Listening to track now, there are two words that immediately come to Lightfoot As Twain said, all ideas are second hand either or unconciously Wilde put it this way, Imitation is the sincerest form of that can pay to greatness
Whatever you call it, there's no other way to learn your than by others Ask Bob Dylan about Woody Guthrie or Beyonce about Turner That is the way the process works You admire somebody then you try to them but only for a
The trick is to find own style, sound or voice And that comes your natural talent, your work ethic and still good
So if you think you hear a little, let me that, a lot of Lightfoot in these songs, congratulations You're correct, he was the greatness my mediocrity to emulate
It wasn't four years ago that I really got to thinking I was lucky enough to be in when Gordan played Massey Hall the place I always you had to see Lightfoot Where we spent a delightful backstage after the show I got around to awkwardly thanking him for his inspiration His response was what you might think it be He said; you seem to be doing well Jimmy, just pass that on That's a act
So if you're lucky and work hard enough, you will a style of your own Then if you're lucky and work really hard 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 Inspiring others, which is exactly Gordan did for me Now I'm certainly not blind to the fact there are singers and songwriters out there who pattern their after mine I'm perfectly with that So here's a lightfoot that was a big hit in the Animal's in those days Thank You Gordan and I will it on
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