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Auburn Annie · 11-01-2009, 02:45 PM

http://www.torontosun.com/entertainm...94886-sun.html

IF YOU COULD READ HIS MIND: There is a secret among Canadians in Los Angeles, and it's that singer Gordon Lightfoot plays at this small venue called the Canyon Club in a sleepy little town called Agoura Hills, north of Los Angeles, at least once a year.

The club holds about 200 people, if they're cramped in like sardines.

I caught him playing there last year and it was nothing like attending his shows at bigger venues such as Massey Hall in Toronto.

Instead, it's like being in a living room with everyone crowded around, drinking a beer, Lightfoot kicking back with his guitar, telling tales between his songs.

But this year, his Oct. 21 concert snuck by me -- and many others.

Longtime fan Omar Olson, an American advertising executive whose first big love was from Toronto and who still waxes poetic about most things Canadian, said he does check Lightfoot's tour schedule, and even this one snuck by him.

"I blame myself for not checking the Internet more thoroughly," Olson said.

It didn't help the Canadaphile's disappointment at missing the show. "Gordon Lightfoot's music fills in the spaces and gives words and melody to my feelings of Canada's majesty."

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11-01-2009, 02:45 PM	#1
Auburn Annie Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 3,101	Gord's annual LA gig? http://www.torontosun.com/entertainm...94886-sun.html IF YOU COULD READ HIS MIND: There is a secret among Canadians in Los Angeles, and it's that singer Gordon Lightfoot plays at this small venue called the Canyon Club in a sleepy little town called Agoura Hills, north of Los Angeles, at least once a year. The club holds about 200 people, if they're cramped in like sardines. I caught him playing there last year and it was nothing like attending his shows at bigger venues such as Massey Hall in Toronto. Instead, it's like being in a living room with everyone crowded around, drinking a beer, Lightfoot kicking back with his guitar, telling tales between his songs. But this year, his Oct. 21 concert snuck by me -- and many others. Longtime fan Omar Olson, an American advertising executive whose first big love was from Toronto and who still waxes poetic about most things Canadian, said he does check Lightfoot's tour schedule, and even this one snuck by him. "I blame myself for not checking the Internet more thoroughly," Olson said. It didn't help the Canadaphile's disappointment at missing the show. "Gordon Lightfoot's music fills in the spaces and gives words and melody to my feelings of Canada's majesty." massarellalinda@yahoo.com