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johnfowles · 11-16-2012, 02:22 PM

After entertaining about a dozen guests on our Pantages Hotel suite (including playing through the DVDs of the 1971/1972/2011 BBC concert and the 1979 PBS Soundstage and playing a variation on our famiy fun game version of Pass the Parcel usually called "Its a crying shame" but renamed for this occasion "I'm not ashamed".it was time to stroll over in the chill to the grand old lady opposite.Once inside I was soon on nodding terms with an Antipodian visitor who found himself in the front row ensconsed between the two most active ladies in the Lightfoot internet world (Char and Valerie Magee).On strolled a familiar figure in an unfamiliar and brand new royal blue velvet jacket
I do not have the Moderator's grasp of description so will confine this report to the setlist and let Char add more detail as she undoubtedly will in her own inimitable style later. including corrections to my attempt to recall the complete setlist
what followed was a most interesting concert with one wild surprise
First Half
1.Sweet Guinevere
2.Cotton Jenny
3.Waiting For You
4.All The Lovely Ladies
5 Nevet Too Close
6. Wild Strawberries
7.Let It Ride.
8 .Shadows
9.Beautiful
10. A Painter Passing Through
11.I'd Rather Press On
12 The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald
13 Carefree Highway
Intermission
Second Half
1.Drink Yer Glasses Empty
2.Ribbon Of Darkness
3. Sundown
4. Hangdog Hotel Room
5.Restless
6 and/or 7 my writing is indecipherable. and my memory system has failed here .
Anyway at about this point Gord's demeanour became positively quizzical . and after stating that they would be doing four recyled songs and had done two in the first half he pretended not to know how the fourth went and turned to the band for help.There was by this time a palpable air of expectation in the audience one of whom yelled out "Spin Spin" (I wish)
and Carter could be heard protesting "Don't ask me: I don't know!!" then finally Gord began
8."Circle Of Steel"
9.In My Fashion
10 If You Could Read Mind
11 Rainy Day People
12. Canadian Ralroad Trilogy (the full version not the imminent truncated Grey Cup version)
Encore 13.Baby Step Back (I think)

11-16-2012, 02:22 PM	#1
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	Massey Hall Thursday 15 November 2012 After entertaining about a dozen guests on our Pantages Hotel suite (including playing through the DVDs of the 1971/1972/2011 BBC concert and the 1979 PBS Soundstage and playing a variation on our famiy fun game version of Pass the Parcel usually called "Its a crying shame" but renamed for this occasion "I'm not ashamed".it was time to stroll over in the chill to the grand old lady opposite.Once inside I was soon on nodding terms with an Antipodian visitor who found himself in the front row ensconsed between the two most active ladies in the Lightfoot internet world (Char and Valerie Magee).On strolled a familiar figure in an unfamiliar and brand new royal blue velvet jacket I do not have the Moderator's grasp of description so will confine this report to the setlist and let Char add more detail as she undoubtedly will in her own inimitable style later. including corrections to my attempt to recall the complete setlist what followed was a most interesting concert with one wild surprise First Half 1.Sweet Guinevere 2.Cotton Jenny 3.Waiting For You 4.All The Lovely Ladies 5 Nevet Too Close 6. Wild Strawberries 7.Let It Ride. 8 .Shadows 9.Beautiful 10. A Painter Passing Through 11.I'd Rather Press On 12 The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald 13 Carefree Highway Intermission Second Half 1.Drink Yer Glasses Empty 2.Ribbon Of Darkness 3. Sundown 4. Hangdog Hotel Room 5.Restless 6 and/or 7 my writing is indecipherable. and my memory system has failed here . Anyway at about this point Gord's demeanour became positively quizzical . and after stating that they would be doing four recyled songs and had done two in the first half he pretended not to know how the fourth went and turned to the band for help.There was by this time a palpable air of expectation in the audience one of whom yelled out "Spin Spin" (I wish) and Carter could be heard protesting "Don't ask me: I don't know!!" then finally Gord began 8."Circle Of Steel" 9.In My Fashion 10 If You Could Read Mind 11 Rainy Day People 12. Canadian Ralroad Trilogy (the full version not the imminent truncated Grey Cup version) Encore 13.Baby Step Back (I think)