First come the mournful notes - an electric guitar layered over a 12-string acoustic. Then come the haunting lyrics.

So many brilliant songwriters came out of Canada in the Sixties — legends like Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, and Robbie Robertson — that the talents of Gordon Lightfoot are sometimes ...

TORONTO — Gordon Lightfoot, Canada’s legendary folk singer-songwriter known for “If You Could Read My Mind” and “Sundown” and for songs that told tales of Canadian identity, died on Monday. He was 84.

Video above: Trailer for 2019's "Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind"Gordon Lightfoot, Canada's legendary folk singer-songwriter whose hits including “Early Morning Rain” and “The Wreck of the ...

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