Interesting that you should mention that Soundstage appearance, Jesse Joe. I have lived all my life in the Chicago metro area (the suburbs). What I recall at the time... Roughly a yearly appearance for PBS, I going to guess something like 3 or 4 years, pretty much back to back. My memory isn't the greatest, but I recall this being a regular thing and I don't recall it being "reruns". It was definatly not performed at the Autorium Theater... the venue (Soundstage) is a large TV studio or something. Nor was it timed or coincided with his regular concert tour. I never heard of ticket availabilty for Lightfoots Soundstage performances, so I was of the impression that "other arrangements" were made for tickets..
I looked (web searched) for the soundstage performance on DVD for a long time, my wife finally found on ebay. I was thrilled to see it again even though the image quality isn't that great. That is supposed to be the 1979 apperance. I don't know if there are others to be found. It's funny how long I looked for that and for some reason couldn't find it. It was one of my tresured post-corfid finds.
I am curious, was this/these Soundstage appearances aired in other cities? Did Gord do PBS concerts elsewhere?
It seems the answers I find, the more questions arise!
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