The
late Canadian music icon Gordon Lightfoot has hand-signed a rare original copy
of his first ever album release titled: “Two Tones at the Village Corner”
released in January of 1962 on Chateau Records. This album was signed in-person
by Lightfoot backstage at Massey Hall in Toronto, Canada following his show on
May 21st, 2005. A ticket stub from that evening's show will be included. The
Two Tones were comprised of Lightfoot and his partner at the time Terry Whalen.
This album was recorded on January 20th, 1962 at The Village Corner in Toronto
after an ice storm. A true piece of
rock n roll lore for the music buff in your life! This is the exact item you are bidding on and you will be hard-pressed to find another of these authentically signed.
This
signature has been certified and authenticated by (JSA) James Spence
Authentication and comes with their unique numbered sticker and matching
numbered certification card. JSA is widely regarded as one of the world's
premier and most reputable autograph authentication services.
In
January, 1962 Gordon Lightfoot recorded a live album, performing with his high
school friend Terry Whelan in a duo called the Two Tones. The album, called Two
Tones At The Village Corner, was released on Chateau. Most of the songs are
international folk, including standards such as The Fox, Copper Kettle and
Kilgarry Mountain, but Lightfoot included one original (This Is My Song), and
also a Merle Travis song called "Dark As A Dungeon"; that's his
partner, Terry Whelan, introducing "Gordie". The original song is
nothing like those he would be writing and performing a year and a half later,
but his vocals on the Travis standard were very much in the "Lightfoot
style", and his guitar playing illustrates "Travis style"
fingerpicking, which he would go on to use in many of his songs over the next
five decades.
Lightfoot
was born on Nov. 17, 1938, in Orillia, Ont. A talented youth, he performed at
Massey Hall at the age of 13 as well as in a barbershop quartet called the
Teen-Timers during high school. Soon after, he performed with a choral and
dance group on CBC’s Country Hoedown and later played the North American
coffeehouse circuit. Lightfoot’s big break came with If You Could Read My Mind
and was followed by hits Alberta Bound, Did She Mention My Name? and The Way I
Feel. His accolades include 15 Juno Awards, an induction into the Juno Hall of
Fame, the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award and the first induction to
the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003.
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