He took the premature report of his death in 2010 in stride, and later performed a high-profile Canadian Songwriters' Hall of Fame concert with The Tragically Hip's Gord Downie while maintaining his own touring schedule. Songs covered by some of music's biggest stars Though he suffered a minor stroke in 2006, which temporarily left him without the use of some fingers in his left hand, he persisted with a regimen of regular guitar practice and gym workouts aimed at keeping him in shape for the road. "It was one of these relationships where you get a feeling of danger coming into the picture," Lightfoot said in 2019's If You Could Read My Mind.ĭuration 0:47 A young Gordon Lightfoot speaks to Music Hop host Alex Trebek about his writing and recording plans. Some of those songs were written after his first marriage ended during a mercurial, years-long relationship with Cathy Smith, who was later convicted for providing drugs to John Belushi after his overdose death. Lightfoot followed that up, over the next six years, with what became many of his best-known songs, such as Beautiful, Sundown, Don Quixote, Carefree Highway, Rainy Day People and The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press) International recognitionĪfter earning accolades at home in the late 1960s, Canada's troubadour broke through internationally in the 1970s after signing with Warner Records in the U.S., making a splash at the start of that decade with the release of the single If You Could Read My Mind, now a folk standard. Lightfoot performs during the half-time show at the 100th CFL Grey Cup game November 25, 2012, in Toronto.
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