When was the last time Gord played...?

[Test4eggroll]

When was the last time Gord played the Ballad of Yarmouth Castle Live? When was the last tour that he played this tune on a regular basis?

[TC]

Don't know the answer to that but I do love that song and think it would be a fine addition to the 2009 line-up.

[OldDan]

It's certainly been quite a while since it was played in concert. I think it was eclipsed by the more popular Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. I can't find it listed in any of the concert summaries at Wayne Francis' Lightfoot website even going back as far as 1995. Being that it was a topical song of a certain time period and never charted like "Wreck" did, it was probably rotated out of his repertoire. It's a very moving song though and I pop in my Sunday Concert CD and play it every now and then.

Minor correction: The song title is actually Ballad of the Yarmouth Castle, as taken from the album cover (yes, I still have my original well worn vinyl LP as well as a CD version of Sunday Concert). There actually is a Yarmouth Castle, built by Henry VIII on the Isle of Wight, http://www.guide-to-castles-of-europ...th-castle.html however, Lightfoot's song deals with the sinking of a ship.