Brockway Entertainment is a Canadian urban music marketing & promotion company based in Ottawa, Ontario. It was founded in 2002 in Fredericton, New Brunswick and has been on pause since 2011 due to health related issues of the owner. Clients have included Classified, JRDN, Eternia, Skratch Bastid, Jorun Bombay, Wordburglar, Under Pressure Festival, D.O. Gibson & more. The mission of Brockway Entertainment was to assist independent Canadian hip-hop artists in exposing their music via radio, press & print throughout North America.
Very different voices, Gordon Lightfoot, and Charlie Pride, this Music will live forever they can never be copied, born Talent, just Brilliant, My Brother Seamus played his stuff not the sad, he introduced me to him, Seamus loved Lightfoot & I loved Seamus, Did she mention my name, was the first song he sang for me l hear it in my head after all these years. + Rest in Peace Boys always in my Prayers. 🇮🇪☘️❤️ Thanks for the great Memories along with the Joy, and Tears.
Was introduced to Gord's music with Don Quixote. If you've never listened to that album, do yourself a favor. Every song is just beautiful. The way the guitars emulate the vocals and the stories is just outstanding. Just close your eyes and really let the songs invade your mind. He really had a talent. Thanks Gordon!
I always liked Ian&Sylvia.When Sylvia’s song “Nobody” came out I had to pick a side,I picked her. 🤗The song “Some kinda Fool” had solidified my fan hood for these people.🥰
One of the highlights of my life was when I finished an interview with Gord, and choking back tears, I said "I just want you to know that you make me proud to be Canadian." There was a pause (he didn't take compliments well) and then just said, 'well, thank you.' Immeasurable talent and an irreplaceable artist.
RITA SINGS from pain and heart it never fails but makes me cry. love haveseen her sing person. i've beento SCotland my grandmother was born and raised in Ontario CAnada but what I d give to have been to Nova Scotia now I have because of RIta and ANNE. MY HEART IS FULL.
I first became a fan when I bought the 45 of "Sundown" when I was 10, although I knew "If You Could Read My Mind." "Sundown" had such an edge to it and although I didn't know about sex, I inherently knew that was a very sexy song.
I was about 15 when I first heard “Sundown.” It literally stopped me in my tracks as I was walking into my bedroom one day. This Michigan kid had never heard of Gordon Lightfoot before then. But I knew that song oozed so much sexuality that it turned me on. And I was/am female. So it was Mr. Lightfoot who helped me take my first steps into that verboten adult world. Thanks Gord!
I often wonder if some of the best singers just don't end up insanely popular so that those of us that appreciate their talent get the full measure of their gifts. It's not diluted by fad or populism and we are the grateful recipients of such beauty.
Wonder how his hair was both tight curly and sometimes totally straight ? Did he get permed like a lot of guys did in the 70s ? Because he ended up with straight hair in the end.
Nice to see a rare interview from about the mid-point of his career. He felt lucky to still be performing at age 52. Little did he know he'd be playing over 30 years later. An abdominal aneurysm in 2002 almost killed him and severely hampered his singing voice. But he soldiered on for another 20 years and "did the best he could with what he'd got." Rest in peace, Gord. There will never be another singer songwriter like you.
Thank you for the like of my comment! I think that anyone who knew him well knew what a lovely person he was, in addition to how much he loved music! He was passionate & very supportive of his musical colleagues!
I met Gordon Lightfoot in person one memorable night in Waikiki in the early 1970s. I was the manager of a small apartment complex in Waikiki called The Shady Lane Apartments and I often would sti on my front porch "stoop" of an evening. The Shady Lane had a courtyard filledd with tropical plants, a pond and waterfall, and the apartments were arranged around this courtyard. I had become the resident manager in 1972. Gordon had just done a concert at the Blaisdell Center that evening and was walking by himself exploring Waikiki when he wandered into the Shady Lane and I invited him to sit on the concrete stoop next to me. I rolled a joint of Hawaii's famous "buds" and over the net hour I got to know Lightfoot on a person level. He was a heavy drinke3r at the timne. Glad he finally gave up alcohol. He seemed to be a bit sad that evening as we talked. As a Nam combat vet I think he and I both felt a bit of "sadness"....
Seeing him encourage the crowd to clap along is a bit confusing to me, because I saw him in Portland, Or and during "Sundown" he told the crowd to desist when we started to clap along
May 16, 2023, having just watched this video: "I'm 52 years old and I'm still working...." Little did Gordon, or we fans, know that thirty years later, he would still be working....up until the end. You were such a huge part of my life, Gordon. I will miss you forever.
Great little video. I've followed Gord when I was in Duluth in '76 and went out and got all his UA albums and all the rest. A real good interview with him I hadn't seen heard before. No one else like him. And it seemed he always did do his best.
