Gord In My Life

[charlene]

I don't now what it is but I still can't believe the love that people have for Gord from all over the world! It just about kills me to think that he is so beloved - to the degree (never more) that I love him. It is beyond my understanding, well no I understand it but I just am amazed! You people are just incredible and it is an affirmation of my faith in my love and admiration for Gord that so many others feel the same. It's that "Same Old Obsesssion"
It warms my heart and makes me smile - it really does!
The blessing of Gord in my life is not something that can be measured in any way. It just IS.
Char
This was something I posted on another post but I wanted all of you to know how I felt.

[charlene]

I don't now what it is but I still can't believe the love that people have for Gord from all over the world! It just about kills me to think that he is so beloved - to the degree (never more) that I love him. It is beyond my understanding, well no I understand it but I just am amazed! You people are just incredible and it is an affirmation of my faith in my love and admiration for Gord that so many others feel the same. It's that "Same Old Obsesssion"
It warms my heart and makes me smile - it really does!
The blessing of Gord in my life is not something that can be measured in any way. It just IS.
Char
This was something I posted on another post but I wanted all of you to know how I felt.

[jennybryce]

I agree, Charlene! Sometimes it's hard to explain to aquaintances exactly how I feel about Gord, and what he has meant to my life. For many years I just kept quiet about it and shared my feelings with only a few, mainly my husband and children who grew up with Gord's music always on the stereo. Even my late father developed an appreciation for his music through me,and enjoyed listening to Gord whenever he would come to visit. Over the years I have found only a few friends who share the same passion about this man, his music and lyrics. These are the friends who will drive hours to get to a concert and get home at 3 a.m., only to get up and go to work by 6:30! No matter what is happening in my life, there seems to be one of his songs that fits right in. Whenever I listen to his music I feel a tremendous sense of "everything fitting together" in my life, if that makes any sense at all! It has been so wonderful to find this discussion group and know that there are so many others out there who feel the same as I do! Thanks, Florian, and to all of you who express yourselves so sincerely about your love for Gord and all he brings to our lives.
Anne

[Anne]

I agree, Charlene! Sometimes it's hard to explain to aquaintances exactly how I feel about Gord, and what he has meant to my life. For many years I just kept quiet about it and shared my feelings with only a few, mainly my husband and children who grew up with Gord's music always on the stereo. Even my late father developed an appreciation for his music through me,and enjoyed listening to Gord whenever he would come to visit. Over the years I have found only a few friends who share the same passion about this man, his music and lyrics. These are the friends who will drive hours to get to a concert and get home at 3 a.m., only to get up and go to work by 6:30! No matter what is happening in my life, there seems to be one of his songs that fits right in. Whenever I listen to his music I feel a tremendous sense of "everything fitting together" in my life, if that makes any sense at all! It has been so wonderful to find this discussion group and know that there are so many others out there who feel the same as I do! Thanks, Florian, and to all of you who express yourselves so sincerely about your love for Gord and all he brings to our lives.
Anne

[rainydayperson]

Anne...Getting home at 3:00 A.M. and getting back up at 6:00 to go to work all on the account of a Gordon Lightfoot concert. That say's a great deal about the one whom we pay tribute to over this wonderfull site that Florian has blessed us with. To Gordon, Florian and all of you I tip my hat. Thank you.

[classicmixdj]

Anne...Getting home at 3:00 A.M. and getting back up at 6:00 to go to work all on the account of a Gordon Lightfoot concert. That say's a great deal about the one whom we pay tribute to over this wonderfull site that Florian has blessed us with. To Gordon, Florian and all of you I tip my hat. Thank you.

[Karen]

have to say this is a wonderful website, i come in here everyday. i just have to say that it was always a dream of mine to meet gord, and then it happened, he is everything i thought he was, so kind soft spoken, and very humble, i have met people from all over who feel the way we all feel, he is very loved, and i dont think he has a clue about the way his music has an effect on the people who love him so dearly. his music will play on long after he is gone, he is the one and only and always will be.
rose

[Rose]

have to say this is a wonderful website, i come in here everyday. i just have to say that it was always a dream of mine to meet gord, and then it happened, he is everything i thought he was, so kind soft spoken, and very humble, i have met people from all over who feel the way we all feel, he is very loved, and i dont think he has a clue about the way his music has an effect on the people who love him so dearly. his music will play on long after he is gone, he is the one and only and always will be.
rose

[fezo]

quote:Originally posted by Rose:
have to say this is a wonderful website, i come in here everyday. i just have to say that it was always a dream of mine to meet gord, and then it happened, he is everything i thought he was, so kind soft spoken, and very humble, i have met people from all over who feel the way we all feel, he is very loved, and i dont think he has a clue about the way his music has an effect on the people who love him so dearly. his music will play on long after he is gone, he is the one and only and always will be.
rose
Like all of us, I come in everyday because
it feels so good to be with others who love, admire and respect Gordon Lightfoot and his music. He is the Master and always will be.His music has the magic to lift one's spirit, to heal even and to sometimes enlighten. I wonder if he truly realises how much he means to us all.

[Silver Heels]

quote:Originally posted by Rose:
have to say this is a wonderful website, i come in here everyday. i just have to say that it was always a dream of mine to meet gord, and then it happened, he is everything i thought he was, so kind soft spoken, and very humble, i have met people from all over who feel the way we all feel, he is very loved, and i dont think he has a clue about the way his music has an effect on the people who love him so dearly. his music will play on long after he is gone, he is the one and only and always will be.
rose
Like all of us, I come in everyday because
it feels so good to be with others who love, admire and respect Gordon Lightfoot and his music. He is the Master and always will be.His music has the magic to lift one's spirit, to heal even and to sometimes enlighten. I wonder if he truly realises how much he means to us all.

