While Canadian Singer-Songwriter Gordon Lightfoot was at his secluded Farm entrenched in writing his new album, his drop-dead gorgeous girlfriend went out on the town and partied.. As the sun began to set, he began to wonder who she might be with, and even worse, what she might be doing. Crazy with jealousy, he penned the gut-wrenching 1970s #1 hit Sundown that no boyfriend wants to think too hard about… so what really happened that night FIND OUT NEXT on the Professor of Rock.

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Hey music junkies and vinyl junkies Professor of Rock always here to celebrate the greatest artists and the greatest 70s songs of all time for the music community and vinyl community with music history video essay's including today's Gordon Lightfoot story of sundown, and gordon lightfoot reaction. If you’ve ever owned records, cassettes and CD’s at different times in you life or still do this is your place Subscribe below right now to be a part of our daily celebration of the rock era with exclusive stories from straight from the artists and click on our patreon link in the description to become an Honorary Producer.

So, it’s time for another edition of our series The New Standards. This show takes an in-depth look at songs that really set the bar in rock history. It doesn’t matter what decade, genre, or musical movement they might have come out of. These songs transcend all of that, and take us to that place inside that where only a handful of other songs can. On previous episodes we have covered Mrs. Robinson by Simon and Garfunkel, Hey Jude by The Beatles, and Dreams by Fleetwood Mac. But today we are breaking down the 1974 classic Sundown, by Canadian troubadour extraordinaire, Gordon Lightfoot.

As his decade-long marriage came to an end in 1973, Gordon Lightfoot found himself at the crossroads of personal regret and unprecedented commercial success. Lightfoot and Brita Olaisson married in 1963. The couple had two kids together. Separated since 1970, their divorce proceedings came to a close three years later.

Brita reportedly filed for divorce after returning home from a trip to Sweden to find another woman in the house.
In court, Gordon admitted infidelity. Brita was awarded custody of the kids, a monthly stipend for their care and a lump sum big enough to buy a new home. At the time it was the largest divorce settlement in Canadian history. The whole ordeal was excruciating for the deeply private Lightfoot.

Gordon was under no delusion that he was in the right. Later he’d say he knew the marriage was over from day one, maybe even before that. The life of a married musician can be a lonely one when you’re on the road. Said Lightfoot, "When you're away from the woman, continually confronted by other women, you suddenly find yourself in a weak moment. Then … you gotta go home and confront your old lady... You're going to have to offer her the same deal. You can't ask the woman to be faithful if you're not going to be faithful to her. That's where it's broken down for me..."