Gordon Lightfoot - Changes (Live 1966) - Phil Ochs Cover

This is one of the rare recordings where Gordon played the Phil Ochs song "Changes" live. It was recorded in January 1966 (at either the Riverboat in Toronto or Café Le Hibou in Ottawa - different sources list different venues and I'm not certain which is correct).
Gotta give Gord credits for he's one of the few people who played the signature guitar intro when doing the song! : D

[@garyreid1755]

I suspect the venue was Ottawa. I think this because in the second half of the recording, Gord sings a song about a dog named Pete who leaves Bell's Corners for the bright lights of Ottawa. Bell's Corners was a hamlet outside of Ottawa that has been long since swallowed up by the city. Gord was playing to an Ottawa crowd.

[@ffpr1]

Thank you for the info!!! Very much appreciated.

[@davidbeiler7520]

This may be earlier than 1/66: GL put this on his first solo album (recorded 12/64, though it wasn't released until early '66) and he says here Ochs "wrote this in Toronto last summer. " That may have been '64. Ochs played the unfinished song for Gord and the version on Lightfoot! varies a little with the version here and the one Ochs finally recorded (live) around Christmas '65.

[@williamcrupper9484]

This has to be one of the rarest Lightfoot recordings that exist on UA-cam. Thanks for sharing this gem!

[@joeysanguine3596]

I’m glad Lightfoot paid tribute to Phil Ochs who deserves recognition❤😊

[@accomplice55]

I had never heard this before. I love it.

[@jonaslouis]

Wonderful

[@GJ-wz1lm]

👍

[@allysonl6505]

One of my favorite songs he sings, he does it better than Phil who wrote it!

[@Eduardo-Ferreira1982]

Yeah, only for those who can really play guitar.