GordQuest 2008
 

Hello to all my Lighthead friends. As GordQuest 2008 will start in 9 days I was wondering who (if anyone) would like to meet. For starters, Ken and I will be in Knoxville, TN, Asheville, NC, Chattanooga, TN, and Atlanta, GA.

Please PM me and let me know. :)

DSR

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Well, Dore, I can't meet you in TN, NC, or GA, but I will meet you for the Florida concerts (Sun 2/17 at the Orlando airport). Don't forget to pick me up :biggrin: !

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Don't worry Kathy,

I would be afraid to leave you behind. You might break my legs. :biggrin: :biggrin:

DSR

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DSR,
Pam, myself and my daughter will be at the Chattanooga show on the 13th, we would love to meet you and any other "lightheads" going to be there.

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WooooHoooooo!!! I can't wait!! Rainbow and her daughter will be arriving by late afternoon and I'm trying to find a local eatery nearby the Tivoli where we can all meet. So far there's the Big River Brewery. There's also supposed to be quite a few places on Market St. -which is parallel to Broad St. where the Tivoli is.

I'm getting into Chatt. on the 12th and leaving there on the 14th - though I'll probably spend most of the day on the 14th in the city before leaving for my cousin's house in GA. My cousin and I will be at the Atlanta show on the 15th.

So anyone who's in town early may find me riding up and down Broad St. on the trolley and I'll also be going to the RR museum and a hike along the river.

Only thing I'm concerned about right now is the tranny on my UncleDelmobile! I'll be driving from CT to TN. Am having a used tranny installed on Thursday. Hopefully, I won't end up on the side of the road waving my Lighthead flag...but if so...please stop!

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Have a great time, everyone! :)

Vickie

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Thank you Vickie. Hope to catch up with you later on in GordQuest 2008. :)

DSR

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Well, it is only 5 days until the first concert. Thank you Pam and Beth for responding to me. Who else wants to just say even a quick hello before the first concerts?

DSR

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A quick Hello DSR, you have yourself a Grand Lightfoot Time. :)

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Thanks, Jesse Joe. I was just wanting to meet some more corfids but maybe they don't want to meet and that is fine. I am greatful to be able to give support to Gordon and those wonderful men who are a going to be on that stage for the first time without our Barry. They are professionals so probably it will not show how they really feel. Well, I am starting to get excited. :clap: :clap: :clap:

DSR

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Borderstone,poppin' in for a quick message,about to leave the library and head home. :)

Rose,i think you should ask Gordon if you and Ken can be the opening act on the nights you attend! :biggrin:

You and he could sing :


This Land Is Your land
Somewhere U.S.A.
Born to be Wild
Truckin' by the Grateful D.
Katmandu and
Ramblin' Man!! LOL!

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Hi Dream Street Rose,

I'm looking forward to hearing about the first concerts; have a great time! (I've got tickets for Massey, so must be patient; at least I can listen to my CDs!)

I hope to meet some other Lightheads in May...

Ann
Portland

p.s. My Mom and sister live in O.C.

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Have fun, DSR. I'm envious...I have to wait until June for my first 2008 show.

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Thank you formerlylanvender. Please don't be envious, your time will come. Maybe we can meet up in June. :)

DSR

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Hey DSR,
got your suitcase packed yet? Have fun at the first concerts!! Seems like forever till my first concert. :)

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Great idea, Walter. We know someone in Tennessee who would just LOVE that ;) !!

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OK...I can't wait! Less than a week until the Chattanooga show! WoooHOOOOOO!!!

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I wish I was going :( sniff, sniff. Have a great time, and behave yourselves, all you aging groupies ;) !

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Don't cry Kathy, you will be there in spirit. Remember that GordQuest 2008 will just be beginning. You will have plenty of time to catch up. :)

DSR

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Awwwwwww thank you Kathy....and you know I wish you were going too (wahhhhhh)!!!

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Tell Gord "Hello" for me, even though he probably won't remember who the heck I am! LOL

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Smells like spring somewhere when the Gord flowers/Concerts start popping up all over.
I will be down in that neck of the woods in 2 weeks, however, Gord won't be.
You lucky Lightheads.
Hope the concerts are FANTASTIC!!!

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sorry to know you'll not be down there when he is. Are you able/planning for any this year?

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hehe you're the 2nd person asking me to send a greeting to Gord...so I guess I better try to meet him! Rainbow and I hope to have Gord autograph our Songbooks.

Ok so I'll tell Gord that my Kathy #1 friend, aka Kathy #4...the gal with the "Gordon" necklace ;) says hello. Got it! lol

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AND the Lightfoot jacket! :) Hope you get to talk to Gord, and meet DSR. PM me after the show... I'll be expecting a full blow-by-blow report!! :biggrin: (and one from DSR, too) ;)

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Hello,

I will be at the Chattanooga with the pen man. Row E Left Center.

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Well, we will be expecting an in-depth report from you too, Jerre :biggrin: . Enjoy!

