Little Rock review

[charlene]

Mr. Jack Hill very kindly sent me the review from the paper..It was available only with a subscription..

MUSIC REVIEW

Lightfoot’s concert shows love for work

BY JACK W. HILL ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE


Returning after the intermission, Canadian singer-songwriter-guitarist Gordon Lightfoot explained “We love the work,” perhaps in answer to an unknown shouted question at his Sunday night concert at Robinson Center Music Hall in Little Rock. Anyone could see that Lightfoot — who had first walked out on stage in a red velvet jacket — loved his work.
That was obvious to all the fans who turned out, nearly filling the place, at least the downstairs portion. And Lightfoot seemed delighted to be back in Little Rock, after some 14 years, he announced. Lightfoot is back in good health and able to sing and play after a near-fatal illness six years ago.
Opening with a complex and lengthy song, “Triangle,” Lightfoot showed that he could still pull up line after narrative line of the songs he has written for half a century. Following with the lighthearted “Cotton Jenny,” Lightfoot began what turned into a twohour concert, minus a 20-minute intermission, and he gave fans a string of hits they came hoping to hear, including “Ribbon of Darkness,” “If You Could Read My Mind,” “Sundown,” “Minstrel of the Dawn,” Rainy Day People,” “Beautiful,” “Alberta Bound,” “A Painter Passing Through,” “Baby Step Back” “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” and more.
The 69-year-old singer, who could have elected to sit on a stool but instead remained standing for his entire show, had a visage that was a blend of fabled movie icon Kirk Douglas, and a bit of Jack Palance, along with a classic Indian face and a tad of the nowcrumbled granite Old Man of the Mountain in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
Alternating between his 12- and 6-string guitars, ably backed by his veteran bandmates on keyboards, drums, bass and lead guitar, Lightfoot was light on the chatter. He occasionally threw out a wry line or two, with the best anecdote being about the time he “almost” met Elvis Presley in Buffalo, where he no doubt would have thanked EP for recording “Early Morning Rain.”
The fine show drew to a conclusion with a version of Kris Kristofferson’s “Me and Bobby McGee,” which was followed by a quick two-song encore of “Blackberry Wine” and “Ol’ Dan’s Records,” and Lightfoot was done. And it was all well-done.

[Jesse Joe]

The 69-year-old singer, who could have elected to sit on a stool but instead remained standing for his entire show, had a visage that was a blend of fabled movie icon Kirk Douglas, and a bit of Jack Palance, along with a classic Indian face...

Great review and I must say I agree somewhat with looking a bit like, Kirk Douglas, but mostly; Jack Palance.

[BILLW]

"classic Indian face" ? is that a "Lightfoot" reference ? or what ? Nice review otherwise though - thanks for posting it Char !

Bill

[jj]

Originally Posted by charlene

a tad of the nowcrumbled granite Old Man of the Mountain

is he saying he looks like the Old Man before or after the crumbling?

http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgur...%3Den%26sa%3DG

atleast he didnt compare him to the now trunkless Elephant rock in PEI

the last 5 words of the review are bang on ....thanks for posting this

[jj]

Originally Posted by podunklander

lol b4...I would think but Gordon's not *that* old lol

there was a bit of nose profile similarity actually...

this has been posted before, but this is the mountain i'd prefer to see the 'old man' on...i guess he'd need duo citizenship for starters

[timetraveler]

The one thing that I'm terribly curious about is whether or not he has any Indian in in family tree. What got me wondering is an observation that my mother made when she saw him in the broadcast of his Live In Reno concert.

[charlene]

previous discussion:
http://www.corfid.com/vbb/showthread...ative+heritage

[Nightingale]

I'm glad he got a good review.
His love for his music is so evident when he is performing. It's what makes it so special to see him live, at least for me.

I think I would be a little miffed if someone said I looked like any of the people referred to...lol.
I think Gordon looks very handsome.
He looks like Gordon Lightfoot and that's a good thing in my opinion.