I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!

[silenceandsound86]

Finally! After having to cancel my Vegas trip in April, it is only 4 days until the show at Villa Montalvo. I saw him two months before his illness, so this is really exciting. Thanks to all of you who have seen him this year, and have shared his return. It's been great to read about, but nothing tops this!

[Rona]

Finally! After having to cancel my Vegas trip in April, it is only 4 days until the show at Villa Montalvo. I saw him two months before his illness, so this is really exciting. Thanks to all of you who have seen him this year, and have shared his return. It's been great to read about, but nothing tops this!

[byKimberly]

See you there, Rona.
I was in row M but traded for dinner tickets in row N seats 10 and 11.
Where will you be?
Kimberly

[silenceandsound86]

M 44 and 46 (or possibly 44 and 42-I gave the other ticket to my friend, but I can't recall which side it is.) See you there!

[Rona]

M 44 and 46 (or possibly 44 and 42-I gave the other ticket to my friend, but I can't recall which side it is.) See you there!

[byKimberly]

Tonight's the night!
Whoo hoo!!!
We have Jerre from Tennessee and John from Texas in town for tonight's show at Montalvo. Also, a fella from Northern California coming down.

See you there Rona!

Anyone else coming to this show, tonight?
Kimberly

[ September 13, 2005, 13:45: Message edited by: byKimberly ]

[byKimberly]

Interesting:
Dinner is served 90 minutes prior to Garden Theatre performances, with final seating at the start of the performance. Parties of four or more may reserve an intimate table when purchasing advance tickets.

http://www.villamontalvo.com/preconcert.html#9_13
9/13 | Gordon Lightfoot

A Tasting Menu from the Edmund Fitzgerald...
by Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme

Seafood Bisque
Served in cappuccino cups topped with a dollop of truffle cream

Small Plates

Dungeness Crab Salad
with grapefruit slices and Grand Marnier Aioli

Seafood Sampler

Seafood Bordelaise
Shrimp, scallops, lobster and crawfish tails
in a bordelaise sauce topped with fresh-diced tomatoes
and fresh basil, served in a French Pastry Boat.

Sliced Filet Mignon
Topped with Sauce Béarnaise

Sliced French Baguettes

Grilled Peaches with Pound Cake and Mascarpone

[Auburn Annie]

Has anybody recovered sufficiently to report on the concert?

[Auburn Annie]

Has anybody recovered sufficiently to report on the concert?

[byKimberly]

It was a wonderful show and Gord was REALLY chatty.
Didn't meet Rona, sadly.
The set list is posted at http://www.lightfoot.ca/050913.htm

I didn't write one.

Saratoga, CA
Montalvo Arts Center - September 13, 2005
14 Karat Gold
Never Too Close
Shadows
In My Fashion
Spanish Moss
Don Quixote
Ghosts Of Cape Horn
Rainy Day People
Cotton Jenny
Sundown
I Used To Be A Country Singer
Carefree Highway
The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
The Pony Man
Beautiful
Harmony
Let It Ride
If You Could Read My Mind
Ring Them Bells
Clouds Of Loneliness
Couchiching
Baby Step Back
Early Morning Rain
Restless
Old Dan's Records
Canadian Railroad Trilogy

[silenceandsound86]

Sorry we didn't meet up Kimberly! You're right-he was chatty! I've been to so many of his concerts, and I've never heard him talk so much. I loved it. What was it he said about Harmony? Something like it was a song of redemption. And although there has been speculation, it certainly did not sound as if he is back together with his wife, did it? Hmmm

[Rona]

Sorry we didn't meet up Kimberly! You're right-he was chatty! I've been to so many of his concerts, and I've never heard him talk so much. I loved it. What was it he said about Harmony? Something like it was a song of redemption. And although there has been speculation, it certainly did not sound as if he is back together with his wife, did it? Hmmm

[byKimberly]

I know nothing, but I have been with the impression that he reserves a lot of time for his family. ???
Hoping for the best!
Kimberly

[johnfowles]

Originally posted by Auburn Annie:
Has anybody recovered sufficiently to report on the concert?

