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Auburn Annie · 05-14-2012, 11:14 AM

Well, here I go again. I posted this last night but somehow it disappeared into the ether. Ain't technology grand?

Anyway, The Crouse Hinds Theater, part of the Oncenter, is a lovely venue seating a little over 2100, and the house was full. There might have been a few empty seats up in the nosebleed section but I didn't see it from where I sat, great seats in mid-orchestra, really "mid" as we were dead center lined up with Gord on stage, maybe 15 rows from the stage itself. The acoustics are great. At one point Gord was making a minor adjustment to one of the three guitars he played last night when Carter "answered" Gord's tuning with a bar from "Dueling Banjos" lol - Gord turned and said with a chuckle "I heard that!" and everybody laughed. The band was, as always, superb. They walked out promptly at 8 followed by Gord in the black pants/red or maroon jacket with white shirt to loud applause.

Here follows the set list:

Did She Mention My Name
Carefree Highway (an audience favorite)
Sea of Tranquility
14 Karat Gold
Never Too Late
A Painter Passing Through (weakest vocal of the night, too many high notes)
Let It Ride (wonderful)
Christian Island (short version)
Shadows
Beautiful

Band introduction, mentioned Terry's passing ("oh, no!" cries here and there - some don't track the band like we do and were suprised.) Also mentioned Rick has been with him for 43 years - and Rick stepped up to say, uh, no, 44, to laughter. To which Gord said something along the lines of being older than all of them.

The Watchman's Gone
Ribbon of Darkness
Sundown (tasty - huge applause) and, with the correction about the hatchways,
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Intermission, back wearing same pants, dark shirt with blue-violet vest, started with

Sweet Guinevere
Cotton Jenny
Early Moring Rain (another fave)
Restless (sublime)
Waiting for You - introduced with the story of writing this on a plane returning home from Seattle (?) and heading home to his then-new bride (Elizabeth) after 18 days on the road. He confided to the audience that she is now his second ex-old lady, mentioned their two kids though not by name, just ages.
Home From the Forest
Make Way for the Lady
If You Could Read My Mind
Don Quixote
Baby Step Back (NO brother-in-law story this time) and the second epic
Canadian Railroad Trilogy

Encores:

Rainy Day People
In My Fashion

Thunderous applause, came out twice for bows, and it was over.

Except for a couple of songs (APPT most noticeably) he was in good voice, though a little short of breath between songs occasionally. He has reconfigured some numbers slightly to better accommodate his range. He blew threw TWOTEF effortlessly as well as most of CRT. There were no forgotten lyrics, no starting over. He looked very happy, repeated several times in response to the shouted "we love you Gord!" with "we love the work, we really do!" and it shows. He bantered with the front row ("help me out here" when he got the sports teams mixed - the Syracuse Orange are the basketball, not football, team. "Gimme time, I'll get it right." lol) We got the hair/hare/rabbit joke, the "Elvis has left the building" story before "Early Morning Rain" and he did a play on "pop" when talking about quitting drinking in 1982 - now he only drinks pop, and pop will drink anything.

I met Lisa and her daughter (wearing her "Beautiful" shirt) during intermission. She was going to "stalk" Gord and the band afterwards, in spite of having a 5:30 am flight home this morning but my ride was leaving right after the concert so I didn't stay to chat (did see the tour bus and his car a block over from the theater.) It was a lovely evening.

05-14-2012, 11:14 AM	#1
Auburn Annie Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 3,101	Syracuse concert, Mother's Day (5/13) Well, here I go again. I posted this last night but somehow it disappeared into the ether. Ain't technology grand? Anyway, The Crouse Hinds Theater, part of the Oncenter, is a lovely venue seating a little over 2100, and the house was full. There might have been a few empty seats up in the nosebleed section but I didn't see it from where I sat, great seats in mid-orchestra, really "mid" as we were dead center lined up with Gord on stage, maybe 15 rows from the stage itself. The acoustics are great. At one point Gord was making a minor adjustment to one of the three guitars he played last night when Carter "answered" Gord's tuning with a bar from "Dueling Banjos" lol - Gord turned and said with a chuckle "I heard that!" and everybody laughed. The band was, as always, superb. They walked out promptly at 8 followed by Gord in the black pants/red or maroon jacket with white shirt to loud applause. Here follows the set list: Did She Mention My Name Carefree Highway (an audience favorite) Sea of Tranquility 14 Karat Gold Never Too Late A Painter Passing Through (weakest vocal of the night, too many high notes) Let It Ride (wonderful) Christian Island (short version) Shadows Beautiful Band introduction, mentioned Terry's passing ("oh, no!" cries here and there - some don't track the band like we do and were suprised.) Also mentioned Rick has been with him for 43 years - and Rick stepped up to say, uh, no, 44, to laughter. To which Gord said something along the lines of being older than all of them. The Watchman's Gone Ribbon of Darkness Sundown (tasty - huge applause) and, with the correction about the hatchways, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Intermission, back wearing same pants, dark shirt with blue-violet vest, started with Sweet Guinevere Cotton Jenny Early Moring Rain (another fave) Restless (sublime) Waiting for You - introduced with the story of writing this on a plane returning home from Seattle (?) and heading home to his then-new bride (Elizabeth) after 18 days on the road. He confided to the audience that she is now his second ex-old lady, mentioned their two kids though not by name, just ages. Home From the Forest Make Way for the Lady If You Could Read My Mind Don Quixote Baby Step Back (NO brother-in-law story this time) and the second epic Canadian Railroad Trilogy Encores: Rainy Day People In My Fashion Thunderous applause, came out twice for bows, and it was over. Except for a couple of songs (APPT most noticeably) he was in good voice, though a little short of breath between songs occasionally. He has reconfigured some numbers slightly to better accommodate his range. He blew threw TWOTEF effortlessly as well as most of CRT. There were no forgotten lyrics, no starting over. He looked very happy, repeated several times in response to the shouted "we love you Gord!" with "we love the work, we really do!" and it shows. He bantered with the front row ("help me out here" when he got the sports teams mixed - the Syracuse Orange are the basketball, not football, team. "Gimme time, I'll get it right." lol) We got the hair/hare/rabbit joke, the "Elvis has left the building" story before "Early Morning Rain" and he did a play on "pop" when talking about quitting drinking in 1982 - now he only drinks pop, and pop will drink anything. I met Lisa and her daughter (wearing her "Beautiful" shirt) during intermission. She was going to "stalk" Gord and the band afterwards, in spite of having a 5:30 am flight home this morning but my ride was leaving right after the concert so I didn't stay to chat (did see the tour bus and his car a block over from the theater.) It was a lovely evening.