Lightfoot 1970 Photo at UWO

[Yuri]

Browsing through my on-line Alumni magazine for the University of Western Ontario (UWO) in London Ontario, I came upon this photo of Gord (attached) and the short blurb below.
A nice venue where I did happen to see a Lightfoot performance or two sometime in the mid-seventies.

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For many years, following its opening, Alumni Hall was the main venue in London for touring Canadian and international stars. Beginning with his first appearance in 1968, Canadian folk icon Gordon Lightfoot always filled the hall to capacity. This 1970 concert was no exception. During this performance he introduced a new song “I heard you talking in your sleep”.

Can be found at http://www.uwo.ca/ . Open/download pdf at bottom of page – photo found on Pg.4

[charlene]

So young, so earnest looking...so much ahead.
Beautiful picture.
thanks yuri.

[jj]

Originally Posted by Yuri

A nice venue where I did happen to see a Lightfoot performance or two sometime in the mid-seventies.

good stuff, yuri...according to www.lightfoot.ca he was there Apr 6 1975 (Gord likely with Terry, Rick, Pee Wee and Red on stage)...what a peak era

you can see the back of Red in the 1970 pic

[charlene]

I figured that head belonged to Red..lol
Paisley was in fashion too.

[lighthead2toe]

It's a really great feeling when stuff like this shows up here. I guess it has something to do with the nostalgia that piggy backs it's way onto the aging process.
That era was wonderful to have lived through being in the prime of life when there seemed to be no barriers to the fun being had. The party just went on and on.

Songs like "Talking in your Sleep," "Your Loves Return," "Song for a Winter's night," etc., it's those kinds of tunes that seem to have the power to force you to just "drop" everything at hand and free the mind to wander back into that wonderful era and just reflect, and in some sort of surrendering way, to just bow the head and give thanks.
It probably has something to do with the "lest we forget" (Nov 11th, Remembrance Day in Canada) time of year as well.
So on that note thanks to Yuri.
Ron J.