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Hey Jerre - have a great time, enjoy yourselves!
Say Hi to "The Man" for me..
Char

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Enjoy the Lightfoot concert Tenn Troubadour. I like your handle name, very cool... :cool:

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Jerre has that handle cuz he's one of the boys in The Cumberland Trio !
http://www.cumberlandtrio.com/

Re: GordQuest 2008 -Chattanooga from TennTroubadour
 

Hey Char, thanks a bunch for the link to The Cumberland Trio and the "props!!" :-) Hope all you Lightheads enjoy our music & concert videos.

The Chattanooga show exceeeded my wildest expectations- sold out hall with INCREDIBLE acoustics. It was a wildly enthusiastic crowd which really pumped Gord & the guys up. His voice was MUCH, MUCH better than Nashville a few months ago, and he became more animated as the show progressed, and the audience kept loving him back. He was REALLY happy, and it showed. The Tivoli acoustics are so damn good that we could hear Rick & Terry's unmiced harmony vocals from the 6th row!! He did almost two hours, and I'm sure someone will post a set list. The second half especially was a love fest as he added Pony Man by request to the set. After the encore he came out a 2nd time for extended smiles, waves and those signature bows!!

After the show, he was really upbeat and visited with the few of us with backstage passes (THANKS ANN LIEBOLD!!), along with the meet and greet for the drawing winners of a local radio station sponsor. All this occured down front in the hall itself- not backstage.

NOWWWW....for those of you in suspense, Dore really did herself proud last night!! She was a model of decorum. Gord did recognize her from the audience when she did her signature "You are AWESOME" after the first song. After the show she had some chocolates in the form of long stem red roses and gave Gord one along with band members, other Lightheads....AND even...yes ME!! :-)

We had a really good visit, and she is a fine lady, and forgave me for my post after the Nashville concert, for which I politely apologized in person, telling her I should have sent it to her privately. We even had our picture made together by her wonderful husband Ken.

I had a really good 5-10 minute private visit with Gord, reminiscing about our mutual experiences during the good ol' days of the folk era from our first meeting in Toronto in 1966 at the Riverboat to jamming at Bradley's Barn in Nashville in the late '60s and mid '70s et al. My close friend and ARDENT Gord fan, John from Austin, TX (aka the "Pen Man"), flew up as our guest for the show and had his incredible exotic wood ball point pens for Gord and each of the band guys. John has a Gibson B-45-12 that all you Gord fanantic players would die for- a 1964 cherry sunburst exactly like Gord's two.

SOOOO... all in all it was a great concert and a fantastic evening. Cya at Massey 2008 in May!!!!

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OK, Kathy #4 . . .

I'll be in deep ponder over your Florida Joy hooking up w/ DRS and entourage'
on 17 Feb.

I suspicion you *DO* have that Signed Patch-Jacket from The Mouse House of Blues in tow . . . !?

Rez

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Re: 4 April Show at Aronoff Center For The Arts, Cincinnati, OH

Are any of you attending Gord's Arnoff Center concert?

If so, please let me know. An e-friend in Cincinatti has his ticket in tightly clutched hand. He's not yet a participant on *corfid* but a Wecome Pickerman would be a great surprise for him.

He's a player and very good troubador hisownself . . . Sure would like him to join in the festivities by being greeted by Outrageous Strangers [us]

Blessings,

Rez

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Hi Rose,

Hope you've been having a great time. Guess you must be at the show in Atlanta at this very moment! :headbang::biggrin::clap:

Take care,
Ann

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Oh YES I *WILL* have my jacket in tow! I was wondering if you remembered it from Anaheim... I just mentioned it in my "Happy Birthday" post to you.

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Hello Mandoann,

I am having the dream time of my life. Spending time with my two favorite men (Ken and Gordon). Yes, Borderstone you are my favorite too. Tonight we are in Daytona Beach Florida (me and Ken, not Gordon). Tomorrow is the race. We have family in Portland Ann so maybe someday we can meet there. Have to go now. :)

DSR

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"Incredible Journey" {DSR,} stay safe, enjoy the race, & more Lightfoot concerts. :)

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Thank you Jesse Joe,

I do feel like this is an "incredible journey". It was hard to be here at the beach knowing just a few hours away was a concert. Some of the ladies have asked how come my husband goes to all these concerts with me. This is why. The NASCAR car races are very important to him so I try to be fair. Okay, enough from me.

I hope you are all enjoying your weekend. :)

DSR

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FormerlyLavender...will you and your brother be at Wolf Trap on June 14th? Haven't had a 'for sure' reply from BillW yet. DSR will you and Ken be there?

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Hi Elizabeth, unfortunately I don't think jbt and I will be at Wolftrap in June. I was hoping the Wolftrap show would be the week prior or following the Keswick show, but since they're two nights in a row, it is hard with work and kids etc. It makes more sense for us to focus on the Keswick show because it's considerably closer. I love the Wolftrap venue and we had such a good time the last time, so it's quite disappointing. Thanks for inquiring, and have fun.