Never Retire!--Drawing Inspiration from Gordon Lightfoot at 69

Gordon Lightfoot turns 69 and with no plans to retire according to The Buffalo News where he is giving a concert this Sunday:

“I want to be like my buddies! I want to be like Bob Dylan, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson. Even Tony Bennett, hey, let’s throw him in!”

What about Mick Jagger? “He doesn’t count, he’s one of the younger guys,” says Lightfoot with a chuckle. “Bob Dylan is two years younger than I am, Kris is two years older, Willie is four years older.”

These guys are more than just longevity role models for Lightfoot — they’re also pals, and most of their friendships go way back. In 1975, Lightfoot played at both of Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue shows in Toronto, and was later filmed singing Dylan’s “Ballad in Plain D” for Dylan’s film, “Renaldo and Clara.” In 1986, inducting Lightfoot into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, Dylan praised Lightfoot as “somebody of rare talent and all that.”


More power to you Gordon and all that!