[imcarthur]

With a career in high end hifi & Pro audio I have met a few. Many of whom I didn't even recognize – I am a lousy celeb spotter.

But one story I have told before: In 1985 I was a partner in a hifi shop in Toronto. One of our customers’ people phoned & asked if we could send someone to fix a hifi for Gordon Lightfoot. I jumped in the car & headed to his house – a large Victorian in the swanky Rosedale area. He answered the door & showed me his very modest system – a Dual turntable, Harman-Kardon receiver & a cheap pair of bookshelf speakers. He wandered off & I did some trouble-shooting. It was just speaker wires that had fallen off. I fixed it & went to find him. He was in his kitchen lighting a joint. He thanked me & said: “Don’t tell anybody” & waved the joint around. But he didn't offer me any . . . and I have never forgiven him. And his production company didn't pay the bill for the house call.

Ian