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Originally Posted by Couch Itching
His voice is completely shot. Saturday night was completely embarrassing for him and the people in the audience. He croaked, whispered, missed notes and looked like it was
painful for him. Many left at intermission.
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I guess the standing ovations and amazing receptions to many songs, before and after they were performed was no indication of great he sounded.
I was right down front and took every opportunity I could (every night actually) to turn and look at the crowd on the main floor, balcony and gallery and to these old eyes I'm sure I saw the majority of Massey Hall full of very pleased Lightfoot fans clapping, hooting, hollering for more..There may have been a few folks leave, but good gawd he was fantastic. Night one was a warm up - a bit of breathiness, raspiness at times, night two was better and he nailed many of the tunes, night three was the best of all nights for me and I told Gordon just that after the show. He felt the show was tighter the night before. The fourth night was on par with night three..
Singing is not painful for him, they are just facial expressions, he puts 100% effort into it and altho his voice is not vintage 1974 there are more times than not that the Lightfoot we recall is there singing for us. For many of us the voice of today lends itself to so many tunes with the experiences of his life reflected in it. The voice at 71 exemplifies a life he's lived with family, friends and fans. It is what it is, and that certainly does make it "shot" or embarrassing for anyone, least of all Lightfoot himself.