Listening to track now, there are two words that immediately come to Lightfoot As Mark Twain said, all ideas are second either or unconciously Oscar put it this way, Imitation is the form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to
Whatever you call it, there's no other way to learn your than by imitating Ask Bob Dylan about Woody Guthrie or Beyonce Tina Turner is just the way the process works You admire somebody then you try to emulate them but for a
The trick is to your own style, sound or voice And that comes from your natural talent, your work and still good
So if you you hear a little, let me correct that, a lot of Lightfoot in these songs, congratulations You're correct, he was the greatness my tried to emulate
It wasn't until four years ago that I really got to I was lucky enough to be in Toronto Gordan played Massey Hall the I always heard you had to see Lightfoot Where we spent a delightful backstage after the show When I got around to awkwardly thanking him for his His response was you might think it would be He said; you seem to be doing pretty well Jimmy, just that on a classy act
So if you're lucky and work enough, you will eventually find a of your own Then if you're really lucky and work really your own style will become something others Gordan was my guide the musical woods It's one of the unique and pretty cool parts about being Inspiring others, which is exactly Gordan did for me Now I'm certainly not blind to the that there are singers and songwriters out there who pattern work after mine I'm fine with that So here's a lightfoot song was a big hit in the Corner in those Mobile You Gordan and I will pass it on
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