Gordon Lightfoot and Johnny Cash For Lovin' Me.flv

[ronnogold]

Two of my all-time favorites too. Truly gifted; both could write, sing, not to mention perform and entertain. Thank you so much for posting this; it's a treat to see them back in the day, looking and sounding so good.

[unknownkingdom]

Boy, they're having fun! Maybe not the best performance, but a good time.

[cullivoebhoy]

@unknownkingdom - I agree - those were the days - when the air was clean and sex was dirty

[64sourgirl]

This is a great version.... Cash and Lightfoot blend to perfection... Thank you, gentlemen!

[michaelgerarddejong]

This is great. Never saw this before. Thank you for posting !!!

[oldtones]

WOW TWO GREATS

[IIIITheShadowIIII]

What kind of guitar did gord play?

[msherer260]

Sorry for Gordon on this one, Cash only had so much vocal range so you know whos key they did this in. Sure took away form Lightfoots beautiful way of carrying notes, you see him try and do it hear but he cannot in this key.

[crickettee]

@soundissues thats back when it all didnt matter and thats how they talked

[crickettee]

@soaringvulture i would love that also

[soaringvulture]

It's just like they sat down and started jammin. Absolutely beautiful. I could dream that they did this in my living room, except that no musicians anywhere near their class ever set foot in there.

[that1monkey]

The way Johnny Cash says "gui-tar" is absolutely pants-shattering.

[kytem2]

He said "sing it pretty, boy", that is a big difference.

[SoundIssues]

I swear to God, Jonny said "sing it pretty boy" at 1:07. lol

[searcherboy]

Wow, their voices really go together well. Nice harmonies. They should have picked slightly higher key, though.

[n310ea]

Gordon Lightfoot looks like Jerry Reed. lol

[woodshome11]

My two all time favorites too, beyond excellent

[bartonim]

That was absolutely beautiful. An American and a Canadian together doing a unified tune--very North American country! Great stuff! Johnny, we miss you here in Canada. Gord, you're legend!

[MagnJas]

Just listening to these two strum the guitars is worth it..Wow.

[Anaheimfan]

He had one hell of a voice when he was younger

[nalm2025]

eheh funny dynamic happening there. .. but neat to see a rare vintage of gordy, with johnny cash to boot!

[urbancowboycanada]

This is so rare...Gordon Lightfoot harmonizing to his own song! Notice how they dropped the key to accommodate Johnny Cash...in this key, Lightfoot can't get the low notes at the end of the verse.

[verbaud]

Johnnie honored the Best of his choice on his show. Will never happen again.

[yankeeshogun]

I'm glad the rumors of his demise were premature. Please keep writing and performing Mr. Lightfoot!

[canadianroot]

not a great duet, as far as it goes.

but a wonderful historical moment, nonetheless by two of the all-time greats.

amazing lyricists both.

[rvcrvc2]

I remember a great version by Ian & Sylvia

[ExitosGnosis]

gord's stoked, look at him shake JC's hand XD

[rocksinger45]

Mr. Lightfoot... we all wished Mr. Cash had recored more of you song too.

[fanchbrezoneg]

The best version is by The Carter Family

[Elavats]

I have to admit I was never a big fan of the music J.C. sang although I loved his vocals & musicianship. However, hearing him singing with G.L. gives me an entirely new appreciation for J.C. This was extraordinary. Thanks for posting.

[loveabledentist]

genius

[Fatevad]

More of the same we lost a great gentleman, mentor and ambasador to music when Mr Cash passed away. People forget that he sang with everyone and he took songs and made them his own. Just listen to the song Hurt.

Gorden and John I sure would enjoy and hour by the campfire listen to those 2 on Guitar.

[hicntrydrftr1]

Two great singers together

[bboucharde]

These postmodernist days (2009), in a national variety show (if such a thing still exists), could any two current Gen-X or Millenial males sit down and play & sing with this combination of authority, dignity, yet relaxed, but tasteful humor--on prime-time TV? Kids, go ahead and give me their names.... You can't touch Gordon and Johnny, kids....Current male vocalists (girly men with squeaky voices) scurry in the shadows of these older masculine giants....

[harpozzz]

@bboucharde awesome comment i wish i would have said it,but i will add a byline line.... you give any two of these "brady bunch'' pop singers a guitar and they would probably try to blow into it,and i dont think they could even write their names,let alone a song and what would their singing sound like without an engineer and a mixing board 2 blocks long!?

[bboucharde]

@harpozzz,

Thanks for your comment....Best to you!

[alukuhito]

Would someone like you be able to sit down at his computer and write such a comment if it weren't for the present moment and its technological advances that allow you to relive memories?

[bboucharde]

alukuhito,

Read my comment again, and think about it. I made no criticism of modern communication technology. "Postmodernist" refers to values, not communication hardware and software. Also, the fundamental physics and engineering knowledge that have given us the Internet were developed decades ago, for the military. Look up DARPA.

[alukuhito]

Yeah, even though I don't care for jargon, actually I know what postmodernism is, thanks. You wrote, "These postmodernists days (2009)..." In other words, you were talking about the current time period. Behind your jargon, age-ism, and sexism, you were whining about how things today aren't as good as the old days, and I addressed that. It's all up to you if you want to live in the past. Go ahead.