The brief answer Annie is a resounding "No"
So far there has been a dirth of detailed comment on the Montalvo concert eiher here or on the Newsgroup but fortunately Jim Harrington of Bay Area Living was on the ball so there is a most excellent and sympathetic (note Sydney Steve the"sym " in front of your adjective!) review at:-
http://www.insidebayarea.com/bayarea...ing/ci_3031105
sample
"Talking backstage with Barry Harvey, Lightfoot's manager of 17 years, he estimated that the singer is 98 percent back to his pre-surgery form. Yet, it was hard to figure out what 2 percent is still missing as Lightfoot definitely sounded as strong live as he did back in the mid-'90s, following the release of his excellent "Waiting for You."
And the conclusion
"There was much to applaud about at this show. First and foremost is the not-so simple fact that Lightfoot was back on the stage"
John Fowles
And to conclude from a nice archived 2002 article in the unlikely

which reproduced the lyrics of EMR at:_
http://www.aircargonews.com/archives...wnToEarth.html
{see EMR mentions a (Boeing) 707}
"We can hope for one more song or applaud his unforgettable musical canvas of thirty-plus years.
This guy stuck a needle into a vein, and sat down and gave the world everything of his life, and love, and yearning, including a view through the bottom of a shot glass."
IMHO that says it all done it

[johnfowles]

Originally posted by Auburn Annie:
Has anybody recovered sufficiently to report on the concert?

The brief answer Annie is a resounding "No"
So far there has been a dirth of detailed comment on the Montalvo concert eiher here or on the Newsgroup but fortunately Jim Harrington of Bay Area Living was on the ball so there is a most excellent and sympathetic (note Sydney Steve the"sym " in front of your adjective!) review at:-
http://www.insidebayarea.com/bayarea...ing/ci_3031105
sample
"Talking backstage with Barry Harvey, Lightfoot's manager of 17 years, he estimated that the singer is 98 percent back to his pre-surgery form. Yet, it was hard to figure out what 2 percent is still missing as Lightfoot definitely sounded as strong live as he did back in the mid-'90s, following the release of his excellent "Waiting for You."
And the conclusion
"There was much to applaud about at this show. First and foremost is the not-so simple fact that Lightfoot was back on the stage"
John Fowles
And to conclude from a nice archived 2002 article in the unlikely

which reproduced the lyrics of EMR at:_
http://www.aircargonews.com/archives...wnToEarth.html
{see EMR mentions a (Boeing) 707}
"We can hope for one more song or applaud his unforgettable musical canvas of thirty-plus years.
This guy stuck a needle into a vein, and sat down and gave the world everything of his life, and love, and yearning, including a view through the bottom of a shot glass."
IMHO that says it all done it

[Auburn Annie]

Here's the review:

Gordon Lightfoot sounds as strong as ever
By Jim Harrington, CONTRIBUTOR



FANS WEREN'T SURE what to expect when Gordon Lightfoot took the stage Tuesday at Montalvo Arts Center.
It was the singer-songwriter's first concert in the Bay Area since undergoing emergency surgery for an abdominal hemorrhage that nearly ended his life back in 2002. The procedure was so serious, given that doctors had to temporarily displace some of his vital organs to perform the operation, that there were serious doubts whether Lightfoot would perform again.

Given the situation, Lightfoot's two-set concert at the Saratoga venue was nothing short of miraculous. The 66-year-old Canadian showed nary a sign of the long recovery that forced him to stay off the road for nearly three years.

Sure, his voice, now scratchy and weathered, is a far cry from its warm, lush peak exhibited on such early-'70s works as "Sit Down Young Stranger." But it's been that way for years.

