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JohninCt. · 04-16-2014, 07:41 AM

Funny thing about Blackberry Wine. This is what Gordon said about it on the song list from the above post.

"Blackberry Wine is a song that I wrote about 2 or 3 years ago,
which is a lively bright little tune that we have a lot of fun with, which
works very well onstage. It's about a very light topic, as a matter of fact,
it's about drinking if I may be so bold."

I remember that often in his live concerts in the early 80's, people would bring bottles of blackberry wine and leave them on the stage for him to drink, which he did. In all reality, it sure didn't help him at that time. I guess because of that, I never really liked the song. I also think Borderstone is right, with the timing release of the Shadows LP being at the birth of MTV and all that kind stuff with it, hurting the sales of Shadows.

04-16-2014, 07:41 AM	#13
JohninCt. Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Wallingford, Ct. Not far from what used to be Oakdale Music Theater Posts: 336	Re: Discogs / Gordon Lightfoot Talks About Shadows Funny thing about Blackberry Wine. This is what Gordon said about it on the song list from the above post. "Blackberry Wine is a song that I wrote about 2 or 3 years ago, which is a lively bright little tune that we have a lot of fun with, which works very well onstage. It's about a very light topic, as a matter of fact, it's about drinking if I may be so bold." I remember that often in his live concerts in the early 80's, people would bring bottles of blackberry wine and leave them on the stage for him to drink, which he did. In all reality, it sure didn't help him at that time. I guess because of that, I never really liked the song. I also think Borderstone is right, with the timing release of the Shadows LP being at the birth of MTV and all that kind stuff with it, hurting the sales of Shadows.