quote:Originally posted by Shipwrecked_00s:
I was wondering if anyone recalls if they had a similar concert experience with Spanish Moss. ....
So he launches into the song, it goes as usual, in very good voice....until the middle part where the instrumental is on the record. In place of the instrumental, he spoke a short, very impassioned verse... all I can remember is that it contained:
"I could never love anyone as much as I love you..."
....totally catching the audience off-guard with it.
I was at that concert Tom, and must say I'd forgotten all about that! I remember it now with that mental nudge from you. It was the only time I'd heard him say that line, although I have heard him sing Spanish Moss a few times in concert since. Like you and most of the audience members, i didn't have a clue what he was talking about with the breaking down. I think around that time period Parade Magazine had an article about GL that mentioned the concert in Saratoga that he got emotional during, so I wasn't clueless for too long.
I miss the old Oakdale Theater, I miss watching the stage go round and round, and above all I miss going to see Gord on a warm summers evening as I did yearly since 1971.
Thanks for bringing this up again, I enjoyed the trip down memory lane.
jenney
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