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geodeticman.5 · 11-08-2008, 08:39 PM

Yuri

Before checking Peter Bro 10's link to the shirt era et all, I an puttin my money - out of range with all current estimates, it seems, as I read an article/interview with Gord, back a little further is all to '73 - '74, where that unmistakeable shirt stood out in the crisp photo, I can date this off the cuff within 1 yr, because I had visited my fiend who's now a monk, and an old story in here, in the summer between my sophomore year and junior year of High School in Cleveland. That, academically, places it the summer of '74 - and I recall Father Sergius at that time had clipped it out the previous spring to my arrival by bus.

The article was a pre-cursor timed a litle too ealry to coincide with Gordon's pending concert at Purdue Campus Sports Arena complex, for which we gladly made the -many time- walk down the R.R. tracks (jumpin on if we could) leading from Lafayette to near Purdue, where we'd walked over a mild c 2-3 mile hike, The concert was excellent, standing room only, much the same as 2 years later at Colo State Sports Arena @ Moby Gym, (eg the whale architectire was amazing, and standing room only again) - and I saw that shirt at both concerts. By my reckoning, he may have had that shirt since '73, No matter, but interesting....

Most importantly - Yuri thanks for posting these photos, and my condolances for the passing of the friend of Tom's, that took the photos.

11-08-2008, 08:39 PM	#21
geodeticman.5 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Eastern Slope urban corridor, Colo. USA Posts: 1,007	Re: Lightfoot Photos Yuri Before checking Peter Bro 10's link to the shirt era et all, I an puttin my money - out of range with all current estimates, it seems, as I read an article/interview with Gord, back a little further is all to '73 - '74, where that unmistakeable shirt stood out in the crisp photo, I can date this off the cuff within 1 yr, because I had visited my fiend who's now a monk, and an old story in here, in the summer between my sophomore year and junior year of High School in Cleveland. That, academically, places it the summer of '74 - and I recall Father Sergius at that time had clipped it out the previous spring to my arrival by bus. The article was a pre-cursor timed a litle too ealry to coincide with Gordon's pending concert at Purdue Campus Sports Arena complex, for which we gladly made the -many time- walk down the R.R. tracks (jumpin on if we could) leading from Lafayette to near Purdue, where we'd walked over a mild c 2-3 mile hike, The concert was excellent, standing room only, much the same as 2 years later at Colo State Sports Arena @ Moby Gym, (eg the whale architectire was amazing, and standing room only again) - and I saw that shirt at both concerts. By my reckoning, he may have had that shirt since '73, No matter, but interesting.... Most importantly - Yuri thanks for posting these photos, and my condolances for the passing of the friend of Tom's, that took the photos. __________________ ~geo Steve . :"I will leave my footprints there to lie beneath the snow" ~gl Quote to ponder: "A thousand words leave not the same deep impression as does a single deed." ~ Henrik Ibsen Last edited by geodeticman.5; 11-08-2008 at 09:16 PM.