Gordon's Set List
Being new to this forum, this may be one of those questions that have been answered a hundred times over. So I apologize if I'm rehashing old news. In the past, when going to one of Gordon's shows, we have always sat pretty much eye level with the actual stage. This past week while Gordon was in Austin, we sat first row in the balcony overlooking the stage. And it was then I noticed that neither Gordon nor his band used any type of set list printed out and placed on the floor. Now, that wouldn't matter much if a band continuously played the same songs over and over, night after night in the same order. But Gordon's set list and the order of his songs do change on a regular basis. Almost nightly unless I'm mistaken. Yet after each count off everyone always comes in together at the right downbeat or upbeat without missing a beat. Some musicians like Stevie Ray Vaughan and other blues artists, it's understandable for them not using a set list and just coming in.. But how does Gordon and his band accomplish this feat when everything has to be so precise? Even so that they have been together for so long for the most part, it's still a hard feat to pull off when the order of your set list varies from show to show. Rick, Michael, Barry and Carter are remarkable!
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