Don Quixote - Gordon Lightfoot | The Midnight Special

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  • Gordon Lightfoot performed on The Midnight Special February 22, 1974
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Komentáře • 85

  • @janicetrimmell6897
    @janicetrimmell6897 Před rokem +61

    Gord was a storyteller and minstrel for the ages. Every song felt so personal to me. I saw Gord multiple times in concert and it felt lovely and intimate. I still hear the way he stomped his boot heel on the wooden stage and that honey warm voice. Thanks for posting this. 💜

    • @gloriamaryhaywood2217
      @gloriamaryhaywood2217 Před rokem +5

      You have a wonderful way of describing a scene! You condensed that whole experience down beautifully! Felt like I was there!😉

    • @janicetrimmell6897
      @janicetrimmell6897 Před rokem +3

      @@gloriamaryhaywood2217 Thanks. We all tilt at a few windmills! I have loved this man since I bought "Sunday Concert" more than 50 years ago. He had a way of connecting to an audience that felt like you were all sitting in a friend's living room for a sing-along.

    • @ytnsanw
      @ytnsanw Před 10 měsíci +2

      That's Terry Clements on guitar...

    • @micheladonofrio2285
      @micheladonofrio2285 Před 4 měsíci +2

      It sounds exactly like the studio version. What a consummate professional he was! Miss you, Gord!

  • @juscogens5541
    @juscogens5541 Před 8 měsíci +27

    No autotune, no ear piece, no teleprompter. Gord was like all true singer songwriters, a maker and a weaver of the tapestry of each and every song. Saw him in 76' what a true delight. The maritime church bell will always ring 30 times for the time yet to be.

    • @micheladonofrio2285
      @micheladonofrio2285 Před 4 měsíci +2

      I have seen his singing analyzed by the software and he was ALWAYS on pitch.

  • @kerrykoontz3299
    @kerrykoontz3299 Před 4 měsíci +9

    To me, personally, arguably his finest song.

  • @kraigrogers8946
    @kraigrogers8946 Před 3 měsíci +6

    The Don Quixote album was extraordinary.

  • @tubewacha
    @tubewacha Před rokem +27

    This is the best live rendition I've seen of this song. Classic Lightfoot!

  • @SteamvilleQuintet
    @SteamvilleQuintet Před rokem +20

    Thanx The Midnight Special!!!

  • @joeysanguine3596
    @joeysanguine3596 Před 4 měsíci +5

    I can’t stop mourning His loss; I love covering His transcendent songs❤

    • @mr.weatherman403
      @mr.weatherman403 Před 4 měsíci +1

      You and me both, man. The world is a lesser place without his presence.

  • @greatunz67
    @greatunz67 Před rokem +28

    Gord is a legend, the greatest singer songwriter that Canada ever produced. It's a shame that his passing went so relatively unnoticed by the majority of Canadians today, we've lost our identity in the past 20 years.

    • @GreenManalishiUSA
      @GreenManalishiUSA Před rokem +11

      Whenever I hear Gordon Lightfoot singing, I feel jealous of Canadians, because they get to claim Gordon as their native son and national poet ❤🇨🇦. Because he wrote so brilliantly about universal themes, his songs touched millions of listeners all around the world. But to this outsider, Gordon Lightfoot was above all the voice of Canada.

    • @bjr4567
      @bjr4567 Před rokem +4

      He's now as one with the cosmos.

    • @stevestruthers6180
      @stevestruthers6180 Před rokem +3

      It wasn't the case that Canadians didn't care, they did. But Canadians are not an emotional people, and grief is something they generally keep to themselves.

    • @patof72clune51
      @patof72clune51 Před 10 měsíci +3

      ​@@GreenManalishiUSAAnne Murray ....Neil Young....Joni Mitchell.....Leonard Cohen.....ect...

    • @greatunz67
      @greatunz67 Před 6 měsíci +4

      @@patof72clune51 yep and he's still correct, while i love them all, Gord was above them all, he WAS Canada.

  • @franks6608
    @franks6608 Před 5 měsíci +10

    I remember this show on midnight special,that's when I realized this guy was outstanding, I've never heard a voice like and we never will again,he was the man who spoke politically, socially and to our heart strings

  • @OpenDGuitar
    @OpenDGuitar Před 8 měsíci +8

    The guitar work on his early albums was my North Star in learning to play.

  • @Dovid2000
    @Dovid2000 Před 7 měsíci +10

    Sheer poetry. Gordon Lightfoot was a man of exceptional talent.

  • @paulaamero
    @paulaamero Před 7 měsíci +12

    That voice
    Those lyrics
    Everything!!!

  • @Nivasi
    @Nivasi Před rokem +14

    This brings back the days of riding in the car w/windows down.. cruising along the gulf coast..

  • @birdssurfshed
    @birdssurfshed Před rokem +25

    Still smiling as the silly crowd claps at the begging of the song. What a classic guy and boy what a legend!

    • @lowellcalavera6045
      @lowellcalavera6045 Před rokem +7

      😂 Never been to a show?

    • @57RickH
      @57RickH Před rokem +4

      They were just trying to add some beats 😂

    • @birdssurfshed
      @birdssurfshed Před rokem +3

      beginning was what I meant to say.. Saw him up close and personal at a local Summer fair in the 80's.

    • @bjr4567
      @bjr4567 Před rokem +5

      He actually encourages the audience to clap later on during this same stage performance on the song Sundown. So it can cut both ways.

    • @danchiappe
      @danchiappe Před rokem +8

      I’m just glad they didn’t clap all the way through!

