City Centre Theatre
Coral Springs, FL
March 15, 2001
First Set - Gord dressed in black trousers and white oxford style shirt
Triangle
(followed by patter about being on tour,
singing a line from "on the road again"
and saying “Thank you, Willie”)
Don Quixote
Never Too Close
Uncle Toad Said
(which Gord described as a
“song about exuberant youth”)
Beautiful
(final high notes sung in lower
registers, ending on the fifth of the
chord (the E of the A maj7)
The Watchman’s Gone
Sundown
Carefree Highway
Nighttime
(Gord stated this was the first song
that he had written in his new house,
which has a lovely western view. He
said that he hadn’t really wanted to
move, but the rest of the family did, so
he decided to “Go with the flow.” )
Restless
Mistrel of the Dawn
(instrumental on “Steppin Fetchit” verse
Baby Step Back
Alberta Bound
(in response to request, Gord said, “We
can do that one.”)
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
(intermission)
Second Set - black tee shirt
All the Lovely Ladies
Waiting For You
Fading Away
Shellfish
(Gord was playfully insistent upon
singing this, despite numerous
audience requests for oldies)
Let it Ride
If You Could Read My Mind
A Painter Passing Through
Early Morning Rain
Blackberry Wine
Song for a Winter’s Night
(mentioned that it was written during
Cleveland summer thunderstorm
overlooking the Cuyahoga River)
Canadian Railroad Trilogy
Encore
Old Dan’s Records
(after the encore, Gord returned for a final bow)
Gord was generally in good voice.
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"And the laughter came too easy for life to pass me by."
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