Doug! Thanks for posting the set list. Perhaps you remember hearing someone (at intermission) yelling "Doug, Doug, Plumb guru! I was trying to get your attention and you looked over but soon disappeared into the crowd. Anyhow, I just wanted to say "hey".
This was one of my favorite Gord concerts. Mostly because I brought my oldest daughter for the first time. She LOVED it! She knew almost every song due to my many years of Gord-brainwashing when she was just a sprout. Her first comment to me while Gord was in the middle of his first song was, "Wow, Gord really rocks"!
Doug mentioned that the crowd was subdued...uh, how about dead! Not the "wall" people. Us wall folks made it clear that Gord is the man! That's why I hang at the wall, lots of enthusiasm and excitement. So, yeah, the "seat" people were pretty disappointing.
Oh...I did get to snap a great picture of Gord with my Daughter. That was somewhere around 6pm. I just happened to spot him kind of below his room (which is behind the stage). He was listening to this guy who just went on and on and on...This guy was one of those B.M.O.C. types. His wife and daughters were there "listening" while this guy just rambled on and on. You could tell Gord was a bit uncomfortable. Next thing you know, this guy breaks out a wardrobe of shirts that "he" thinks Gord should wear to tonights concert. He gives Gord the shirts and I guess that was the end of that. Gord didn't wear any of the shirts that night.
Back to the important stuff. Gord sounded really great Sunday night. Before going into CRT he said that he hoped he could hit all of the notes (or something like that), he absolutely nailed it! He wasn't very chatty, just went from song to song.
He praised his band as usual but added that each one is far more capable in their musical talent then what he asks them to do. I believe when introducing Rick as the "strawboss", he said "and over my right shoulder is the Strawboss, Rick Haines, my guardian angel" or something to that effect.
That's it!
TC
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