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imported_Next_Saturday · 11-01-2006, 02:41 PM

Actually he's playing a rental. There are links to some companion articles at the bottom of the page: http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?a...4&archive=true

From the S&S archives:
Lightfoot tired but applauded

By Dan Warfield, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Saturday, June 26, 1976

Playing on borrowed instruments, a tired Gordon Lightfoot and band put out an hour and a half of well-received music Thursday night in Offenbach. The first day of a three-day schedule which included Munich and Montreux, Switzerland, was marred by some airline problems.

"I was thinking seriously about cancelling this gig tonight," said Lightfoot after the show. "Flying out of New York we had the engine fall off two different planes." The third flight made it, but without their baggage.

"It was a very large problem," said Lightfoot. "Normally I play a 12-string. Pee Wee Charles spent about two hours putting that (pedal) steel (guitar) together. Other than that we were just kinda out to lunch — we've been up for 36 hours."

Mimi Fariña, taking a break from Bread & Roses, her Marin Co., Calif., venture which brings music entertainment into prisons, convalescent homes, juvenile homes and other institutions, is touring with Lightfoot.

11-01-2006, 02:41 PM	#10
imported_Next_Saturday Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 443	Actually he's playing a rental. There are links to some companion articles at the bottom of the page: http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?a...4&archive=true From the S&S archives: Lightfoot tired but applauded By Dan Warfield, Stars and Stripes European edition, Saturday, June 26, 1976 Playing on borrowed instruments, a tired Gordon Lightfoot and band put out an hour and a half of well-received music Thursday night in Offenbach. The first day of a three-day schedule which included Munich and Montreux, Switzerland, was marred by some airline problems. "I was thinking seriously about cancelling this gig tonight," said Lightfoot after the show. "Flying out of New York we had the engine fall off two different planes." The third flight made it, but without their baggage. "It was a very large problem," said Lightfoot. "Normally I play a 12-string. Pee Wee Charles spent about two hours putting that (pedal) steel (guitar) together. Other than that we were just kinda out to lunch — we've been up for 36 hours." Mimi Fariña, taking a break from Bread & Roses, her Marin Co., Calif., venture which brings music entertainment into prisons, convalescent homes, juvenile homes and other institutions, is touring with Lightfoot.