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50+ Music @[email protected] · 2026-09-10 · 05:03 UTC

"Sundown" is a song by Canadian #folk artist #GordonLightfoot, from the titular album, released as a single in March 1974. "Sundown" reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and #easyListening charts and number 13 on the #HotCountrySingles chart, as well as number one in #Canada on #RPM's #nationalSinglesChart. It was Lightfoot's only single to reach number one on the Hot 100.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IBdZ645S-o

#folk #gordonlightfoot #easylistening #hotcountrysingles #canada #rpm

☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻 @[email protected] · 2026-08-08 · 00:23 UTC

“Polio swept through #Winnipeg in the early ’50s. Neil had it and I did too. So did my brothers. We all had it at the same time. But Neil was always very focused. It didn’t matter what obstacle was there, he overcame it. I felt the same.

Neil and I were among a bunch of teenage guys who were learning how to play guitar and starting #bands in Winnipeg. Every Sunday, there was a #RadioShow called Hello Britain, where they’d play all the top hits from #England. It might be #ShaneFenton And The Fentones or Cliff Richard And #TheShadows. Then it was just The Shadows or #TheOutlaws. We copied all this stuff and played it on stage.

We’d get the bus to the community centre and Neil would be there with #TheSquires. We’d stay there all night and watch them. I was pretty amazed when he started playing the folk clubs on his own. He radically changes his mind and his direction, to the shock of everyone. But then, he’s done this all his life. I used to go the #Riverboat [Coffee House] in #Toronto all the time. I saw #GordonLightfoot, #JoniMitchell and Ramblin’ #JackElliott. It was quite fantastic. I saw Neil many times there, just acoustic. I’d think, ‘Yeah, he can do it. He can be a folk singer.’

When I left in ’65 to tour the States with #TheGuessWho I sent a note back to Neil, saying, “You gotta get out of town. This is where you really get appreciated.” So he left and went to #ThunderBay, then #FortWilliam, and met #StephenStills. Then – boom – he started #BuffaloSpringfield.”

Randy Bachman telling Neil Young to, ‘get out of town’.

#ThArchives / #RandyBachman / #Canada / #rock / #RockMusic

#winnipeg #bands #radioshow #england #shanefenton #theshadows

Michaelsfishbowl @[email protected] · 2026-07-20 · 12:55 UTC

Pack up the car

Daily writing prompt What’s a movie or book that inspired you to travel? View all responses

None really. I’m not much of a traveler so no book or movie has inspired me to travel. In fact, the first movie I thought of this morning inspired me not to travel and that’s The Wizard of Oz. When Dorothy wakes up in her bed and tells us if she ever goes looking for her heart’s desire again she won’t look any further than her own back yard because if it’s not there, it was never lost to begin with, it made sense to me. Stay home, stay safe. Kind of a sheltered existence, but it works. About the best a book has ever done for me is inspire me to want to travel. Travels With Charley, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. On the Road. I suppose The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and the Hobbit books might have to be somewhere on that list too. Maybe, in a way, metaphorically?, the Book of Exodus? If I think about it more I’m guessing more titles will come to mind so I’ll stop thinking about it now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lfo0XBrGgI0&list=RDLfo0XBrGgI0&start_radio=1

#Bible #BookOfExodus #books #dailyprompt #dailyprompt2828 #Exodus #GordonLightfoot #JRRTolkien #JackKerouac #JohnSteinbeck #LFrankBaum #RobertPirsig #Traveling #WizardOfOz

#bible #bookofexodus #books #dailyprompt #dailyprompt2828 #exodus

Sim Barr @[email protected] · 2026-06-18 · 23:31 UTC

6 Artists That I Am Amazed I Saw Perform Live

1) #YmaSumac
2) #Odetta
3) #JimmyScott
4) #MilesDavis
5) #AstridGilberto
6) #EarthaKitt
7) #HerbAlpert
😎 #MaryTravers
9) All #TheBeatles but Ringo

Artists that I came close to seeing live ... but didn't

1) #WandaJackson
2) #AlGreen
3) #GordonLightfoot
4) #LucindaWilliams

Artists I heard singing but never saw 😳

1) #JoniMitchell
2) #MarvinGaye

Artists I still REALLY want to see live (okay there are probably too many to list)

1) #NinaNastasia
2) #KateBush
3) #DylanLeBlanc
4) #RomeoVoid/ #DeborahIyall

Artists I REALLY wanted to see, DID see, but no one I know cares ...

1) #Melanie
2) #JDSouther
3) #NinaHagen
4) #WendyWaldman
5) #Tamino
6) #ElyGuerra
7) #ShannonMcNally

Tell me your stories ...

#livemusic #concerts #music #musicworld

#ymasumac #odetta #jimmyscott #milesdavis #astridgilberto #earthakitt

Johnny J. Blair @[email protected] · 2026-05-24 · 20:19 UTC

SUNDAY MATINEE MUSIC VIDEO + HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOB DYLAN “You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome” (a Dylan cover) performed by The Gypsy Lizards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYHrP-NsELU

#bobdylan #blood #birthday #gypsy #lizard #gypsylizard #literature #chekov #rimbaud #verlaine #paulfarnham #gordonlightfoot #brillbuilding #celtic #folkmusic #americana #kingstreet #coffeehouse #northumberland #pennsylvania #selinsgrove #johnnyjblair