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Singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot performs
in Buffalo on Sunday, September 21, 7:00 p.m., at Shea’s Performing
Arts Center. The legendary balladeer weaves tales of love and longing
in eloquent musical masterpieces that have become enduring standards.
Tickets are priced at $55 and $45, and may be purchased at Shea’s
Box Office, 650 Main Street (Mon-Fri 10-5, Sat 10-2) and all Ticketmaster
locations, including Macy’s stores, by phone at 716-852-5000 or
online at www.ticketmaster.com.
Lightfoot’s poetic journeys have been told with such timeless, thought-provoking
songs as "If You Could Read My Mind," "Sundown," "Early Morning
Rain," "Carefree Highway," "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,"
"Canadian Railroad Trilogy" and many more.
Combined with his rich, warm voice and nimble guitar technique,
Lightfoot’s songwriting talent has led him from the 1960’s coffeehouse
scene in his native Canada to pop chart hits with his ground-breaking
multi-platinum albums and accolades that range from five Grammy
nominations to 17 Canadian Juno Awards. He was honored as a charter
member of Canada’s Walk of Fame and recently inducted into the Canadian
Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Musical icons who have recorded his songs include Johnny Cash, Bob
Dylan, Peter, Paul & Mary, Barbara Streisand, Jane’s Addiction,
Glen Campbell, Olivia Newton- John, Sarah McLachlan and Nanci Griffith.
Lightfoot almost died in 2002 from an acute abdominal aneurysm that
left him in a coma for six weeks, but has now fully recovered and
continues to tour occasionally with his core band of highly talented
acoustic musicians.
"Every time I hear a song of his, it’s like I wish it would last
forever," said Bob Dylan.
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