Gordon Lightfoot Sundown Cathy Smith
Lightfoot who lived with smith for four years in the early 70s is said to have written his dark hit sundown about their volatile relationship.
Gordon lightfoot sundown cathy smith. In a 2008 interview lightfoot said. Smith became an employee and then mistress of canadian singer songwriter gordon lightfoot in the early to mid 1970s. The smith lightfoot affair was volatile and illustrated in the lyrics of sundown lightfoots number one hit and most financially lucrative song.
Men were drawn to her and she used to make me jealous. Cathy smith the woman best known for injecting john belushi with a fatal dose of heroin and cocaine in 1986 has died on 18 august aged 73. The songs lyrics seem to describe a troubled romantic relationship often cited cathy smith with the narrator recounting an affair with a hard loving woman whos got me feeling mean.
Cathy smith the onetime girlfriend of singer songwriter gordon lightfoot who might have been best remembered for inspiring the hit song sundown had she not met up with john belushi at the. I think my girlfriend was out with her friends one night at a bar while i was at home writing songs. Smith dated lightfoot for several years in the 1970s and was the inspiration behind the musicians 1974 hit sundown related.
In the mid 1970s cathy smith met canadian singer songwriter gordon lightfoot. Catherine evelyn smith 25 april 1947 16 august 2020 was a canadian occasional backup singer rock groupie drug dealer and legal secretary who served 15 months in the california state prison system for injecting original saturday night live cast member john belushi with a fatal dose of heroin and cocaine in 1982. Smith who also inspired gordon lightfoots hit song.
But i dont have a bad thing to say about her. Singer justin townes earle cause of death revealed as likely drug. It reflects the dark feelings lightfoot was experiencing at the time.
One night after drinking too much lightfoot struck smith breaking her cheekbone.