String Theory!! May 3/23 - Lightfoot Tribute 

Thanks JP for your heartfelt tribute to late great Gordon Lightfoot. You helped us to grieve the loss of “one so dear”

A fitting tribute for the passing of a great human. Canada is truly at a loss as we all are. Thanks for remembering him JP.

I was deeply affected. May he travel well. What an inspiration for my generation. I got tears too. From the UK.

What a wonderful tribute to the great master. Thanks for the love. Cheers.

Pierre Burton said it took him two books to tell the story of building the great Canadian railway and Gordon Lightfoot did it in a five and one half minutes.

Just fabulous! We lost a great Canadian songwriter and an international one as well. That 12 string Boucher sounds like gold.Thanks JP from Quebec🇨🇦👏

Great tribute to the greatest singer songwriter of my generation in my opinion. And there was a lot of competition. But his music was the soundtrack of my youth. And forever. RIP Gordy😢

Gordon was a legend for many in Australia .Thank you JP

Gord would be proud, I know that we are!!! Thank you J.P. !

All time fave! thank you J.P.

I watched Peter, Paul, and Mary sing Early Morning Rain today and I thought of Gordon Lightfoot and how great he was. Bob Dylan said he never wrote a bad song and you just wanted his song to go on forever. Bless you JP for honoring the great Gordon Lightfoot!

Much love and respect from West Oz. Thank you for sharing John.

And so it goes on. Some sooner and some later but all someday! Thanks for that JP!

well done jp best guitar work i ever heard . the difference between a bunch of flowers and a human ,the lovely flowers can show no emotion .

My god that opener was beautiful. I teared up myself.

Watching this almost a year after, 2/24. My Brother Gerry and I are huge Lightfoot Fans for over 50 years. Both of us play but my Brother plays and sings Lightfoot so much better than I could ever dream to. 12 string and 6 string he has it down. Such a huge loss to lose Gordon. He was such a huge part of our music journey. You do GL justice JP, you are the Man👍🏻

MercI Merci JP ❤️ tu nous fais revivre GL dans toute sa splendeur et de plus notre fierté 🇨🇦

Beautiful touching tribute to the man,the myth,the legend, The Canadian Troubadour, Gordon Lightfoot. RIP Gordo! I saw Lightfoot twice in concert in Pittsburgh. What a talented performer and master songwriter! 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶😇😇😇😇😇😇😇🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Hi JP, very sad to see Gordon Lightfoot gone. I've been playing guitar for over 55 years now and I've always admired the people who go on stage "just" with a guitar and you don't miss a band. Gordon Lightfoot was one of them. "Long River" was always one of my favorite songs. Unfortunately, another musician has left who has accompanied us through our lives and there are fewer and fewer to whom our hearts belonged. Many greetings from Germany.

We are loosing all the great artists,,,life is short. Hope we all get to play together wherever we go…thanks JP. That was really nice

What a great tribute. Well done on that beautiful 12 string Boucher. Thanks JP love your show

A musical love of my life. Thanks.

Good evening JP. I just stumbled upon this tribute to Gordon Lightfoot and want to say that I’m sorry for your and all of Canada’s loss with Gordon’s passing. I lost track of the number of Gord’s Gold CDs and cassettes (yes, I’m that old) I’ve owned in my lifetime. He was a generational talent. I was blown away by the fact that it took him 5 minutes to write Canadian Railroad Trilogy. I am going to respectfully disagree with you about you not coming close to Gordon’s song writing capabilities. I stumbled on to Hometown Battlefield and I’ve since played it for several dozen people, all of which were moved to tears including myself. Gordon was an amazing songwriter and musician, but he didn’t write Hometown Battlefield, YOU did. He didn’t blend those powerful emotional lyrics with a beautiful piece of music, YOU did. I played Dave Gunning’s These Hands with a friend of mine who is a midwife and when het gets to the part of that song where he talks about some hand comfort a baby crying, she was crying as well. No, you and Dave are not walking in the footprints of Gordon, or Stompin Tom, who I only recently heard about, you’re adding your own footsteps next to theirs. The musical world would be pretty boring if all musicians had the same fingerprints. Now, having reached this without (hopefully) triggering any land mines, I’m going to stick my neck out a bit. Gordon told stories with his songs. Canadian Railroad Trilogy, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, and even the songs he wrote about himself and his family were stories. I can’t recall any songs of his that were other stories. Even Don Quixote was more about Don’s story and less about the social theme behind the story. I can’t imagine Gordon performing Hometown Battlefield, These Hands, Us, or the others songs you and Dave had written and performed. Not because those songs are beneath him, but because they were outside of his genre. I can however easily see John Denver performing those songs because he wrote about a lot of the same social justice issues that you do. Hopefully you won’t take offense at this. It’s just one idiot’s opinion. Last, I’m going to leave you with what is likely the all time stupidest music related question in history. I’ll preface this question by confirming for you that my musical abilities are why I drive a truck. If I get enough sleep, then caffeine into my system, I am almost competent enough to ply the stereo. When you’re in the middle of a guitar solo can you recognize that a certain finger isn’t needed elsewhere for some number of notes, and pre-stage that finger in its proper position ahead of time? Thank you for all you do in the music industry. This Central Texas is a fan! Try to keep Dave out of trouble. 😂 Wayne Lind, Texas. Now, having started out

You continue to amaze me JP…such a touching tribute to Gordon. A great loss of a friend to you and he thought so highly of you. God Bless.