  • @markfx12
    @markfx12 Před 11 měsíci +23

    Gord would often admonish the well-intentioned clappers by stating: "leave the driving to us".

    • @bobreams5178
      @bobreams5178 Před 3 měsíci +2

      Many musicians, particularly folk singers, dislike clapping. It's usually out of time also.

    • @jerrydriscoll1162
      @jerrydriscoll1162 Před 3 měsíci

      And on 1 and 3 haha

    • @nikolaiiscoolguyproduction4807
      @nikolaiiscoolguyproduction4807 Před 2 měsíci +3

      As an audience member I can't stand clapping, I came to hear an artist not a cacophony of hand slaps.

  • @robertmorganfisher2813
    @robertmorganfisher2813 Před rokem +15

    This is heaven.

  • @justinpaul9704
    @justinpaul9704 Před rokem +10

    Let’s get this whole episode released

  • @that70sgirl90
    @that70sgirl90 Před rokem +21

    The story tellers of our times.
    Happy Thursday... thank you for sharing! 💖

  • @edajungck
    @edajungck Před 10 měsíci +8

    12 string sound for me sounds better than anything today, thanks for posting.😊

    • @gordiesings
      @gordiesings Před 4 měsíci +2

      @@Shilling_guitar885 The other guitarist is Terry Clements and he's playing a standard 6 string guitar.. No "high strung" or "Nashville strung".

  • @bruckner1
    @bruckner1 Před rokem +12

    Terry Clements is playing lead guitar here.

  • @merlinsclaw
    @merlinsclaw Před rokem +8

    Thank you thank you thank you. 💙💙

  • @psychedelic.dreamer
    @psychedelic.dreamer Před rokem +12

    Have always loved his smooth voice ❤

  • @barbaratillman8552
    @barbaratillman8552 Před 3 měsíci +3

    The world isn't the same without him

  • @WyliesLiveMusicCorner
    @WyliesLiveMusicCorner Před rokem +9

    The greatest of the great.

  • @lowellcalavera6045
    @lowellcalavera6045 Před rokem +19

    A shame in the 70s camera operators so rarely gave us shots of the players hands.

    • @sweetstevie
      @sweetstevie Před rokem +7

      True, it is a shame but the camera operators we’re following the directors orders.

    • @SteamvilleQuintet
      @SteamvilleQuintet Před rokem +3

      He's using finger-picking patterns. LEARN TO PLAY GUITAR, instead of asking it to be handed to you.

    • @gloriamaryhaywood2217
      @gloriamaryhaywood2217 Před rokem +6

      I know. It would have been so mesmerising to watch!😉

    • @neighborbruce
      @neighborbruce Před rokem +8

      ​@@SteamvilleQuintetwhat a strangely aggressive comment. No one is asking for a guitar lesson here hoss, it's just cool to see how people play. Everyone does it differently.

    • @SteamvilleQuintet
      @SteamvilleQuintet Před rokem

      ​ @cmdrums2112 < What a "strangely aggressive" entitled little mindset you exhibit, saying the camera people and producers of a VERY popular show should have filmed it to suit you. When someone airs a wonderful thing for free, you could mature the class to just shut up and enjoy it.

  • @Robert-gg1er
    @Robert-gg1er Před 2 měsíci +4

    We couldn't wait for each new Lightfoot album to be released. We wanted to see the new album cover and read the song titles and then listen to each song. It was comparable to the new automobiles coming out every year.

  • @garysuppa9991
    @garysuppa9991 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Thanks, Gord; for all the stories and songs; this one especially!!!!

  • @jthommusic
    @jthommusic Před rokem +7

    Thanks so much for posting this. Love Gordon!

  • @garysuppa9991
    @garysuppa9991 Před 7 měsíci +3

    His foot tap or hand tap on his guitar is the best!!!

  • @maria.fernanda277
    @maria.fernanda277 Před rokem +7

    Oh no no, my friend. 😊This is a gift to me. Thank you!

  • @bluebear1985
    @bluebear1985 Před rokem +5

    There's another clip somewhere which I believe is from the same episode where Gordon does his hit "Sundown". He did a great job with it on this show.

    • @bjr4567
      @bjr4567 Před rokem +1

      Yes and on that one, he actually encourages the audience to clap along.

  • @moistjalapeno846
    @moistjalapeno846 Před rokem +3

    The best to ever do it

  • @Muhdah1972
    @Muhdah1972 Před rokem +4

    ❤❤❤❤

  • @alanereese5620
    @alanereese5620 Před 7 měsíci +1

    I love him

  • @Telecoaster94music
    @Telecoaster94music Před rokem +6

    @midnightspecial will there be more Lightfoot performances uploaded?

  • @nievespuentes15
    @nievespuentes15 Před 11 měsíci

    Gracias por trern9s y recordR a estos artistas de mi juventud gracias❤❤❤❤😅

  • @strummer173
    @strummer173 Před 4 měsíci

    Pure.

  • @donnaduncan494
    @donnaduncan494 Před rokem +2

    💯💖

  • @HuntOfficial1776
    @HuntOfficial1776 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Do y’all have the original broadcast of his later appearances that you could upload?

  • @mikloskedves1444
    @mikloskedves1444 Před rokem

    Please upload Locomotiv GT-s concert ( 1974 july 13)

  • @user-ox1pl3po9k
    @user-ox1pl3po9k Před 2 měsíci

    About the best that's ever been.

  • @seamuscashin2606
    @seamuscashin2606 Před 10 měsíci +1

    if that was red shea im blind or you are blind