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In a ten-year career tragically cut short by Leukemia, Kate Wolf wrote and performed over 200 songs. Her music is poignant, straightforward, honest, and beautiful. She performed at venues throughout her native state of California. Since her passing in 1986 at the age of 44, Kate’s audience has grown steadily as people like me discover her music. “ September Song ” (recorded on Kate’s 1979 album “Safe at Anchor”) is one of my favorites. The song is replete with images. I particularly like the image conjured in the second verse illustrated below: “The ghost of a frontier lady walks through the tall rooms/Of an old Ontario farmhouse under the full moon.” Here’s my cover of “September Song.” #mentor #teacher #acousticguitar #mentoring #folkmusic #memories #happiness #guitartechnique #imagery #solos #Joy #beauty #relationships #guitarpicking #reflections #poetry #vocals #love #guitarmethod #folksong #inspiration #images #remembering

“Song for a Winter’s Night” is one of Gordon Lightfoot’s earliest love songs. It is also one of his biggest hits. As folk music became commercially viable in the late sixties, clubs blossomed featuring promising folk musicians. Gordon Lightfoot landed a job in one of them in downtown Toronto. He stood apart from the crowd because he performed many of his own songs in a characteristically pure voice. After he developed a following, a club owner invited Lightfoot to perform at his club across the street at twice the salary. Lightfoot gratefully accepted the invitation to perform at the Riverboat, Toronto’s premier folk music club. With his beautiful voice and prolific outpouring of quality music, it was only a matter of time before Warner/Reprise records rewarded Lightfoot with a one million dollar recording contract, an unheard-of number for a Canadian singer. Lightfoot recorded “Song for a Winter’s Night in 1967 on his album, “The Way I feel.” Many recording artists covered it, including Sarah McLachlan in the soundtrack for the film “Miracle on 34th Street.” Gordon wrote the song on a hot summer night while performing in Cleveland. He missed his wife at the time, Brita Olaisson, and his thoughts turned to winter. Here’s my cover. #acousticguitar #happiness #lovesong #solos #photography #Joy #beauty #relationships #reflections #artists #peace #vocals #love #singer #songwriter #originalmusic #inspiration #recordingartists #photos