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Gordon Lightfoot @ Seneca Allegany Events Center (Inside the Seneca Allegany Casino) Salamanca, NY September 10, 2011
Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 September 2011 16:46
Written by Dee Haley
Tuesday, 13 September 2011 11:05
Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot brought his brand of folk music to the Seneca Allegany Casino, in Allegany, New York, on Saturday evening. Gordon performed for an audience of about 2,000 fans who hung on his every lyric. He began his set shortly after 7:00PM and played for a little over an hour and a half.
Lightfoot opened the show with "Did She Mention My Name" and went on to sing a bevy of his folk classics. Throughout the show, he meticulously switched back and forth between a 12 string and a six string acoustic guitar. He told a few jokes and a few stories between songs. He let the audience know that "Fine As Fine Can Be" was written for his daughter, who was ten years old at the time that he wrote it. She is now 46 years of age. For the most part, however, in true folk music fashion, he let the songs tell the stories.
The crowd listened intently to each tune, cheering between songs. The audience could not help but to sing along during songs like "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" and "If You Could Read My Mind." Gordon introduced "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" as a song he wrote for a folk album. He and his band seemed full of emotion while performing this number. Speaking of his band, they are a group of fine musicians. He proudly introduced the band about midway through the show. Bass player Rick Haynes has been performing with Lightfoot since 1969. The band was rounded out by Carter Lancaster on guitar, Barry Keane on the drums and keyboardist Mike Heffernan.
At 72 years old, Lightfoot still has his signature baritone voice and he can still play his 12 string acoustic guitar in an impressive fashion. Lightfoot finished his set with "Song for a Winter's Night." He returned to the stage for a one song encore, which was befittingly titled "In My Fashion."
Gordon Lightfoot is a true living folk music legend. His audience at the Seneca Allegany Casino spanned across the decades. He is quite an accomplished musician and if you have an opportunity to see him, you should take it.
Set list:
Did She Mention My Name
Carefree Highway
Sea of Tranquility
14 Karat Gold
Never Too Close
A Painter Passing Through
Let it Ride
Spanish Moss
Shadows
Beautiful
Sweet Guinevere
Cotton Jenny
Ribbon of Darkness
Sundown
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Hangdog Hotel Room
Restless
Fine As Fine Can Be
Home From the Forest
If You Could Read My Mind
Don Quixote
Baby Step Back
Early Morning Rain
Song for a Winter's Night
Encore:
In My Fashion
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