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seafarer62 · 11-08-2009, 05:29 PM

"Stay Loose" never made it into a concert that I attended.

Morning Glory, East of Midnight, A Lesson in Love, and I'll Tag Along were played during concerts in the late 1980s and into the 1990s.

Several times when introducing "A Lesson in Love" Gord would say this is a song about "shrink alley" and "I don't know what this song is trying to say."

Gordon sometimes sat on a small bench alongside his mike during that time for some songs. I remember "A Lesson in Love" and "I'll Tag Along' done while Gord sat on a padded bench.

The one and only time I heard "Anything for Love" was in Minneapolis (June 1987). The performance consisted of Gord with no guitar just singing to the canned track. No one can ever say Gordon didn't try to reinvent himself. It just didn't work. He's never performed it since live when I've been there.

Gord started doing "Let it Ride" about 10 years ago and did it in Omaha (2009). Morning Glory was done Aurora, IL (2005). I think he did "I'll Tag Along" recently for Char and then she wasn't even at the concert !!

To me, "A Passing Ship" and "I'll Tag Along" are the gems from that album.

11-08-2009, 05:29 PM	#5
seafarer62 Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Forest Lake, MN USA Posts: 286	Re: Are there live recordings of Stay Loose etc? "Stay Loose" never made it into a concert that I attended. Morning Glory, East of Midnight, A Lesson in Love, and I'll Tag Along were played during concerts in the late 1980s and into the 1990s. Several times when introducing "A Lesson in Love" Gord would say this is a song about "shrink alley" and "I don't know what this song is trying to say." Gordon sometimes sat on a small bench alongside his mike during that time for some songs. I remember "A Lesson in Love" and "I'll Tag Along' done while Gord sat on a padded bench. The one and only time I heard "Anything for Love" was in Minneapolis (June 1987). The performance consisted of Gord with no guitar just singing to the canned track. No one can ever say Gordon didn't try to reinvent himself. It just didn't work. He's never performed it since live when I've been there. Gord started doing "Let it Ride" about 10 years ago and did it in Omaha (2009). Morning Glory was done Aurora, IL (2005). I think he did "I'll Tag Along" recently for Char and then she wasn't even at the concert !! To me, "A Passing Ship" and "I'll Tag Along" are the gems from that album.