" Come Sit By My Side .....

 ... come as close as the air " Gordon Lightfoot

A shout out to the CandianFolk Legend. GL has cancelled a planned tour b/c of poor health. He really has hung on over the years.

A sunny day w/ the prospect of the onset of rain that will endure for the week [ off - on ]

The day proved to be lazy [ sorry, I was lazy ]. Woke up before 5 AM and stayed awake til I dropped off before 8. Kind of groggy. Did some chores, kinda like cleaning up actually.

The song lyrics are for ' Changes '. My GL story goes like this ..... in 1969, while at University, we saw ' Coming to the Riverboat, Gordon Lghtfoot '. The Riverboat was a tavern. We bought tix and went in. We were 1/2 a room away down the bar.
He was delightful. The tix was really a cover charge. And you had to order a dink. We were underage thus it was diet coke. Still remember. Beer $ 2 and Coke was $2.50.

Plus. I was closer by about 100 yds then when we saw the Beatles in Maple Leafs Garden, back in 1963. And the ticket was cheaper as well.

My fav of GL is ' the Canadian Railroad Trilogy ' also about ten others

       

The story song was commissioned by the CBC to celebrate the Centennial [ 1967 ]. Its a long one but solid.