Talking backstage with Barry Harvey, Lightfoot's manager of 17 years, he estimated that the singer is 98 percent back to his pre-surgery form. Yet, it was hard to figure out what 2 percent is still missing as Lightfoot definitely sounded as strong live as he did back in the mid-'90s, following the release of his excellent "Waiting for You."

Equally important, Lightfoot's songs have weathered the decades quite nicely. Credit a good deal of that to his longtime band — bassist Rick Haynes, guitarist Terry Clements, drummer Barry Keane and keyboardist Michael Heffernan — which delivered each song crisply and cleanly.

Fans came from all around the Bay Area to see the folk hero responsible for such hits as "Sundown" and "If You Could Read My Mind." Lightfoot, touring in support of last year's "Harmony," repaid their kindness by digging deep into "Gord's Gold" during both sets.

After drawing ample applause for a double-shot of the somber "Rainy Day People" and joyous "Cotton Jenny," the vocalist — who also happens to be a solid guitarist — really wowed the crowd by closing his first set with a threesome of "Sundown," "Carefree Highway" and "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald."

That trio of tunes clearly displayed Lightfoot's diverse abilities as a songwriter.

"Sundown" remains one of the most ominous-sounding love songs of all time, complete with some powerful imagery that really resonates in the mind. He draws the listener into "a room where ya do what ya don't confess" to meet a woman "lookin' fast in her faded jeans," only to warn what would happen if he finds "you been creepin' 'round my back stairs."

"Carefree Highway" was a drastic change of pace — as warm and fuzzy as "Sundown" was cold and steely. "Edmund Fitzgerald" managed to be neither as Lightfoot played it straight and took the time-honored role as folk-singer-historian to tell this tragic tale.

Following a 20-minute set break, Lightfoot was back to perform the immortal "If You Could Read My Mind." That's always a tough song to perform live, given that the strings-rich recorded version is an exquisite piece of studio wizardry that ranks with the best of the Beatles or Brian Wilson, but the singer did a fine job in retelling this harrowing story of quiet desperation.

He followed with a couple of lesser-known gems — "Restless" and Bob Dylan's "Ring Them Bells" — before tackling the classic "Early Morning Rain," an achingly beautiful tune that has been performed by the likes of Dylan, Elvis Presley and the Grateful Dead.

The second set drew to a close with "Old Dan's Records," one of Lightfoot's most convincingly lighthearted numbers, and it came as no surprise that the epic "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" served as the encore. The seven-minute "Trilogy" remains an amazing piece of music, so dense with imagery and history and, yet, it still spurs the audience to clap along to its occasional chugging train-like beat.

There was much to applaud about at this show. First and foremost is the not-so simple fact that Lightfoot was back on the stage.


You can write music critic Jim Harrington at jimthecritic@yahoo.com.

[Auburn Annie]

Here's the review:

Gordon Lightfoot sounds as strong as ever
By Jim Harrington, CONTRIBUTOR



FANS WEREN'T SURE what to expect when Gordon Lightfoot took the stage Tuesday at Montalvo Arts Center.
It was the singer-songwriter's first concert in the Bay Area since undergoing emergency surgery for an abdominal hemorrhage that nearly ended his life back in 2002. The procedure was so serious, given that doctors had to temporarily displace some of his vital organs to perform the operation, that there were serious doubts whether Lightfoot would perform again.

Given the situation, Lightfoot's two-set concert at the Saratoga venue was nothing short of miraculous. The 66-year-old Canadian showed nary a sign of the long recovery that forced him to stay off the road for nearly three years.

Sure, his voice, now scratchy and weathered, is a far cry from its warm, lush peak exhibited on such early-'70s works as "Sit Down Young Stranger." But it's been that way for years.

Talking backstage with Barry Harvey, Lightfoot's manager of 17 years, he estimated that the singer is 98 percent back to his pre-surgery form. Yet, it was hard to figure out what 2 percent is still missing as Lightfoot definitely sounded as strong live as he did back in the mid-'90s, following the release of his excellent "Waiting for You."

