Frank, I can vividly see the mother, father and son in "Cherokee Bend" and in "All the Lovely Ladies" I can picture these women in victorian dress, fans & pearls, etc. with the men dressed in their eveningwear like ascots and white gloves, hooking their arms through the ladies arms and walking them out of some mansion where they just had a gathering; while the singer (storyteller) watches from a dark corner, unseen by those elite he is signing about; longing to belong to the class he envies.
How about "Uncle Toad" can't you just picture that guy?? I have dogs, who definitely know what I think, and second guess me at times. Uncle toad takes on that cosmic personality of ones loved pet, who, you wonder, if they don't actually know more about life than you!!
It amazes me that Gord can make all of these characters come to life in our minds by telling us a story that he somehow has related to.
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