GordQuest 2008

[TennTroubadour]

Hello,

I will be at the Chattanooga with the pen man. Row E Left Center.

[Kathy Number Four]

Originally Posted by TennTroubadour

Hello,

I will be at the Chattanooga with the pen man. Row E Left Center.

Well, we will be expecting an in-depth report from you too, Jerre . Enjoy!

[charlene]

Hey Jerre - have a great time, enjoy yourselves!
Say Hi to "The Man" for me..
Char

[Jesse Joe]

Enjoy the Lightfoot concert Tenn Troubadour. I like your handle name, very cool...

[charlene]

Jerre has that handle cuz he's one of the boys in The Cumberland Trio !
http://www.cumberlandtrio.com/

[TennTroubadour]

Hey Char, thanks a bunch for the link to The Cumberland Trio and the "props!!" :-) Hope all you Lightheads enjoy our music & concert videos.

The Chattanooga show exceeeded my wildest expectations- sold out hall with INCREDIBLE acoustics. It was a wildly enthusiastic crowd which really pumped Gord & the guys up. His voice was MUCH, MUCH better than Nashville a few months ago, and he became more animated as the show progressed, and the audience kept loving him back. He was REALLY happy, and it showed. The Tivoli acoustics are so damn good that we could hear Rick & Terry's unmiced harmony vocals from the 6th row!! He did almost two hours, and I'm sure someone will post a set list. The second half especially was a love fest as he added Pony Man by request to the set. After the encore he came out a 2nd time for extended smiles, waves and those signature bows!!

After the show, he was really upbeat and visited with the few of us with backstage passes (THANKS ANN LIEBOLD!!), along with the meet and greet for the drawing winners of a local radio station sponsor. All this occured down front in the hall itself- not backstage.

NOWWWW....for those of you in suspense, Dore really did herself proud last night!! She was a model of decorum. Gord did recognize her from the audience when she did her signature "You are AWESOME" after the first song. After the show she had some chocolates in the form of long stem red roses and gave Gord one along with band members, other Lightheads....AND even...yes ME!! :-)

We had a really good visit, and she is a fine lady, and forgave me for my post after the Nashville concert, for which I politely apologized in person, telling her I should have sent it to her privately. We even had our picture made together by her wonderful husband Ken.

I had a really good 5-10 minute private visit with Gord, reminiscing about our mutual experiences during the good ol' days of the folk era from our first meeting in Toronto in 1966 at the Riverboat to jamming at Bradley's Barn in Nashville in the late '60s and mid '70s et al. My close friend and ARDENT Gord fan, John from Austin, TX (aka the "Pen Man"), flew up as our guest for the show and had his incredible exotic wood ball point pens for Gord and each of the band guys. John has a Gibson B-45-12 that all you Gord fanantic players would die for- a 1964 cherry sunburst exactly like Gord's two.

SOOOO... all in all it was a great concert and a fantastic evening. Cya at Massey 2008 in May!!!!

[The Rez]

OK, Kathy #4 . . .

I'll be in deep ponder over your Florida Joy hooking up w/ DRS and entourage'
on 17 Feb.

I suspicion you *DO* have that Signed Patch-Jacket from The Mouse House of Blues in tow . . . !?

Rez

[The Rez]

Re: 4 April Show at Aronoff Center For The Arts, Cincinnati, OH

Are any of you attending Gord's Arnoff Center concert?

If so, please let me know. An e-friend in Cincinatti has his ticket in tightly clutched hand. He's not yet a participant on *corfid* but a Wecome Pickerman would be a great surprise for him.

He's a player and very good troubador hisownself . . . Sure would like him to join in the festivities by being greeted by Outrageous Strangers [us]

Blessings,

Rez

[mandoann]

Originally Posted by Dream Street Rose

Hello to all my Lighthead friends. As GordQuest 2008 will start in 9 days I was wondering who (if anyone) would like to meet. For starters, Ken and I will be in Knoxville, TN, Asheville, NC, Chattanooga, TN, and Atlanta, GA.

