Springfield MO-Gillioz Theatre-Oct.29-2013

[charlene]

Rick and Carter Pics -

Carter says: setup begins.I'm performing tonight with Gordon Lightfoot at the Gilloiz Theatre in Springfield MO. Here's a photo of our amazing crew setting up the stage. I dont know how these guys pull it all together night after night.

Rick says: Springfield-MO-Today, our tour visits Springfield, Missouri. We are at the Gillioz Theater, built in 1926, While it is our first time at the Gillioz, it's our third time in this Springfield.

[imported_Ordinary_Man]

Springfield MO is TONIGHT, the 29th of October.

[charlene]

thanks...! I'm still knackered from my weekend in Buffalo..lol

[imported_Ordinary_Man]

No problem. I just had a slight heart attack because my friends and I are going to the Joliet show on the 30th and I briefly thought I had completely messed up the arrangements. Calming down now, no harm done.

BTW, really cool that the boys are taking pictures on the tour. Thanks for posting them.

[charlene]

lol - scared ya! lol

[imported_Ordinary_Man]

Originally Posted by charlene

lol - scared ya! lol

Yeah, Happy Halloween to YOU too!!

[RockyF]

I drove from Tyler, Texas to Springfield, Missouri on Tuesday to see Gordon and the band at the Gillioz Theater. In this "50th Anniversary" year, not one of the 70 shows took place in Texas. So, as they say, "A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do". In this case, it meant at 460 mile drive - the last 200 or which were in a pouring rain.

The Gillioz is a lovely century old theater, which was restored to its original glory a few years back. It seats about 650 on the floor level, and another 350 in the balcony. I was lucky to get a seat one over from dead center in the front row. If anyone had ever told me that I would pay $95 for a concert ticket, I would have told them that they were crazy. All I can say is that I would do it again - in a heartbeat.

I had planned to compile a song list, but of course I was immediately captivated by the music and forgot. I do remember that he started off with 'Sweet Guinevere' and the encore was 'Rainy Day People', which he dedicated to those of us in the audience because of the bad weather. Gordon was in a good mood and talked quite a bit, and mentioned how he had tried to work some older songs and some 'C-shaped' songs into the setlist. We were fortunate to have him sing 'Canadian Railroad Trilogy' and most of the other major songs (as if any of them are minor), but he did not sing 'Early Morning Rain' or 'Old Dan's Records', which I think is usually part of the encore.

The show started promptly at 8 p.m. The first set was 50 minutes, followed by a 20 minute break. The second set and encore were 55 minutes, so the show ended at 10:05.

For those of you who are interested, Gordon wore a navy (velour?) waistcoat, tuxedo shirt, and black slacks during the first set. For the second set, he changed out the jacket for a red one of the same style.

I was looking forward to hearing Carter play, and I must say that he seems to have mastered every song that was played. To me, his style appears to be somewhat different than Terry's was - but I am not very knowledgeable about playing the guitar. None of the important lead runs were missing as far as I could tell, and I must say that he makes playing the guitar look nearly effortless which I know is not the least bit true.

There were a few young people at the concert, but most of them were baby boomers, just like me. The percentage of gray and white hair in the audience was higher than I can ever remember seeing. And how about this - when Gordon and the band were playing the Trilogy, I did not hear one single handclap between the different parts. Very knowledgeable and respectful fans.

Gordon will be in Texas this coming February for a taping of 'Austin City Limits' for PBS. I don't know if I need to see him again that soon, but at the same time, what could it possibly hurt? Nothing that I can think of!

[charlene]

I'm so glad you took the drive and got to see him in such a beautiful theatre. I love that Rick and Carter are posting photos as they tour around so we can see some of the venues.
It's interesting that he will be taping an Austin City Limits show for PBS in February...where was this noted??? Sounds terrific to me!
thanks for the detailed report!

[Bill]

Cool! long overdue for ACL.

[RockyF]

I saw the information about Austin City Limits on 'lightfoot.ca'.

Then I checked for tickets on Google and they are available via the usual suspects.

Looks like they range from $29 to $69 for floor seats (?), and mezzanine table seats go for $138. I'm sure the floor would be adequate for my purposes.

[charlene]

I was aware of the concert date but you say it will be recorded??

I can't find anything saying it will be recorded for PBS - http://acl-live.com/calendar

http://acl-live.com/calendar/gordon-lightfoot

[RockyF]

I think you're right, Charlene. I thought I saw something about a taping but now I can't find it. And if you look at the ACL-Live Calendar, it doesn't indicate that Gordon's show is going to be taped. Appears I was being a bit too hopeful!

And now I feel like a dope for the posting! Please forgive me.

[charlene]

HOw great would that have been if ACL recorded the concert. I'd not heard anything abut it so checked around..After the recording done at Massey a few years ago and the fact we'll never see it I was skeptical that he'd go through all of that again and have it broadcast on TV.. we can hope tho!!!!!!!!!!

[charlene]

HOw great would that have been if ACL recorded the concert. I'd not heard anything abut it so checked around..After the recording done at Massey a few years ago and the fact we'll never see it I was skeptical that he'd go through all of that again and have it broadcast on TV.. we can hope tho!!!!!!!!!!

[Melissa]

Hi, folks,
After reading these posts about ACL, and being an Austin resident, I thought I should speak up. The concert set for Feb., 11, 2014 here in Austin will be at the Moody Theater, which is where the ACL show is taped. However, the Moody Theater is also a concert venue and lots of artists play there without taping an ACL segment. Gord and the guys will NOT be taping an ACL show when they're here - they'll simply be doing a show at that theater. It would be great to see them do ACL, but, sadly, that's not in the works.

I've heard rumors that there will be other Texas dates so I'm still waiting to hear about those. Hopefully, I'll be making my way across this huge state to see all the shows! I'm sure the dates will be posted at Wayne's and Val's sites as soon as they're confirmed.

Melissa