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Gordon Lightfoot
7 p.m. Saturday, June 21
Eisenhower Auditorium
Adult $49 Student $39
Singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot is a legendary balladeer who weaves tales of love and longing in eloquent songs that have become enduring standards. Lightfoot’s poetic journeys have been told with such timeless, thought-provoking songs as “If You Could Read My Mind,” “Sundown,” “Early Morning Ran,” “Carefree Highway,” “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” and “Canadian Railroad Trilogy.” Combined with his rich baritone voice and nimble guitar technique, Lightfoot’s songwriting talent has led him from the 1960s coffeehouse scene in his native Canada to American pop hits with his groundbreaking multi-platinum albums. He has earned accolades ranging from five Grammy Award nominations to seventeen Canadian Juno Awards. Canada’s Walk of Fame honored him as a charter member, and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame recently inducted him. Singers who have recorded his music include Johnny Cash; Bob Dylan; Peter, Paul, and Mary; Barbara Streisand; Jane’s Addiction; Glen Campbell; Olivia Newton-John; Sarah McLachlan; and Nanci Griffith. Lightfoot almost died in 2002 from an acute abdominal aneurysm that left him in a coma for six weeks, but he has fully recovered and continues to tour occasionally with his core band of talented acoustic musicians.
A promoter presents the concert. Parking in the Eisenhower Park Deck is $4 per vehicle for this event. Patrons with Penn State faculty/staff parking permits will not be charged for parking.