Best acoustics:
Kleinhans Music Hall in Buffalo, New York. It's where the Philharmonic plays. Gord used to two shows per engagement almost every year during the seventies to SRO crowds. Of course we would go to both concerts.
Most Intimate:
Melody Fair in North Tonawada, New York. This is a small concert theater in the round where the stage rotates. Gord and the band had to walk down the isle to get to the stage. You could reach out and touch him if you were sitting on the correct isle. I remember he kept on commenting how intimate a place it was and how it reminded him of playing coffee houses. Unfortunately it was during his less than coherent period (I always wondered what was in that coffee mug he had on stage!) and kept referring to the place as Music Fair instead of Melody Fair.
Best Comeback Place:
Chatauqua Institute's open air concert stage. Horrible seats..wooden bench seats but one of the most enjoyable concerts we ever attended. I beleive it was 1992 and we hadn't seen Gord for a few years. Sat next to a bunch of drunk Canadians who told us about the Waiting for You cd. First time we heard Wild Strawberries and Drink Your Glasses Empty. We were able to watch the band and Gordon warm up before the concert since we arrived early. A real great time except the Chatauqua Institute is a closed community and you just about have to have them measure your genitals before they let you in. They collected our tickets when we exited the grounds! I guess we were just too stupid to understand that place...but Gordon was grrrrreat!
Most Exciting Place:
Massey Hall in you guessed it 'TO'. Although the seats seemed to be made for midgets it was great to be in a place that was tied to Gord's early popularity. We sat in the balconey...it's all a big blur now but we were disappointed that we didn't buy tickets for the whole week of his concerts.
Worst Place:
Art Park in Lewiston, NY. This place is another snooty place. I call it Fart Park because of all the wannabe High Brows. The acoustics suck, it's like being in a stadium. The logistics suck, it takes an hour to get to the parking lot once you get within a 1/2 mile of the place then you have to walk a mile to get to the concert hall. They also sell lawn seats. Which is probably the reason the acoustics suck because the whole back of the concert hall opens up. Saw him there in August of 1998. First time we heard most of a Painter Passing Through and of course we couldn't wait to get the cd! He supposedly coming to Fart Park again August 7. Tickets haven't gone on sale yet...hope we get good ones!
Sorry for going on and on but...'I gotta press on now'
LAMS stay loose!
Dan
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