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RM · 05-05-2010, 12:39 PM

Re-reading the interview, I was puzzled by this exchange :
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CW-it was wonderful to see Ronnie Hawkins in Peterborough. He’s looking good and you did Home From The Forest. When was the last time you did that in concert?
GL-well we knew he was coming to the show and we worked on it a bit at rehearsal and got it into shape in the dates leading up to it. We did it live one night at one of the other dates to see how it worked. It still needs some work. One of the reasons I never sang it very much is it had some ambiguity in the structure and arrangement which I had to get ironed out which really was never done. We’ll be able to use that one, probably rotate that one into the show.
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Does anyone have any idea of what Lightfoot meant by 'ambiguity in the structure and arrangement' ? It sounded fine to me.

05-05-2010, 12:39 PM	#42
RM Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,965	Re: Mr. Lightfoot called AGAIN ! CHat with CHar - 2nd edition! Re-reading the interview, I was puzzled by this exchange : -------------------------------------------------------- CW-it was wonderful to see Ronnie Hawkins in Peterborough. He’s looking good and you did Home From The Forest. When was the last time you did that in concert? GL-well we knew he was coming to the show and we worked on it a bit at rehearsal and got it into shape in the dates leading up to it. We did it live one night at one of the other dates to see how it worked. It still needs some work. One of the reasons I never sang it very much is it had some ambiguity in the structure and arrangement which I had to get ironed out which really was never done. We’ll be able to use that one, probably rotate that one into the show. ----------------------------------------------------------- Does anyone have any idea of what Lightfoot meant by 'ambiguity in the structure and arrangement' ? It sounded fine to me.