Lightfoot on Letterman in October

[Kelly Davis]

I can't wait!!! Gord deserves an interview on U.S. t.v. (why does Canada get all the good stuff????? - yeah, I know, I know)

My family and I will be seeing Gord in Aurora exactly one week from that night on Oct. 15th.

[Borderstone]

Why not just make Gordon his only guest that night,
let him sing 3 or 4 songs and then interview him for about 20-30 minutes?

[charlene]

I think we all know he's not comfortable sittng and chatting..he barely does it here at home with journalists he knows.

[Dan O'Malley]

I know I hedged my bets on him singing IYCRMM, but for some reason i'm going for Restless now. Must have been a dream i had!

[charlene]

Restless is a good choice too...

[Jesse Joe]

Originally Posted by Jesse Joe

Maybe 'Restless' ?

There's a plain and simple answer to each and every quest
From every quiet dancer who might be a special guest
In a movie made for TV or a late night interview
You might even find them on the "Young and the Restless" too

.

[Kelly Davis]

As far as what Gord may sing that night, I can say for my opinion, I.Y.C.R.M.M. always sounds the best at any concert, hands down.

I think the range of the song serves him well at this point in his life.

"The Wreck" is too long for a tight t.v. spot. I think it will be IYCRMM.

I can see a 'betting pool' forming shortly before the show airs.

[Borderstone]

Do you think we should send Dave thank you cards & letters for having Gordon on his show?

I think it's a cool idea.

[charlene]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta0a3...ayer_embedded#!

[Jesse Joe]

That one from (MMM) sounds as good as it gets... instruments & vocals.

[KHester]

According to my friend who is one of the exec producers on Letterman. As of now Gord will most likely do only one song at the end of the show. That's too bad... but my friend will get me a network grade copy of the show.



Kevin

[Jesse Joe]

Very pleased to read this KHester, you probably will have folks here asking for copies of this network grade copy of the show.

[charlene]

One song,no chat I've been told. Song yet to be decided. Lightfoot longtime promo man got the gig for him.

[OldDan]

Originally Posted by RM

I was wondering......how did this happen ? I don't watch Letterman very often. Is it common for him to have an older musical act on ? The musical guests, whether old or new, are usually promoting something new. Seems odd.

My money is on IYCRMM too.

Dave has a penchant for featuring older music legends now and then interspersed with the indie rockers and hip hop acts. He had Jimmy Webb on back in July and last year even featured Jean Redpath, certainly a folk music icon, but not well known to the Late Show audience. Dave adores Emmylou Harris, too. Good luck to Gord, I'll be watching!

[Islandgirl1]

Previously, I suggested APPT, but today I was listening to my Creative Zen MP3 player and BABY STEP BACK played. I hadn't heard it in a while & now I think BSB would be a good one for Gord to play on Letterman. Not only does Gord usually perform it well but it is one of the tunes that features Terry on his guitar. I used to work for Catholic Charities as an activities coordinator/case manager w/ a population of adult chronic schizophrenics [I loved that job by the way] and one of the things I did was run an exercise group. Everybody loved exercising to BSB and often requested that I play it on my guitar during the sing-a-long group too. My non-Gord fan friends tend to like BSB too. I can't wait for October 8th. Dorothea

[jj]

Originally Posted by charlene

the Letterman website has the videos of musical guests.

you know what i'm looking forward to (other than if Paul takes over or embellishes the keyboard segments of the selected track) is Dave's intro and post performance handshake and possible comments

these DL homepage clips are nice but why do they not have the intro for each artist and also not have Dave walking over after to have his brief interaction

imo, the same can be said of GL concerts the past decade...i am primarily there for the pre-song intros and bantering anecdotes (and the 5% worth of set list adds)

interesting song choice opinions here...hmmm, well if he actually does play BSB i'll probably go for a pee break...imagine if BSB was his network tv legacy

well, the countdown is on...

[Dave, Melbourne,Australia]

I've just realised that Australia's Ten Network, which has been screening The Late Show EVERY WEEKNIGHT THIS YEAR, is instead screening the Delhi Commonwealth Games in that timeslot throughout the first half of October. The Lightfoot episode may never screen in Australia! It may be used as a filler on a night when Ten doesn't have the latest episode ready for screening, but if so, that would be weeks or months from now and we wouldn't know about it.

[joveski]

i'm sure it'll be up on youtube!

[T.G.]

I cancelled my cable - have no need for all the crap in TV - so hope a pair of rabbit ears will pick up the show. Otherwise, I hope someone records it and puts it up on YouTube.

[gmerrick]

So what happened that Gord is no longer going to appear tonight?

GM

[charlene]

the appearance has been postponed and will be re-scheduled for another time. that is all the news there is at this time.

[jj]

Originally Posted by Borderstone

Do you think we should send Dave thank you cards & letters for having Gordon on his show?

no

[timetraveler]

To be absolutely honest, and please forgive me the vulgar word I will use here & now, but I was so very pissed off when I tuned in to Letterman to see Gordon & saw only a bunch of goobers, with Letterman being the biggest one of the lot! Hell, I passed up watching The Nanny on Nickelodeon just to catch Gordon & then Letterman goes & lays a huge goose egg like that. I may consider forgiving him if he does relent & reschedule our man for a later show, as well as having a damn good excuse for having postponed his apearance in the first place.

[Borderstone]

It's been a years since this! Woww!

Silly question but do you think this appearence will ever take place?