John
I went to the show last night in Ottawa and had a great time. I want to thank Val for putting me on to Bernie. The tickets were front row just in front of Lightfoot. Unfotunately I do not take as good as notes as Charlene however a guy a couple of seats down saida couple of times you still have Gordy, to which Lightfoot responed with a smile "Yep it is still there." The text of the Ottawa citizen article is better than the headline. For the band it says they were low key and superb throughout the concert. The last paragraph says the Lightfoot Closed his 100 minute show with a strong voiced Early Morning Rain.
The article is right in that I also thought Lightfoots voice was stonger in the second half. This comment was also made in the Montreal paper. I also thought this was the case when I went to the last Massey Hall concert.
The article says Lightfoot was clearly delighted to be on stage. In the second half of the show you could tell he seemed to be really enjoying himself.
Every song was deleivered from start to finish. Previous shows I have seem him start a song and re-start it but it did not happen last
It was also the 31 st anniversay of the Fritzgerald sinking .He said this song has probably affected hte most people which surprised me somewhat.
I thought the delievery Sit Down Young Stranger was particulary good. I came away from the show with a greater appreciation of the song. The encore was Old Dans Records which is also a favourite of mine.
The crowd was very appricative the concert sold out very quicly last February.
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