Can anyone tell me if Gordon Lightfoot is a Canadian? Every bio and interview that I've ever read from him has stated that he was born in Ontario and moved to the US in 1957. However, some guy on youtube INSISTS that he was born in America and gave some quote from an interview with Lightfoot to prove his point. I don't see how everything I've read could be wrong, but maybe this is just some little known fact? That he was actually born in American but raised in Canada? Any help would be appreciated.
2007-10-10 12:36:04 · 7 answers · asked by Kirsten 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Other - Music
Thanks for all the answers guys. I just thought I'd post the link to my conversation with this guy too. It starts out about 6 comments down I think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta0a3DFUU0Y
2007-10-10 13:23:06 · update #1
AFAIK, he's Canadian born and raised. Everything I've read about him says that he was born in Orilla, Ontario, Canada in 1938, where he began performing while still a child. He moved to Los Angeles in 1958 to attend music college, then moved back to Canada to perform in folk clubs in Toronto. Folk duo Ian & Sylvia (also Canadians) heard him performing his original songs in Toronto and ended up recording 2 of his songs, which led to Lightfoot being brought to the attention of Albert Grossman's management agency in New York. The rest, as they say, is history.
I would be really curious to know why that guy on Youtube thinks Lightfoot is American. The quote from Lightfoot must have been taken completely out of context and misinterpreted, is all I can think of.
2007-10-10 13:07:08 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr., CC, O.Ont, LL.D (hon.)[1] (born November 17, 1938) is a Canadian folk singer, composer, lyricist and poet.
Lightfoot was born November 17, 1938, to Jessica Lightfoot and Gordon Meredith Lightfoot in Orillia, Ontario, Canada. As a youth, he sang in the choir of St. Paul's United Church under the direction of choir-master Ray Williams. During this time as a "boy soprano" Lightfoot made several appearances on local radio and local operetta and oratorios as well as Kiwanis music festivals. Lightfoot remarked in 2005 that it was choir master Williams who taught him how to sing with emotion and how to have confidence in his voice.[2] As a teenager, Lightfoot studied piano and taught himself drums and percussion instruments.
Lightfoot moved to California, where he studied jazz composition and orchestration at Hollywood's Westlake College of Music in 1957-58. He returned to Canada and through 1958 to '61 he was performing with The Swinging Eight a group that appeared on CBC TV's Country Hoedown as well as performing with the Gino Silvi Singers. He also began performing in the coffee houses of the Toronto folk scene, playing guitar and singing folk songs. He sang with Terry Whelan in a duo called the Two Tones and they recorded a live album that was released in 1962 called Two Tones at the Village Corner (1962, Chateau CLP-1012). In 1963 Lightfoot travelled to Europe and became for one year the host of BBC TV's Country and Western Show. By 1964, he was back in Canada and that year he appeared at the Mariposa Folk Festival.
2007-10-10 12:41:38 · answer #2 · answered by Peepaw 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Canadian
2007-10-10 12:44:03 · answer #3 · answered by Zombie Birdhouse 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Orillia Ontario
2007-10-10 12:40:15 · answer #4 · answered by Barry S 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
tell that guy he needs to get his facts strait. Lightfoot was born in Orillia, Ontario Canada. Any real fan knows that.
2007-10-10 12:41:09 · answer #5 · answered by Jem 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He's Canadian Eh!
2007-10-10 12:39:41 · answer #6 · answered by annievee 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
he was born in ontario.
2007-10-10 12:39:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