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The seed was most definitely planted in my head during the "Riverboat" and Steele's Tavern" days, which also was the time when Gord's songs were being played on the radio, so the platform was being laid out for me at that time. There was lots of great stuff coming out as well with the many new folk singers at that time.

But I most definitely received my "confirmation" (good catholic boy that I was) at the CBC live studio performance, during the sixties when he performed "Song for A Winter's Night" with the backing of Red Shea and John Stockfish. I was sitting up front maybe about ten feet from Gord. I was sold, or as John says "hooked" right at that special moment.
I recall he missed the lyric at the beginning of the second verse (The smoke is rising in the shadows overhead) and had to go back and do it over.
I was very tempted to blurt it out for him but resisted (lead us not into temptation, another good catholic indoctrination thing).
That session would probably the best I've ever experienced. He also introduced "Face of a Thousand People" at that show.

Another special gig was one he did also with Red and John at "The Rockpile" in Toronto during that same era.
That one was specially for his friend Bob Markle who was injured in a motorcycle accident. I recall him performing "Ballad of the Yarmouth Castle" for his friend as it was one of Bob's favourtite tunes.
It was sort of a party type gig and I remember handing him a beer while he already had several going.
Talk about the "good ol' days." eh?
RJ.