Please PM me and let me know.

DSR

Hi Rose,

Hope you've been having a great time. Guess you must be at the show in Atlanta at this very moment!

Take care,
Ann

[Kathy Number Four]

Originally Posted by The Rez

OK, Kathy #4 . . .

I'll be in deep ponder over your Florida Joy hooking up w/ DRS and entourage'
on 17 Feb.

I suspicion you *DO* have that Signed Patch-Jacket from The Mouse House of Blues in tow . . . !?

Rez

Oh YES I *WILL* have my jacket in tow! I was wondering if you remembered it from Anaheim... I just mentioned it in my "Happy Birthday" post to you.

[Dream Street Rose]

Hello Mandoann,

I am having the dream time of my life. Spending time with my two favorite men (Ken and Gordon). Yes, Borderstone you are my favorite too. Tonight we are in Daytona Beach Florida (me and Ken, not Gordon). Tomorrow is the race. We have family in Portland Ann so maybe someday we can meet there. Have to go now.

DSR

[Jesse Joe]

"Incredible Journey" {DSR,} stay safe, enjoy the race, & more Lightfoot concerts.

[Dream Street Rose]

Thank you Jesse Joe,

I do feel like this is an "incredible journey". It was hard to be here at the beach knowing just a few hours away was a concert. Some of the ladies have asked how come my husband goes to all these concerts with me. This is why. The NASCAR car races are very important to him so I try to be fair. Okay, enough from me.

I hope you are all enjoying your weekend.

DSR

[ELizabeth]

FormerlyLavender...will you and your brother be at Wolf Trap on June 14th? Haven't had a 'for sure' reply from BillW yet. DSR will you and Ken be there?

[formerlylavender]

Hi Elizabeth, unfortunately I don't think jbt and I will be at Wolftrap in June. I was hoping the Wolftrap show would be the week prior or following the Keswick show, but since they're two nights in a row, it is hard with work and kids etc. It makes more sense for us to focus on the Keswick show because it's considerably closer. I love the Wolftrap venue and we had such a good time the last time, so it's quite disappointing. Thanks for inquiring, and have fun.

[mandoann]

Originally Posted by Dream Street Rose

Hello Mandoann,

I am having the dream time of my life. Spending time with my two favorite men (Ken and Gordon). Yes, Borderstone you are my favorite too. Tonight we are in Daytona Beach Florida (me and Ken, not Gordon). Tomorrow is the race. We have family in Portland Ann so maybe someday we can meet there. Have to go now.

DSR

That would be great to meet you, DSR! I'm still hoping GL comes here this year!

BTW, how is he doing? I heard he had a cold, was he getting better? I hope!

Take care (Ken too),
Ann

[Dream Street Rose]

Yes Mandoann,

Gordon did have a cold for the first two nights but did a good job. By night three we could tell he was feeling a whole lot better. I am not sure if anyone reported in after the last two concerts yet as I looked at this thread first. We picked up Kathy number four (we think she is #one), last night. Tomorrow we will drive from Orlando to Gainsville. Kathy and I will report in when we get back to the hotel. I hope you are well.

DSR

[mandoann]

Originally Posted by Dream Street Rose

Yes Mandoann,

Gordon did have a cold for the first two nights but did a good job. By night three we could tell he was feeling a whole lot better. I am not sure if anyone reported in after the last two concerts yet as I looked at this thread first. We picked up Kathy number four (we think she is #one), last night. Tomorrow we will drive from Orlando to Gainsville. Kathy and I will report in when we get back to the hotel. I hope you are well.

DSR

I'm fine, especially to know that Gord's feeling better! Have fun in Gainesville! (I'm listening to TSOO now. Bet you can't guess what that means! I'm finding my acronym list is getting longer all the time!)

m'ann