SORRY, I MISSED YOU LAST NIGHT. GREAT TRIBUTE TO GORDON LIGHTFOOT. I LOVED HIM DEARLY.

He does a wonderful job paying tribute to one of Canada's Great Icons.

Regretfully ,i must confess i only listened to two lightfoot songs. I am so shallow. Thank you john for sharing these great songs and lyrics. The lyrics and the flow of the melodies are spell binding. Thank you john.

Gordon Lightfoot was a giant, who's music was loved dearly. Thank you so much JP!

Thank you for this

Thank you JP.. rest in peace Gordon Lightfoot.. that 12-stringer🙌💯 beautiful tribute❤

Gordon Lightfoot music will live forever! Thanks for your remembrance of this great man of the world!

Thanks JP… great tribute to our Canadian legend. RIP Gordon 💕

Much love received, JP, certainly welcome and needed and right back at you. Keep up your kindness. It sets you apart.

He was a great one for sure. Tony Rice was a huge Gordon Lightfoot guy.

Respect for Gordon and for you....magic guitar sounds......

Gordon Lightfoot was one of the great ones for sure. Beautiful tribute.

I am just awestruck with john,s talent .

He sure wrote good songs. The world just lost a giant. Gordon is one of my best vocal impersonations. That guitar sounds amazing by the way

Very moving JP. We love you too.

That was a lovely opening.great song. RIPGord

Excellent tribute. Goodbye Mr. Lightfoot.

Yes sir. That was a wicked tribute. Thank you for this fitting tribute.

Nice J.P.

Got me chocked up, He was a treasure & one of a kind!

JP I don't believe I've ever heard you sing before this video. You have a wonderful voice full of quality and you sing in tune. Thanks for sharing.

Trilogy is a Masterpiece

Thank you JP. I've been trying to tell people just how import Gord was to music and to Canada. You accomplished that here.

Thank you, always enjoy your take on life and music 🙏

Thank You Joh Paul. Excellent opening and show as always. Coooool.

What a wonderful song, John.

condolences and praying for Lightfoot. I didn't know about his music or him (except cover songs from PPM) until your tribute but since he was big part of your life and you influenced me in many ways to be better player and person, I guess Gordon touched me. Going to start listening . . . thanks JP and Gordon.

Hey JP. I have missed watching ST live for the last couple of weeks. This is a great tribute to GL. I grew up with his music. Saw him in 93 in Vancouver. He embraced the audience like only a few entertainers can do. We are talking already about coming to Halifax next April. Cheers to you, Ginger and Chris and Gord!

JP, you played Gordie’s Canadian Railroad Trilogy beautifully.

Hi J.P , you are wonderful, putting this song out, i am not only avfan of your channel, but of your whole musicianship. Keep on , putting out the truth!!!

Thanks for this JP...I have been listening to your tribute cd to Gordon Lightfoot....well done my friend.....

Got meet Gordon and his lead guitar player Red Shea at the St. FX Winter Carnival in 1968. Myself , my room mate Stew Murray, his brother Bruce and my friend Allistar MacGillivray helped with the setup before the concert. It was one of those memories that last forever

I’ve added If You Could Read My Mind, Sundown and Carefree Highway to my set list to honor Gordon (though not sure my covers honor anything 😉), and I’ve never had a bigger reaction from any songs I’ve ever done. People come up to give me a tip with tears in their eyes, it’s amazing. Gotta learn Edmund Fitzgerald, my version of that definitely ain’t ready for prime time. Thanks for a great show, J. P.

I need to start learning some of Gordon Lightfoot's music.

BEAUTIFUL John....can't stop watching. "to live in the hearts of others, is to NEVER really die." Gordon will LIVE in others FOREVER!!!!

So glad to see you played a 12 string as a tribute.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you JP Cormier ❤ And thank you Gordon Lightfoot ❤️ 🍻

Thanks Brother! My top choice in your discography!