[bboucharde]

alukuhito,

Thanks. I will enjoy 1972, the year when US living standards (in real, inflation-adjusted terms) peaked. 1972: No HIV, no Herpes, no anything that one visit to a doc wouldn't resolve. Plus, the US had roughly twice the factories that it has now. Huge areas of California, NV, & Arizona were not paved over like now. Phones worked better, women looked better, and gasoline was 35 cents per gallon (about $1.20 in current terms). Yeah, I am getting in the time machine now!

[alukuhito]

TIme machines don't exist.

[saxonone20]

epic

[guppypartz]

That is *so* good...

[CDHIgnorance]

Awesome performance.

[phildirt3]

man this is great

[buffey]

Perfection.............

[thxb2god]

I love their casual mastery of their craft . . . they must've had it tuned down for Cash, but then it was too low for Lightfoot. So in the second verse when Lightfoot says he can't do it (the last line of the verse), Cash picked it right up and neither of them even missed a beat! They may both be icons . . . and in the middle of a perfomance . . . but this is a couple of guys with guitars, just having fun making music, trying things out, and enjoying the company. Fantastic!

[WiggyTheCanuck]

Johnny Cash + Gordon Lightfoot = Epic beyond anything I've ever seen.

[LittleDragon2000]

Two great musicians, one great song

Gordon Lightfoot is unequalled as a singer, songwriter, balladeer, bard and minstrel

[LordofDublin4]

Two of my all time favourites. Back in the day, my young twenties, sittin' with my dear friends we'd enjoy a taste of this and that on an autumn night and listen to true greats like these two. Miss you "JC".

And long may you run, Gordon Lightfoot, our Canadian friend and neighbor.

And there should be again TV like this. Pure, honest, comraderie, and talent. I am glad I saw it.

[sentimentalGLH]

for all us gals who got too hung up on a cad

[floobertuber]

Wow! This is pretty mind-bending to see!!  Thanks so much for posting it.

[riserobot]

What a great duo. I never knew they played together. Looks like there is a shimmering respect between them as well.

[blueblazer68]

priceless--I sure wish I could write songs like Gordo!

[epson4000]

Wow its so great seeing them together. Im Canadian and I love Johnny Cash so its great to so A great Canadian like Gordon with him

[Hyanus]

Love the humor in this lyric!

[111oooo]

Great to hear them together. Fantastic.

[jeffkahl]

fantastic duet! love that corny joke Johnny makes!

[Zampan0]

you said: "fantastic duet! love that corny joke Johnny makes! " i missed it. i heard him say something liker "i got carried away there" but didn't here a joke. please tell where the joke is. this is a great vid.

[jeffkahl]

Gord asks if it's a tenor guitar and Johnny goes "no it's a twelver... I paid $12 for it" but it's also a 12 string guitar

[stevevandien]

The Cash show was so damn good.

[stealthbiker]

Wow - two giants of the music world together. And they look like they are genuinely having a great time together - just sitting and playing music.

True artists who love what they do. (And both looking soooo young!).

Thanks for posting!

[babaradio]

holy ****, this is great footage. i had the good fortune of seeing Gordo live at my college. his voice and his songs are so much like velvet...loved PP&M's version of this song, but Gordo sings it like he lived it...which he probably did.

[ss396rip]

Johnny Cash is gone, let's try and treasure Gordie's songs, thats what we get for lovin them.

[FredAGun]

Yeah -me too almost 4.5 trillion times!

[buddy12347]

what a great song and singers, you can tell that both lightfoot and cash are having fun. thank you icepick 141 for your post

[piratejenny37]

how amazing!  they look a little 'shiny', but can you beat it? NO.

[Mariposa0416Annie]

Thank you SO much for sharing that trilogy of videos- especially "Softly"- just great!

Thanks again!!!

[uzr1623]

I love this song!! I have The Best of Peter, Paul and Mary on vinyl and it has a cover of this song on it. I'm torn over which version is the best.

[Pleblian]

One Canadian and one American, both hillbillies...

[bluegrassbarry]

whaaaaaa!!!!! that was great!!! maybe the best thing i've ever found on youtube! thank you for posting this super great neato fantastic pice of film!

that was really really good.

thank you.

[tuktukskagal]

Unbelievable footage.....thanx so much for this video. I love The Man in Black..

[spadinajack]

Ahhh, yer bringin back sweet memories! I watched Gordon Lightfoot perform on The Johnny Cash Show way back in 1971. He sang Canadian Railroad Trilogy on that episode. I think this Performance is from the same Show. Perhaps someone out there in Computerland can tell me. Thanx. "Gordie" is a true Canadian music ICON !!!

[buffey]

Fantastic find!!

Karl

[jtruns]

awesome

[dmfan1111]

Gordon Lightfoot and Johnny Cash together!What a performance! Enjoyed this so very much...Thanks!

[jhill2704]

OMG OMG I love this!! two legends

[BlastFurnaceCanada]

What a find!  That's all I can say.

[oklabo]

We want more! Great stuff.

[cpossberg]

This made my day.  Awesome!!

Thank You!!

[LinYouToo]

Unbelievable! This is fantastic. I remember watching the Johnny Cash shown when I was just a kid, so this brings back memories from way back when, with none other than Gordon Lightfoot. Keep 'em coming!

[GordIsKing]

Wow! What a treat! Thanks for posting this!