617. The Sundown of Cathy Smith and Gordon Lightfoot

Starting around 1970, Cathy Smith and Gordon Lightfoot reconnected and embarked on a wildly toxic romantic relationship that ran three or four years. He, of course, was still married to Brita (Brita would name Cathy Smith in her divorce suit), but they had been living separately. Cathy moved in with him, quit her job, and the pair immediately began cheating on each other. Jealousy seems to have been Gordon’s main emotion during their time together, as evidenced by his song Sundown, written about Cathy.