lightfoot cover
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnStinson (Post 154734)

What other covers??

Changes
Me and Bobby Mcgee
On Susans Floor

...any others??


Red Velvet - Ian Tyson
I Used to Be a Country Singer - Steve McEown
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Ewen MacColl
Pride of Man- Hamilton Camp


ps) these were the 'fave cover' poll results

http://www.corfid.com/vbb/showthread...highlight=poll

John, I remember your 'sixties sweet' comment

buzzard 10-01-2009 12:16 AM

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JUST LIKE TOM THUMB'S BLUES

Brian

JohnStinson 10-01-2009 03:23 PM

Re: What Songs did Lightfoot cover
 
If I can ask for some info.....who wrote all those songs and, in general what time period did Gord sing them.

In the real old days all he did was covers...before he started to write that is.

hey thanks for the list I'm gonna check them out.

John

youngstranger 10-01-2009 03:52 PM

Re: What Songs did Lightfoot cover
 
Your Song by Elton John

I'd love to hear his take on Snowblind Friend mentioned on Wayne's site.

KHester 10-01-2009 07:57 PM

Re: What Songs did Lightfoot cover
 
Leroy Van Dykes The Auctioneer on the Dream Street Rose Album

fezo 10-01-2009 08:40 PM

Re: What Songs did Lightfoot cover
 
Back in, I think, November of 71 I saw him at Carnegie Hall and he did Kristofferson's Lovin' Her Was Easier Than Anything I'll Ever do Again.

teherie 10-01-2009 09:22 PM

Re: What Songs did Lightfoot cover
 
Don't forget Gordon Lightfoot Sings Every Song Ever Written including:


'Supercalifragalisticexpialidotious', 'Happy Birthday', 'Good King Wenceslas', '76 Trombones', and more. From K-Tel; record 4.99, tape or cassette 6.99.


From SCTV with Rick Moranis doing the impersonation.

Jesse Joe 10-02-2009 07:27 AM

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Auld Lang Syne !

jj 10-02-2009 08:36 AM

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lol, jessie...wasn't that in the baby blue tux (i had to wear on of that colour in a wedding party in the 70s, complete with big collars:cool: )

i guess this is stretching it but he did join in for the Share the Land (the Guess Who) singalong at the end of the Family Farm Benefit...and wish he had taken a verse for the Live8 finale
YouTube - Live 8 CANADA Neil Young

js, off hand, i don't know who wrote all those live covers he used to do (could look em up one by one i suppose) ...i wish he would have taken a verse of 4 Strong Winds at the '86 Ian and Sylvia Reunion

Jesse Joe 10-02-2009 09:37 AM

Re: What Songs did Lightfoot cover
 
It's an imposible task to know them all. Didn't he do the National Anthem @ a Blue Jays opener ? I seem to have that on tape, which he told to the late great Peter Gzowski in one of his interviews.

Any how here are more from Wayne's Site !

http://www.lightfoot.ca/unrecovs.htm

jj 10-02-2009 09:50 AM

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yeah, jessie, that is where i pasted the list from (i sue didnt type all of that! lol)

he wore his Blue Jay jacket when singing the anthem (it wasn't appreciated by Steinbrenner, lol...I think it was at a Jay Yankee grapefruit game)

i believe that Gzowski mentions that they penned Song for Canada together In Conversation, no? I havent watched that in a long time

and you could add the Little Teapot song as well, I suppose ;)

Jesse Joe 10-02-2009 10:00 AM

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Little Teapot... Right On ! :)

jj 10-05-2009 12:08 PM

Re: What Songs did Lightfoot cover
 
another Dylan is Ballad in Plain D (there's an old thread with some discussion and a link to youtube audio of this)

how about 'The Lord's Prayer' (the first record he made)

not sure if i already stated 'My Love For You'...no, i don't mean 'You', JS


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