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jj · 12-22-2004, 09:42 AM

hey, Intended...another update (courtesy of Christine and Val, thanks

)

yup, release will be just prior to Hugh's Room

i wonder if Hilda plays/back vox on the CD (doesn't seem like it from the article below)

too bad i just missed him at the lovely Sanderson Centre but i've seeen alot of Rita MacNeil over the years already (didn't realize this was their 'farewell' tour, too bad)

good luck at the EMCA's, til recently, highly under-rated

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just added this per Hamilton spectator article:he's releasing a tribute CD of 18 Lightfoot songs and one song he wrote for Lightfoot called The Poet. Again, Cormier plays every instrument (and sings all the vocals) on the album, called The Long River. "I didn't even mean to do it really," Cormier says. "I was just doing it as a release, as a vent to get into some other material that wasn't my own and that I loved better than anything else." Cormier had originally planned to release it two years ago, but held it back when Lightfoot fell critically ill with an abdominal aneurism. He waited until Lightfoot was fully recovered before deciding to release it. "If he had died it would never have seen the light of day," he adds. Cormier also waited until he got Lightfoot's permission. The only other tribute which Lightfoot has approved was a compilation put together by Colin Linden of more than a dozen artists, many of whom Lightfoot admired. There was also a compilation culled from 30 years of albums by the great bluegrass guitarist Tony Rice. That was issued by Rounder Records in the U.S. without Lightfoot's knowledge. "He's never, ever approved another songwriter doing a complete album of his stuff," Cormier says.

Cormier's album focuses on the early Lightfoot years with gems such as The Circle is Small (done with a touch of bluegrass), Bitter Green, Home From the Forest, Early Morning Rain and Canadian Railroad Trilogy. So far,
Cormier has shied away from playing Lightfoot material on the MacNeil tour. He's saving it for a series of tribute concerts he'll be performing in January (including three nights at Toronto's Hugh's Room, Jan. 14-16) with other artists like Lynn Miles, Jenny Whiteley and Aengus Finnan. "It seems kind of strange to play a Lightfoot song when you're playing with another one of the greatest Canadian songwriters that ever lived (Rita MacNeil)," Cormier says."

i see there's been a similar thread added

[This message has been edited by jj (edited December 22, 2004).]

12-22-2004, 09:42 AM	#14
jj Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: ontario, canada Posts: 5,265	hey, Intended...another update (courtesy of Christine and Val, thanks ) yup, release will be just prior to Hugh's Room i wonder if Hilda plays/back vox on the CD (doesn't seem like it from the article below) too bad i just missed him at the lovely Sanderson Centre but i've seeen alot of Rita MacNeil over the years already (didn't realize this was their 'farewell' tour, too bad) good luck at the EMCA's, til recently, highly under-rated >>> just added this per Hamilton spectator article:he's releasing a tribute CD of 18 Lightfoot songs and one song he wrote for Lightfoot called The Poet. Again, Cormier plays every instrument (and sings all the vocals) on the album, called The Long River. "I didn't even mean to do it really," Cormier says. "I was just doing it as a release, as a vent to get into some other material that wasn't my own and that I loved better than anything else." Cormier had originally planned to release it two years ago, but held it back when Lightfoot fell critically ill with an abdominal aneurism. He waited until Lightfoot was fully recovered before deciding to release it. "If he had died it would never have seen the light of day," he adds. Cormier also waited until he got Lightfoot's permission. The only other tribute which Lightfoot has approved was a compilation put together by Colin Linden of more than a dozen artists, many of whom Lightfoot admired. There was also a compilation culled from 30 years of albums by the great bluegrass guitarist Tony Rice. That was issued by Rounder Records in the U.S. without Lightfoot's knowledge. "He's never, ever approved another songwriter doing a complete album of his stuff," Cormier says. Cormier's album focuses on the early Lightfoot years with gems such as The Circle is Small (done with a touch of bluegrass), Bitter Green, Home From the Forest, Early Morning Rain and Canadian Railroad Trilogy. So far, Cormier has shied away from playing Lightfoot material on the MacNeil tour. He's saving it for a series of tribute concerts he'll be performing in January (including three nights at Toronto's Hugh's Room, Jan. 14-16) with other artists like Lynn Miles, Jenny Whiteley and Aengus Finnan. "It seems kind of strange to play a Lightfoot song when you're playing with another one of the greatest Canadian songwriters that ever lived (Rita MacNeil)," Cormier says." i see there's been a similar thread added [This message has been edited by jj (edited December 22, 2004).]