[gwenagain]

Exactly...
the concerts do seem to be over much too quickly, and I like you admire his ability to stay the distance. I believe you could be right about the amount of time he might be on stage set to some contractual components... by accident at one venue while attempting to find a way to get the earliest (and PERHAPS best) seats I got into the actual venue fees, etc, etc, etc (had a lot of things in there).
But, I was glad to here that Gord did have backup bands in days gone by... bluegrass, too cool.