Word: orillia
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Lightfoot's assured, straightforward delivery shows him to be that rarity in the folk field, a well-schooled singer. He got his early training as a high school student in the central Ontario town of Orillia. "Man, I did the whole bit -oratorio work, Kiwanis contests, operettas, barbershop quartets." He also played drums and sang in a dance band, and taught himself folk guitar. After a year of study at California's Westlake College of Music, he launched his career by working as a studio singer on Canadian and British television. "Musically, I'm the product...