With Bob Dylan calling Gordon Lightfoot one of his "favorite" songwriters of all time, and the likes of Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Glenn Campbell, Eric Clapton, John Mellencamp, Barbra Streisand and even Paul Weller covering his songs, I just roll my eyes at people who dismiss the Canadian folk hero. "If You Could Read My Mind," "Sundown," "Rainy Day People," "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" and "Carefree Highway" -- inspired by my home state -- were all smash hits, and I can hardly wait to see him in concert (yet again) this summer.
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