Thread: Peewee Charles
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Old 07-17-2008, 07:41 AM   #39
geodeticman.5
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Default Re: Peewee Charles

Sorry jj, no video to be found of mine , and no list of what was on it. It blew me away when I got it....I watched all six hours on one Saturday, and my wife, who was also a GL fan, but not....6...hours-worth.... LOL all at once bailed after about an hour.

Someone Shirley knew mailed it to me, I don't know of its current availability. And, I think the Boathouse and Gotta Get Away videos were NOT on it if memory serves. It did have hilarious "Leadfoot" BBC "Country & Western" T.V. shows Gord hosted, sang, and danced, apparently on all the ladies feet, hense the moniker Leadfoot.

As GL said in one concert referring to his lack of dancing expertise he said something like "When I should'a dosee-do'ed, I do'see didn't..." LOL. BUT....that was the show he originally debuted the choreographed and orchestrated early rendition of CRT, with men in the background swingin sledges and the like. He was fond of this enough to be inspired to re-record it for GG1 with orchestration, as he was nostalgic for the sound of it on the show.

Other than that, it would seem for a large portion of his career, he quite vocally eschewed television, once saying on a Merv Griffin interview when asked about his distaste for television, he replied to the multi-millionairre TV MOGUL "Merv" flatly that he "hated television", which sorta let the air out of that interview by my take...


These are my anecdotal understandings of the above events is all, oh and one more that stands out fun to have on it, from the '76 Soundstage period (which is on it, too) is the SNL comedy sketch starting with Gord performing a ballad, Spanish Moss I believe, and John Belushi came out in his Bee outfit and cut the strings on Gord's guitar to his mock indignation, not unlike the scene in Animal House, the movie, where Belushi is coming downstairs in Delta house, drunk and upset, and a black turtle-neck sweatered crooner folk guy was singing a *real bad* version of "I gave my love a Cherry..." and Belushi smashes the guys guitar on the railing.... hilarious.

I am sure you could find someone out there who could burn a copy for you, I don't know what the proprietary particulars are on it, it was so long ago, it had an amazing amount of YEARS of video cips and appearances. I want it now again da**it ! Sorry I could not be of more help than this. Thank you for the kind thought for my daughter and I getting along with Merry gone JJ.
~geo steve
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