Hello all,
Fresh in from the show! (ok, it's actually the next morning as I type this)
Sorry, no set list from me... hopefully someone else will chime in with the list.
Arrived at The Coronado Theater... pleasantly surprised, as it was even more beautiful than I had envisioned. Weather was great! Once inside, was even more impressed with this grand old theater! (I hope to return in the future).
The house was pretty well packed! I couldn't see the balcony, but the main floor seemed full!
Once the show began, I was really pleasantly surprized how well the guys were doing towards the end of a strenuous March tour. Gord's voice hasn't been so good since his return in 2005! I mean it!
He really sounded great!
He noted his last concert in Rockford was 27 years ago, and it was good to be back.
I suppose the highlight for me was when Gord introduced The Ponyman by request for "Margret" (at least that's what I think he said)... I believe Gord misspoke, as Emma and I wrote to him over a month ago and requested The Ponyman for this show. Gord gave a brief "history" of The Ponyman as a children's story and how the 'book' came out with artwork that wasn't what he had envisioned ( here's a link:
http://www.lightfoot.ca/gltext.htm ) . The request was really for Emma (age 5), who unfortunately had fallen asleep by the time Gord did the request! dang! Still, it was awesome!!!
Hopefully others who were there will chime in with their thought's and pictures... It was without a doubt the best performance, all around, in years... Great to see for sure.
ps, Minneapolis, MN, (tonight's show) you're in for a treat!!! The guys are in fine shape!!