I remember at a concert at SPAC in Saratoga,
NY, around 1979?[Val, maybe you were there]
Gord & the band was doing "Spanish Moss"
Into the second chorus of "...Spanish moss,
wish I knew what you were saying..." it became obvious that Gord was distracted by
someone off the left stage wing. One by
one the band members became distracted. Gord
started missing lyrics & they all started
smiling, then laughing, becoming figidy until
they all put down thier instruments & walked off the stage. The audience
was bewildered not knowing what was happening
After several moments Gord and the guys
walked back onstage grinning ear to ear and
took thier places. Gord then announced that
Terry just became a Daddy! Maybe the announcement at that concert in Cleveland was
one and the same pregnancy? Later was when
I fully appreciated the timing of the birth
and the news being delivered at the time they
were singing a song with the lyrics "wish
I knew what you were saying" when someone
[probably Barry] was trying to tell them of
the special event - amazing, huh?
And Val, your theory about the timing to make
request didn't work for me. I placed a request [actually 2in multiple choice form]
on the stage before the concert at Westbury
Music Fair on March 11th began. He did not
pick it up till one song before the end of the concert - Needless to say he did not play "Drifters" or "Boathouse". There was only one other request. That was the first time I was brave
enough to leave a request on the stage. I
think the events of the night before, in Northampton, pumped me up.
Dorothea
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