A Living Legend Is Coming to Town

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Music is one of the most subjective topics on earth. Music tastes are as individual as tastes in food, drink, or colors -- except you rarely see people getting into arguments over blue being better than green the way you do when it comes to one band being better than another!! Having said that, there are acts that are true legends. You don't have to like them to acknowledge that. Case in point: Rush. I'd rather listen to a cat use a chalkboard for a scratching post than Geddy Lee's singing, but I don't think any of their most die-hard fans were happier than I was when they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. No, I am not a fan, but I'm also not blind. Any band who has sold out arenas for 40 years the way Rush has definitely has FAME and therefore belongs in the Hall of Fame. (BTW, just so you know, as much as I dislike Geddy Lee's voice I'd rather listen to him than Steve Perry!) That aside aside, there aren't many people who would argue with Gordon Lightfoot's status as "living legend," even if they aren't fans of his music. He's unquestionably one of the greatest and most-covered singer/songwriters of the past 50 years. I came to know his music when I was a kid listening to country music, where acts like Bill Anderson, George Hamilton IV, and Anne Murray were doing his songs. "If You Could Read My Mind" is one of my all-time favorite songs. And he's coming to town Monday night. And you bet I'm going. Lightfoot has had health issues in recent years, and watching You Tube videos it's obvious that his voice isn't what it used to be. (He is 77, too.) Still, it's a thrill to be able to go to see a living legend like Gordon Lightfoot, and I'm not about to pass it up! Here's my favorite Gordon Lightfoot song...and one of my favorite songs, period.