Listening to track now, there are two that immediately come to mind Lightfoot As Mark Twain said, all are second hand either conciously or Oscar put it this way, is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to
Whatever you call it, no other way to learn your craft than by imitating Ask Bob Dylan Woody Guthrie or Beyonce about Tina Turner That is the way the process works You admire somebody then you try to emulate them but for a
The trick is to find own style, sound or voice And that comes from your natural talent, your work and still luck
So if you you hear a little, let me correct that, a lot of Gordan Lightfoot in these songs, You're correct, he was the greatness my mediocrity to emulate
It wasn't until four years ago I really got to thinking I was lucky enough to be in Toronto Gordan played Massey Hall the place I always you had to see Lightfoot Where we a delightful visit backstage after the show When I got around to awkwardly him for his inspiration His was what 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 style of own Then if you're really lucky and really hard your own style will become something others Gordan was my though the musical woods It's one of the unique and pretty cool parts about successful Inspiring others, which is what Gordan did for me Now I'm certainly not blind to the fact that there are and songwriters out there who their work after mine I'm fine with that So here's a song that was a big hit in the Animal's Corner in Mobile You Gordan and I will pass it on
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