Thank You, Gordon

Amazing voice, and oh, what a songwriter.

He sure did.

I was completely overwhelmed when I saw him and he sang “If You Could Read My Mind.” With all the concerts I’ve been to it only happened one other time, when I saw Loretta Lynn and she sang “Coal Miner’s Daughter.”

@FourWalls “If You Could Read My Mind.” A good one.

It’s on the Don Quixote album. I love the title track from that album, too.

Agreed. I think he knew, though, given the wording of that message that said he was canceling everything and couldn’t guarantee a reschedule…then asked for privacy.

@sallypup — he had that near-fatal aneurysm in the early 2000s and he looked 90 from that point on. I’m thankful we got him for an extra 20 years.

@FourWalls The last photos looked way older than mid 80's. Very frail. Poor fella.

The way commercial music sounds these days I wonder if we’ll have another commercially successful songwriter with the talent this man had in his toenail.

@FourWalls I doubt it. He was such a talent.

I figured something was very wrong when he canceled everything, said he didn’t know about rescheduling, and asked for privacy.

@FourWalls That is a sure sign. He lived a long life.

Indeed. He had a near-fatal aneurysm in the early 2000s. I figured something serious was amiss when they announced he’d cancelled all concerts, gave no promise of rescheduling, and “asked for privacy.” That’s usually code (“respect privacy”) for something extremely serious. Thank you (as a Canadian) for sharing him with us.

@FourWalls I was tearing last night listening to the ship song I so loved when I was a girl We are old softies Four Walls.

Me, too. I listened to the Old Dan’s Records album a couple of times today.

He did his nation very proud.

I listened to one of his albums a couple of times today.

I never play “Christian Island” just once. It’s like a Lay’s potato chip.

As long as you know who he is.

@FourWalls I knew him from this song and the Edmund Fitzgerald. Sundown was always one of those songs that annoyed me b.c it would get stuck in my head. I'll never forget it was a Thursday night with "Incognito Bandito" (aka Toby Keith and studio musicians). I was taking the next day off but my then-husband didn't. I sent him video clips of that amazing concert and he eventually said he regretted not joining us.

I think you have remarkable taste. And you’re absolutely correct.

I found his storytelling so deep. Loved him more as I got older. So thankful I got to see him live.

So many friends and acquaintances on Facebook are in mourning as well. This is a major chuck of the music soundtrack gone from a lot of lives.

Yes, his music is absolutely timeless.