Spellbinding lyrics that paint a picture of Canada. Thank you JP, bring a tear to know he’s gone. Spent yesterday with his music. Cheers to all

Two jobs both well done

Great show no question about it Gordon Lightfoot was the best Canadian songwriter ever 👍🇨🇦

Thank You Brother J P

JP, What a heartfelt tribute. I find myself on your site as a subscriber because of Gord, as Gord's music introduced me to yours with the initial release of the Long River, which then led me to so much of your other stuff. Just last March I was glad to have the opportunity, with my son and wife ,to meet you and Dave in Milwaukee. A small venue at the start of a tour in an beautiful and intimate space. A small audience that was blown away by how both of you played. My son, a 16 year old special needs kid ,had the GL 80 years strong shirt when we got to meet you guys ,much to Dave's amusement. He was over the top about how well the two of you played, and talks often about both that show, and his most recent GL concert in Elkhart, IN three times postponed and finally performed last year. The Long River album is special, I can't imagine how special a second album will be. Our only request, and I'm sure many on here would second it, is that your tour it. That plus a rendition of the Messenger, and just because the band is small :) If I might suggest something, perhaps one evening here it would be appropriate to play a rendition of the Poet off the first Long River album. It certainly, to me anyway, describes the effect Gordon had on so many of us ,and I'm sure there are those here who have not yet heard it. For all the GL fans, it would be soothing to hear, if only to know that we all were touched by what Gordon did for the fans, and for so long. With our gratitude for what you do, we thank you. Harold, Philip, and Jennifer Kirman, Romeoville, IL

Thanks for this JP. It helps.

Love that song, man!

Thank you, JP!!!

This was my favorite String Theory yet. God bless you, J.P.! You are very much loved!

Please, I'll take a chance here and say... Straight up Mr. Cormier sir, respectfully life is far too short and you are so great and I don't know you personally however I feel you might want to make sum lifestyle changes so that we all may have you here for many many more years. That's all, I hope you don't take offense to this rather bold statement but I've lost too many friends lately and I want you around influencing and enriching our musical lives, journeys☺. Please.

That was beautiful ! Congrats on getting through it ! Lovely tribute you posted on FB today as well.

Excellent!

Thank you, J P.

Number 477 Thumbs up,, good job of playing Light Foot

🥃🎶 To Gordon lightfoot.. Thanks J p..

Your voice is Awesome young fellow 👍👍

Simply a heartfelt tribute you've offered. My condolences to you, JP

A lovely tribute. Well done.

Great video cheers

Wanted to thank you for this video tribute to one of Canada’s favorite native sons, Gordon Lightfoot. Seen it now a few times. This was a gut punch for me when I heard of his passing and your visceral review of his music and, like you, brought tears to my eyes, but hey, I didn't make any promises to Gordon. I was too young/immature when he was in his prime and It's now that I am truly appreciating the genius he was and am so grateful he left us this eternal music. I’m a Bluenoser living out in Denver, CO and made note of the tribute to Gordon you have coming up April of 24 at the Rebecca Cohen in Halifax with the NS Symphony. I need some more specifics cause I’ll come back home for this event. Love the channel and will up the engagement. BTW, ever travel out and round this region?

Great show JP. Loved his songs that you did. Love his library of music and have been listening to them my whole life and still do. Love your first tribute album, can’t wait for the second. Stay strong within his music like the rest of us grieving.. take care, Eddie

RIP Gord. Great tribute and beautiful playing and guitar sound as always JP.

Thankyou for such a heartfelt tribute JP.

Growing up, my parents didn’t have much of a record collection. Arlo Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, Beattles, Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull, a mix. The only artist they had more than one album from was Gordon Lightfoot. I’ve had him with me all my life. Trying to play a fingerstyle version of Don Quixote now. It was on repeat in iTunes when I opened it after hearing the news. It’s never ending.

Et nous t’aimons aussi ❣️

God Bless JP - We love your music, guidance, and philosophy. Grateful God gave us 84 years to enjoy GL

Sad and yet inspiring. Thank you.

Amazing tribute to an amazing artist. Thank you.

RIP Gordon 😢

Thanks!

Thank you JP for a great from the heart tribute to Gordon LIghtfoot.

Damn, I need my box of Kleenex and a glass of wine.

Lightfoot was recorded in 1964 and not released until 1966. As a DJ as well as a guitarist I skew to recording date as that date has more weight in the Jazz world.

Hang dog hotel room. Who hasn't played these rooms . With friends and friends you haven't met yet . Come on , the impact of Gord's passing is going to grow over time . Be kind, be happy . We are in this together .

J.P.'s Hometown Battlefield ranks right up there with Lightfoot's best. But the ranking is subjective and has to be. Hometown Battlefield resonates mightily with Veterans. I am one. I was a medic in Vietnam 1969-1970 and have continued to work with Veterans ever since. Sadly, the subject of Hometown Battlefield is universal. It isn't focused on one country. Rather, it has significance across the globe. It's a "Beauty is in the eye (ear) of the beholder" sort of thing. None-the-less your feelings about the greatness of Lightfoot's epic are valid. It is a wonderful song. But there is so much more to say about Canada. Perhaps you and others will pick-up where Gordon Lightfoot left off. There is still a lot to say.

Rest In Peace Gordon 💔💔

RIP…thank you for video & your 💜. (Is that song in an open-tuning ?? If so, which one ?..thanks)

Thank you for honouring Gordon Lightfoot.