Listening to that now, there are two words that immediately come to Lightfoot As Twain said, all ideas are second hand either or unconciously Oscar Wilde put it way, Imitation is the sincerest of flattery that mediocrity can pay to
you call it, there's no other way to learn your craft than by imitating Ask Bob Dylan about Guthrie or Beyonce about Tina Turner That is just the way the process You somebody then you try to emulate them but only for a
The trick is to find your own style, or voice And that comes from natural talent, your work ethic and still luck
So if you think you hear a little, let me that, a lot of Gordan Lightfoot in these songs, You're correct, he was the my mediocrity tried to emulate
It until four years ago that I really got to thinking I was lucky enough to be in Toronto when Gordan played Hall the I always heard you had to see Lightfoot Where we spent a delightful visit backstage the show When I got to awkwardly thanking him for his inspiration His response was what you think it would be He said; you to be doing pretty well Jimmy, just pass that on a classy act
So if you're lucky and work hard enough, you eventually a style of your own Then if you're really lucky and work really your own style will something others follow Gordan was my though the musical woods It's one of the unique and pretty cool parts about being others, which is exactly what Gordan did for me Now I'm certainly not blind to the fact that there are and songwriters out there who pattern their work mine I'm perfectly fine with So here's a lightfoot song was a big hit in the Animal's Corner in Mobile Thank You Gordan and I pass it on
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