Beautiful a tribute to gordon lightfoot rar

Ah the wonders of high speed connnections! So, I first listened to the mp3s, ripped at kbps, played through small Altec Lansing computer speakers, and not to the actual CD played on a home stereo system, or even on a midrange car system. But, even with that limitation, it was apparent from the start that this is a wonderful CD, full of creative and well executed covers of Lightfoot tunes.

Some of the songs are obscure - in some cases only a devoted "Lighthead" would know them - and some of the renditions are not my "cup of tea", but that is not surprising with any multi-artist, multi-style collection of covers. First, although this is the first multi-artist Lightfoot tribute album, this is certainly not the first full album of Lightfoot covers. Over the years a number of artists have had the wisdom to record albums of Lightfoot songs, ranging from country artists like George Hamilton IV or Mac Wiseman, to bluegrass giant Tony Rice.

There have even been a few instrumental albums of Lightfoot songs, the most recent just a couple of years ago. And actually, there were a couple of Internet Tribute CDs, with performances by many amateur and professional musicians, but not artists as well known as these.

So it is amazing that an album like this - with recordings by name artists - has not been done before now; it is long overdue. There was at least one project of this kind in the mids; one that did not ever come to fruition, and reportedly included a Dylan cover. So this Lightfoot tribute album is a good step toward filling a very big void. My one disappointment is that the album is almost exclusively a Canadian tribute, with only one American on the roster.

The songs chosen - there are 14 of them, plus an original tribute song by Aengus Finnan - essentially cover Lightfoot's entire career, but concentrate heavily on the earlier period. The hands down highlight of this album for me is James Keelagnan's version of Canadian Railroad Trilogy.

And not because this is my favorite Lightfoot song it is , but because this is a cover that is both the artist's own and yet faithful to the feel of the original. Virtually all of the 15 artists pitching in on this Lightfoot tribute are Canadian, Maria Muldaur being the notable exception. It's very much in the mold of many respectable but rather dull tribute albums. Some are competently reverent covers that stay pretty faithful to Lightfoot 's well-known arrangements.

Others put mild spins on the familiar renditions without threatening to displace the supremacy of Lightfoot 's interpretations. But it's tastefully done, without any unnecessarily lush overhauls or particularly gratuitous liberties taken with the compositions. AllMusic relies heavily on JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to use the site fully. Blues Classical Country. Electronic Folk International. Jazz Latin New Age. Aggressive Bittersweet Druggy.

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The salute is being announced a week after it was announced that Lightfoot has been appointed a Companion of the Order of Canada. A special series of events is being planned to coincide with the release of 'Beautiful' in early October. Track Listing : Cowboy Junkies : 1. Sundown - Ron Sexsmith : 3. Drifters - Bruce Cockburn : 4.

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