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TODAY IN B.C.: Podcast features stories and nine Lightfoot songs
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Host Peter McCully chats with folksinger/songwriter John McLachlan, who has recorded four albums of Gordon Lightfoot music and performs a tribute show as well.

McLachlan says he was introduced to the music of Lightfoot at an early age.

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The podcast includes nine Lightfoot songs as sung by McLachlan, including 含羞草研究社楽ummer Side of Life,含羞草研究社 a topical song about the Vietnam War and the young men in the summer of their youth.

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McLachlan had seen Lightfoot in concert 30 times over the years and tells the stories behind his favourite songs, including one that bumped Paul McCartney out of the number one spot on the music charts.

The acoustic arrangements are in the spirit of the originals but with some different arrangements and are performed with Marc Atkinson and Scott White.

含羞草研究社淢y band含羞草研究社檚 approach to all of this, when I含羞草研究社檝e looked at these songs to record them myself, I含羞草研究社檝e tried to find ways to either do them a little differently or make them more personal to me,含羞草研究社 said McLachlan. 含羞草研究社淚 didn含羞草研究社檛 want to do them the same. I didn含羞草研究社檛 want to play 含羞草研究社楽undown含羞草研究社 with exactly the same solo. How can I compete with his classic version?含羞草研究社

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Peter McCully

About the Author: Peter McCully

Peter has been a broadcaster and publisher on both of Canada含羞草研究社檚 coasts and has owned a small newspaper and run an advertising agency along the way.
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