Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr.
Canadian born singer-songwriter Lightfoot achieved international success in folk,
folk-rock, and country music, and has been credited for helping define the folk-pop
sound of the 1960s and 1970s. He has been referred to as Canada’s greatest songwriter and internationally as a folk-rock legend. He has won a total of sixteen
Juno Awards, among other honors and was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall
of Fame in 1986.