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FIVE PICKETS TO TITSBURGH To those of you who’ve been reading my blog regularly and are thinking, “AHA! He’s losing it”….. I’m aware that I’ve used a version of this old line before. I’m vague about the joke that goes with it, but you can bet that it’s as puerile as the punchline. I just like…

Sunday, September 28, 2025 We have an interesting tour beginning this week. Seven shows in the US mid-west including Cleveland, Cincinnati and Chicago. The first show is scheduled for Wednesday in Pittsburgh. It’s six and a half hours of actual driving, plus a stop at the border in Buffalo, which could take an hour. Call…

Where’s Andy? The computer cropped the picture to make it fit.

Mr. Google It’s Tuesday, August 27, 2024, as I begin writing this post. About two weeks ago, I was on my laptop doing a search for videos of “The Gordon Lightfoot Band.” My name, of course, is associated with this, so along with a gazillion videos (none of which do justice to our sound, having…

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…

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…