I was a big Lightfoot fan throughout the 70's - saw many, many concerts at Philharmonic (Avery Fischer) Hall in NY, one at Carnegie Hall, and one in Princeton, NJ. I had the great fortune to meet Gord in the Green Room at Avery Fischer in November 1973 with my friend, who had drawn a portrait of him (we gave it to him). He asked if it was a school project! (emphasis on the "o" in project, in that great Canadian accent) I have a picture of him taken there in the Green Room that I just dug out yesterday for the first time in years. I watched the PBS special (I now live in VA) a couple of weeks ago and have become re-obsessed! Although his voice clearly does not have the strength it once did, he still sounds great to me. I'm thinking of going to a concert next year. I had stopped listening after Endless Wire - I don't really know why. I bought Songbook last week, and am trying to sift thru the years of stuff that I missed online. So far my favorite "recent" song (from my perspective, that is) has to be Shadows. I know from reading this board about the 4 records not yet out on CD, but what about Waiting For You? I can't seem to find that one either on CDNow, Amazon or Tower Records online. Anyone have any other ideas?
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