My friend and I had an eventful drive to Peterborough missing the first turn onto the highway..too much talk! Then about 12 miles past where we were supposed to be in Peterborough we made a quick turn around and saw police cars speeding into town...
We eventually found our way into town and found out where the police were heading..A couple of blocks from the venue the police had cordoned off the street and all that met at the intersection where there had been an accident. We were about 20 cars back and had to u-turn again, head back to the highway and make our way in from the other direction...and once again got caught up in traffic due to the accident. Luckily the police were allowing left turns and after several minutes we were pulling into the parking lot! I got out to go in and get the tix while my friend parked the car... It turns out they wanted cash only and all there was to pay with was a debit card! After pleading to be let in the car was parked and we entered the Peterborough arena with 15 minutes to spare! woo-hoo... !!
We made out way to the seats and I spoke with Mr. Fiedler and told him about the accident and the massive traffic jam all around the venue so folks might be late coming in. He then went and told 'the powers that be' and instead of an 8 pm start the concert began at 8:06.. The first few tunes were a bit rough with Gordon having some raspiness but he soldiered on and the crowd was loving it. There weren't any camera cops and other than a big haired woman in front of me I had a good sight line for pictures and videos.. I wanted to get another video of DRIFTERS because the night before in Hamilton I missed the first few seconds! And again tonight I missed them! He finished APPT and went right into DRIFTERS with barely a pause! But I know Richard will be happy anyway..There ya go Richard!
As he mentioned the night before in Hamilton before singing The Wreck he said Stompin' Tom, who we lost last year, and a personal hero of mine, was at the same Eastern Studios in Toronto when it was being recorded and during playback he stuck his head in and said, "that's gonna be a hit!" "And he was right, he was right."
There wasn't a sighting of Ronnie Hawkins because he had been presented with his Honourary Order of Canada in Ottawa earlier in the day! YAY Ronnie!!
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After he sang Baby Step Back he said a lyric from BSB, "I don't cause no accidents" and mentioned he had been told there was an accident down the street because people were heading to see him! In the Peterborough paper today I read that a motorcyclist had died in the accident..
After CRT and saying goodnight he and the guys left the stage to a standing ovation. After several moments they returned and sang Song For A Winter's Night-another standing "O" and again after several moments and nobody leaving they came out to do a 2nd encore - In My Fashion! And before we knew it the show was over and we waited to go backstage to the M&G for a quick HI. A friend had given me and my friend 2014 Canadian Tour Posters so we had those for Gordon to sign...We spent some time talking with Barry and Rick which is always nice..They had flown from TO to P'boro-int he air for about 10 minutes!lol - They need the plane for the rest of this tour-Kingston to the east, then back west to London and then north to Owen Sound-all arenas except for Hamilton Place!lol it's so great that they come to the M&G's and talk with fans as much as they can before having to head out to the next venue.. Folks lined up as Warren explained and everyone had a mere few seconds with Gordon-a quick autograph and photo and escorted out...
Gordon signed my poster and I noticed he wrote my full name, not Char as usual...I said, wow I didn't think you remembered my full name and he laffed and said,"of course I do! I've known you for along time now!" I said, 'well one day you might write, 'omigawd she's back again'..lol.
He replied, "no, not ever!"
So I then took that opportunity to mention that we could perhaps do another phone CHat before Massey and he said it sounded like a great idea and we'd do it for sure. yay!
The night wasn't over tho - on the drive home we saw a major fire at some processing facility and the sky was lit up the whole drive home with fork and sheet lightning!! yowza!