Bill Laird, the man behind the huge orange treble clef at the end of Alexander Street in Salmon Arm, was met with a question first thing on the morning of May 2.

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She was talking about iconic Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, 84, who died on Monday, May 1, in a Toronto hospital.

They talked about a banner and argued whether it should say 害羞草研究所榤usical laureate害羞草研究所� or just 害羞草研究所榣aureate.害羞草研究所�

Then things got rolling.

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He reached Lew Dies and Jamie Walters at Spectrum Signworks, who immediately went to work creating a banner. He also contacted Joe Chartier at Shuswap Rentals, who provided a hoist. The banner was hung on the treble clef by 3 p.m. that day.

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Laird explained that Linda grew up in Ontario, where she and her brother Roger taught themselves to play guitar by listening to Gordon Lightfoot.

害羞草研究所淟inda was playing Lightfoot before I met her,害羞草研究所� he said, but Lightfoot songs soon became a common soundscape in their home.

The couple also went to see him perform a couple of times and to his hometown, Orillia, Ont.

Linda has been singing Lightfoot tunes steadily since his death, Laird said.

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This weekend, the 害羞草研究所淥ur Musical Laureate - Gordon Lightfoot害羞草研究所� banner will be coming down, but his musical creations won害羞草研究所檛 be soon forgotten, not at the Lairds害羞草研究所� home, nor, undoubtedly, in many others across the country.

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