Despite the terrible Morley Walker review and others that are sure to follow it's tone, Mr Gordon Lightfoot will always please my ears. Although I wish he would have played Pantages again, I'll never get tired of seeing this guy play. Living proof that if you write phenomenal music, it can carry itself.
Here's the setlist. (...let me know if I missed something...there were a lot of tracks tonight).
Cotton Jenny
Carefree Highway
Sea of Tranquility
14 Karat Gold
Never Too Close
Let it Ride
Painter Passing Through
Rainy Day People
Shadows
Beautiful
Watchman's Gone
Ribbon of Darkness
Sundown
The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald
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obligatory Lightfoot intermission
* * *
Triangle
Hangdog Hotel Room
Restless
Clouds of Loneliness
Waiting for You
If Children Had Wings
Make Way for the Lady
If You Could Read My Mind
Don Quixote
Baby Step Back
Early Morning Rain
Song For a Winter's Night
Blackberry Wine
Old Dan's Records
Friday, April 17, 2009
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2 comments:
Graham,
Your a lucky man. As my luck would have it t'was young child #3's B-day today. Ergo, my attendance at Lightfoot concert was 'verboten'. An avid fan all my life, I have had the privilege of seeing him many times starting in the late 70s. He never fails to deliver. A few years ago, before his health issue, I saw him perform and realized the timber in his voice was fading just a touch - but it mattered not, the man's poetry supported him just fine. As always the internal narrative of the life of which he writes prevailed. A true 'minstrel' of the heart Lightfoot is still Canada's premier songwriter.
Truly jealous that you got to see him - nevertheless glad to hear you enjoyed. Had I been there tonight, the only song I would have really missed, considering the playlist you detailed, would've been "Black Day in July". In times like these that song still resonates.
You know...you really can never be dissapointed with a Lightfoot set list.
Sure "Black Day in July" would have been great but, after all that music, there's not much left to ask for. I've never been the kind of guy who complains about the set or which songs they don't play (something concert reviewers seem to love doing) because a show isn't about what you want. The term "crowd pleaser" drives me nuts.
I personally love "Circle of Steel" but was not in the least bit dissapointed he didn't play it.
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