Lightfoot joins Duncan Fremlin

Gordon Lightfoot joins Bar River native Duncan Fremlin for an upcoming tribute to Stompin’ Tom Connors.The sixth annual Stompin’ Tom birthday celebration runs Jan. 31 at 7:30 p.m. at Zoomer Hall in Toronto. Connors, who died in 2013, would have been 82 this year.Fremlin’s band, Whiskey Jack, backed Connors on tour.This is the third time Lightfoot has appeared at the birthday bash.“When Gord walks in the room, the crowd stands,” said Fremlin in an email to The Sault