Equally important, Lightfoot's songs have weathered the decades quite nicely. Credit a good deal of that to his longtime band — bassist Rick Haynes, guitarist Terry Clements, drummer Barry Keane and keyboardist Michael Heffernan — which delivered each song crisply and cleanly.

Fans came from all around the Bay Area to see the folk hero responsible for such hits as "Sundown" and "If You Could Read My Mind." Lightfoot, touring in support of last year's "Harmony," repaid their kindness by digging deep into "Gord's Gold" during both sets.

After drawing ample applause for a double-shot of the somber "Rainy Day People" and joyous "Cotton Jenny," the vocalist — who also happens to be a solid guitarist — really wowed the crowd by closing his first set with a threesome of "Sundown," "Carefree Highway" and "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald."

That trio of tunes clearly displayed Lightfoot's diverse abilities as a songwriter.

"Sundown" remains one of the most ominous-sounding love songs of all time, complete with some powerful imagery that really resonates in the mind. He draws the listener into "a room where ya do what ya don't confess" to meet a woman "lookin' fast in her faded jeans," only to warn what would happen if he finds "you been creepin' 'round my back stairs."

"Carefree Highway" was a drastic change of pace — as warm and fuzzy as "Sundown" was cold and steely. "Edmund Fitzgerald" managed to be neither as Lightfoot played it straight and took the time-honored role as folk-singer-historian to tell this tragic tale.

Following a 20-minute set break, Lightfoot was back to perform the immortal "If You Could Read My Mind." That's always a tough song to perform live, given that the strings-rich recorded version is an exquisite piece of studio wizardry that ranks with the best of the Beatles or Brian Wilson, but the singer did a fine job in retelling this harrowing story of quiet desperation.

He followed with a couple of lesser-known gems — "Restless" and Bob Dylan's "Ring Them Bells" — before tackling the classic "Early Morning Rain," an achingly beautiful tune that has been performed by the likes of Dylan, Elvis Presley and the Grateful Dead.

The second set drew to a close with "Old Dan's Records," one of Lightfoot's most convincingly lighthearted numbers, and it came as no surprise that the epic "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" served as the encore. The seven-minute "Trilogy" remains an amazing piece of music, so dense with imagery and history and, yet, it still spurs the audience to clap along to its occasional chugging train-like beat.

There was much to applaud about at this show. First and foremost is the not-so simple fact that Lightfoot was back on the stage.


You can write music critic Jim Harrington at jimthecritic@yahoo.com.

[byKimberly]

Thanks for posting this, Annie.
Kimberly

I saw my FIRST Gordon Lightfoot concert in Saratoga on Sept 13, 2005 AND got to meet him in person.

What a charismatic & very charming person. The concert was absolutely magical.

As a kid, I use to steal my sister's GL albums from her roomand play them over and over and over. And like many others, took up guitar so I could play his songs.

The clock turned back when Gordon played. For all of us and FOR GORDON.

Thanks Gordon for the wonderful Tuesday night. I promise I will see you next time you are through the SF Bay Area.

[CatalinaMarin]

I saw my FIRST Gordon Lightfoot concert in Saratoga on Sept 13, 2005 AND got to meet him in person.

What a charismatic & very charming person. The concert was absolutely magical.

As a kid, I use to steal my sister's GL albums from her roomand play them over and over and over. And like many others, took up guitar so I could play his songs.

The clock turned back when Gordon played. For all of us and FOR GORDON.

Thanks Gordon for the wonderful Tuesday night. I promise I will see you next time you are through the SF Bay Area.

[byKimberly]

Cat, I may have a phone picture of you...
Kimberly

technically challenged a bit and new to the website. Kimberly I will get it to you.

[CatalinaMarin]

technically challenged a bit and new to the website. Kimberly I will get it to you.