Music·Curated by Richard

Gordon Lightfoot, from The Midnight Special to Reno

Four from The Midnight Special while the hits were still landing, then five from a Reno stage years later, oldest song first, ending on the Edmund Fitzgerald.

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If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot | The Midnight SpecialIf You Could Read My Mind — The Midnight Special. His first American top-ten hit
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If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot | The Midnight Special
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If You Could Read My Mind — The Midnight Special. His first American top-ten hit
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Don Quixote - Gordon Lightfoot | The Midnight SpecialDon Quixote — The Midnight Special. The title song of the 1972 album
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Don Quixote - Gordon Lightfoot | The Midnight Special
The Midnight Special
Don Quixote — The Midnight Special. The title song of the 1972 album
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Sundown - Gordon Lightfoot | The Midnight SpecialSundown — The Midnight Special. His only American number one, 1974
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Sundown - Gordon Lightfoot | The Midnight Special
The Midnight Special
Sundown — The Midnight Special. His only American number one, 1974
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Affair on Eighth Avenue - Gordon Lightfoot | The Midnight SpecialAffair on 8th Avenue — The Midnight Special
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Affair on Eighth Avenue - Gordon Lightfoot | The Midnight Special
The Midnight Special
Affair on 8th Avenue — The Midnight Special
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Gordon Lightfoot - Early Morning Rain (Live In Reno)Early Morning Rain — Reno. From his first album, 1966
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Gordon Lightfoot - Early Morning Rain (Live In Reno)
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Early Morning Rain — Reno. From his first album, 1966
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Gordon Lightfoot - Canadian Railroad Trilogy (Live In Reno)Canadian Railroad Trilogy — Reno. Written for Canada's centennial, 1967
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Gordon Lightfoot - Canadian Railroad Trilogy (Live In Reno)
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Canadian Railroad Trilogy — Reno. Written for Canada's centennial, 1967
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Gordon Lightfoot - Song For A Winter's Night (Live In Reno)Song for a Winter's Night — Reno
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Gordon Lightfoot - Song For A Winter's Night (Live In Reno)
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Song for a Winter's Night — Reno
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Carefree Highway (Live In Reno)Carefree Highway — Reno. The other hit from Sundown
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Carefree Highway (Live In Reno)
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Carefree Highway — Reno. The other hit from Sundown
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The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald (Live In Reno)The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald — Reno. The ore freighter went down on Lake Superior in November 1975
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The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald (Live In Reno)
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The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald — Reno. The ore freighter went down on Lake Superior in November 1975