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Mike’s Law At some point during my 42 years of flying regularly in private jets with the Gordon Lightfoot band, I became the airplane policeman. Not that I wanted to be, In fact, I didn’t want to travel on those airplanes at all. Musicians don’t have a great track record with aviation. Let me make…

Hey Everybody! On May 23rd, we (The Lightfoot Band) participated in a fabulous show at Massey Hall, celebrating Gordon Lightfoot’s memory and music. We had Tom Wilson singing “Cold On The Shoulder”, Meredith Moon (Gord’s daughter) with Serena Ryder doing “If You Could Read My Mind”, Tom Cochrane with “The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald”…

This question was recently asked on quora.com: Do women like guys who play the piano, or is that too feminine of an instrument? I won’t make a call on effeminacy except to say that most “creative” males, whether they paint, write poetry, or play an instrument, are considered to be a little bit left of…

Hi everyone The Lightfoot Band has now performed six shows. Things are going well, in fact, great. The audiences are very receptive, and the band is tightening up. My big sausage fingers are even hitting most of the right notes.  Everyone is rising to the occasion. Story Time We do this thing where Rick introduces…

Can You Pronounce Guelph? This thing is really happening. Our meetings, rehearsals, long-range plans, and the debut at the historic El Mocambo have all been very exciting, but it wasn’t real for me until we stepped on stage at the River Run Theatre in Guelph, Ontario, a week ago Thursday.  This is the kind of…

Back In The Day I grew up in a house with a green roof and eaves. Most of the streets in my neighbourhood had names like Flanagan and Kilkenny. I lived with my father, two sisters and my brother Pat, who was sixteen months older than me. Still is. An Irish Setter ate and slept…

I’ve Got A Lot Of Nerve I’m still pretending to be a successful rock musician …. at my age! What about Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr? They’re all still performing. That’s different. Nobody doubts that they do have a lot of nerve and besides, they aren’t pretending. They remind me of…

Welcome to the beginning of another orbit around the sun. Allow me a few observations about the one we just finished.  Bring Me A Club After ten thousand years of civilization, in 2023, the human race was far from civil, with one brutal war held over and another beginning. In contrast to humanity’s brilliant advances…

SO, WHO IS THIS NEW GUY IN THE LIGHTFOOT BAND? Perhaps the introduction should be in his own words: Greetings, I am Andy Mauck, the luckiest guy in the world. Here’s why…….. In 1970, I heard “If You Could Read My Mind” on the radio. It grabbed my attention, more than any other music I…

To Settle Some Controversy Ken Friesen (Gord’s recording engineer) called me at home one fateful Monday afternoon in November of 1980 and said “Gord needs some piano. Can you get down to Eastern Sound in half an hour?”When I arrived at the studio, Gord and his band were working on a song called “My Love…