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I liked the American folk style of Woody Guthrie.

Gordon Lightfoot

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Gordon Lightfoot
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: November 17
Actor
Guitarist
Musician
Poet
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Gordon Meredith Lightfoot
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Folk
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Folks
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American
Guthrie
Woody

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I can see her lying back in her faded dress in a room where do what you don't confess.
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I had lots of friends who were fighting in Vietnam and I am still friends with veterans of the war.
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