Brutally honest. Sad but sweet. Time has taken some, but definitely not all, of what Gord used to have. In fact, when I saw him in Sept., I know there were several songs which I thought sounded almost exactly like the recordings we've all heard on our stereos & on the radio for a zillion years. And as for the guitar playing, well I guess having a stroke is a pretty good excuse for not playing the same as you used to. I thought the article was quite beautifully written, although bittersweet, and forces us all to face the fact that we should treasure those people who mean so much to us while we have 'em, because even for them, time marches on.
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"There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run. When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun. Long before the white man, and long before the wheel. When the green dark forest was too silent to be real."
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