![]() But Lightfoot wasn’t political and wasn’t controversial, he was just a musician, and that wasn’t enough to break you through to mainstream attention, especially if you were on United Artists Records. So, if you followed the scene, you knew who Gordon Lightfoot was, the singer-songwriter signed to Albert Grossman whose songs were covered by Peter, Paul & Mary, just like Grossman’s other client, Bob Dylan. ![]() Insiders might know your name, you might have even had fans, but the masses were clueless…and that’s where the attention, money and fame were, unlike today, where you can be a star in your own mind and be supported by devoted followers. And this plethora was always fighting for radio airplay, and if you didn’t get it, you were dead in the water. Today there are only three majors, half a century ago there were tons of companies, analogous the tech startups of the first decade of this century. ![]() ![]() He wasn’t a household name until he switched to Warner Brothers Records. ![]()
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