2. He Was Almost a Jazz Composer in L.A. In the late 1950s, Lightfoot left his small-town roots in Orillia, Ontario, and headed to Los Angeles—not to sing folk songs, but to study jazz composition at ...

NEWS RELEASE ORILLIA MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORY ************************ Visitors to Orillia and local residents alike will have the opportunity to immerse themselves this summer in Orillia’s rich ...

Visitors to Orillia and local residents alike will have the opportunity to immerse themselves this summer in Orillia’s rich music history with the launch of 2 exciting exhibitions at The Orillia ...

Lightfoot died in Toronto in 2023 at the age of 84. Among many honors and awards he’s received, Gordon Lightfoot is a member of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame ...

Early Life Born on November 17, 1938, in Orillia, Ontario, Canada, Gordon Lightfoot showed musical talent from a young age. He began performing publicly in elementary school and continued to hone his ...

Rush's Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson made a surprise performance at Thursday's Gordon Lightfoot tribute concert — just their fourth since the band split.

The evening tribute was split between two house bands, starting with Haynes’ Lightfoot Band, which recorded and toured with the Orillia, Ont. native for decades. He said they plan to carry Lightfoot’s ...

“If You Could Read My Mind” was Lightfoot’s signature songs. The melodic, melancholy folk-pop ballad peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1970, and appeared on Gordon’s Sit Down ...

After Gordon Lightfoot’s death, the musician was celebrated for his Canadian-ness. But his legacy is more complex than that, and his influence extends beyond Canada.