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Post by Will/P.P. on May 3, 2023 15:30:52 GMT -5
What a singer and performer we had in Gordon. He died 1 May 2023 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Age of 84.
I first knew of him when Marty Robbins released "Ribbon of Darkness" in 1965. His music wasn't marketed
very well in the States. 1970 changed that.
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Post by Will/P.P. on May 3, 2023 15:36:34 GMT -5
This was the first version of this I heard. Gordon didn't need to do covers,
so this must have been very special to him. Written by Ewan McColl.
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Post by Will/P.P. on May 3, 2023 15:39:38 GMT -5
First, he was a folk singer.
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Post by Will/P.P. on May 3, 2023 15:45:06 GMT -5
Then he became a favorite Country singer and writer.
When first hearing this I thought, "it's like he's
channeling
Bobbie Gentry.
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Post by Will/P.P. on May 3, 2023 15:47:21 GMT -5
I played this last Saturday night. I play it often.
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Post by Will/P.P. on May 3, 2023 15:53:56 GMT -5
I always thought Gordon wrote "Cotton Jenny" with Kris Kristofferson in mind.
This one is from my favorite album by Gordon, Cold On the Shoulder (1975).
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Post by Will/P.P. on May 3, 2023 15:56:50 GMT -5
Another big favorite.
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Post by Will/P.P. on May 3, 2023 16:00:25 GMT -5
Lost a champion in my life. rest in peace, dear brother
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Post by drbeachboy (Dirk) on May 3, 2023 16:46:58 GMT -5
What a singer and performer we had in Gordon. He died 1 May 2023 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Age of 84. I first knew of him when Marty Robbins released "Ribbon of Darkness" in 1965. His music wasn't marketed very well in the States. 1970 changed that. Indeed, 1970 and his move to Reprise Records gave him much wider visibility in the U.S.. He had a pretty good run from 1970-1976, especially. |
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Post by Will/P.P. on May 3, 2023 19:30:21 GMT -5
Guess you can figure out what my second favorite Gordon
album is by the songs I'm picking. Tried to post this one
earlier with a nice old-timey video someone made, but he
is not the sharing kind. Go look for it on YouTube. This
is a more modern take video on the whale's struggles to
live and be left to live.
Something that floored me from back in the days when
producers made whale's singing records. You remember
those? Judy Collins, Crosby, everybody was jumping on
the whale ships. From his folk period, with some sound
effects added by the video artist.
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Post by Will/P.P. on May 3, 2023 19:37:33 GMT -5
a song for Gordon. Can't hear it without thinking of him.
A life well lived, but he entered some dangerous ports
along the way.
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