[dill23]

Silver Heels,

I must share something with you about the last sentence of your post. I have a friend, her name is Kaki Hunter. Perhaps some of you may remember her from her acting days some fifteen years ago as her character of Wendy in all the Porkey's films. She of course did other films and was considered one of the brightest newcomers to Hollywood. She dumped her acting career flat. Still won't tell me why, so I don't press the issue. However, just last weekend we were talking and I said to her, "It must be a terrible thing to go to bed every night knowing that you touched the lives of millions of people with your humor, your tenderness, your sweetness and your beauty. To have shown us all just a little bit of who each of us are thru the characters you portrayed." She answered, "I try not to think about it. It's too much of a resposibility and it can drive a person crazy."

So I think that is how anyone like Gordon handles it. They do what they do and they are thankful to be doing it. But there isn't a single day of my life for the last thirty-five years that he hasn't been in there some place. Some line, some thought, some lesson that he passed on to all of us. He said he thinks he's "merely blessed." What does that make us?

[Rob Wells]

Silver Heels,

I must share something with you about the last sentence of your post. I have a friend, her name is Kaki Hunter. Perhaps some of you may remember her from her acting days some fifteen years ago as her character of Wendy in all the Porkey's films. She of course did other films and was considered one of the brightest newcomers to Hollywood. She dumped her acting career flat. Still won't tell me why, so I don't press the issue. However, just last weekend we were talking and I said to her, "It must be a terrible thing to go to bed every night knowing that you touched the lives of millions of people with your humor, your tenderness, your sweetness and your beauty. To have shown us all just a little bit of who each of us are thru the characters you portrayed." She answered, "I try not to think about it. It's too much of a resposibility and it can drive a person crazy."

So I think that is how anyone like Gordon handles it. They do what they do and they are thankful to be doing it. But there isn't a single day of my life for the last thirty-five years that he hasn't been in there some place. Some line, some thought, some lesson that he passed on to all of us. He said he thinks he's "merely blessed." What does that make us?

[~The Gypsy~]

Well put, Rob, as always. Just yesterday I was thinking that a site like this, filled with almost fanatical adulation, has to have an affect on the the person being discussed. I know, it comes with stardom but in some ways I hope GL never sees these outpourings. It does create a resposibility, even for the not famous. I happen to have a very dear friend who has several people that are tragically dependant on her and she mentions every now and then what an incredible resposibility and pressure it is to be in that situation. To have a million people even somewhat dependant on you, as I think we are here, can certainly be just too much.

The differance, though, is that GL can take comfort in knowing that if not another song is written, not another concert is performed, he has achieved his mission in life and has it all preserved on the magical medium of music. It IS curative as well as entertaining. I've been toying with the idea of starting a topic "Dr. Lightfoot, I presume" and seeing in how many different ways and situations we here have benefitted from his work and counsel. I know I have--many, many times. We are all blessed here; GL with the creative genius and we(esp Florian and Char), with the ability to recognize and appreciate it.

A side note: SilverHeels--loved your post on Christian Island, made my night. God, I wish I could be him!! lol

And to that dear friend of mine, who just happens to be in Orillia as I write, please have a safe 10 hour drive home!! "I wish I could see you, somehow..."

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"Is there someone sewing seams through all my hopes..."

[This message has been edited by shipwrecked00 (edited July 01, 2000).]

[shipwrecked00]

Well put, Rob, as always. Just yesterday I was thinking that a site like this, filled with almost fanatical adulation, has to have an affect on the the person being discussed. I know, it comes with stardom but in some ways I hope GL never sees these outpourings. It does create a resposibility, even for the not famous. I happen to have a very dear friend who has several people that are tragically dependant on her and she mentions every now and then what an incredible resposibility and pressure it is to be in that situation. To have a million people even somewhat dependant on you, as I think we are here, can certainly be just too much.

The differance, though, is that GL can take comfort in knowing that if not another song is written, not another concert is performed, he has achieved his mission in life and has it all preserved on the magical medium of music. It IS curative as well as entertaining. I've been toying with the idea of starting a topic "Dr. Lightfoot, I presume" and seeing in how many different ways and situations we here have benefitted from his work and counsel. I know I have--many, many times. We are all blessed here; GL with the creative genius and we(esp Florian and Char), with the ability to recognize and appreciate it.

A side note: SilverHeels--loved your post on Christian Island, made my night. God, I wish I could be him!! lol

And to that dear friend of mine, who just happens to be in Orillia as I write, please have a safe 10 hour drive home!! "I wish I could see you, somehow..."

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"Is there someone sewing seams through all my hopes..."

[This message has been edited by shipwrecked00 (edited July 01, 2000).]

[leslie owens]

Hello all.....
i am new to the boards here...but not new to gordy and his music.
i'm 32 yrs old and have listened to gordy since i was 13...while all the other kids were listening to kiss and the bay city rollers and disco, there was something about gordon lightfoots music that reached in and grabbed me....actually i was lucky.....my best friend at the time...kelly....was also very much into gordy.....we listened to him while we got ready for school in the morning and then when we'd get dressed up for prom night or double dates......when i got my first apartment i blasted him on the stereo.
i was recently in iceland for a month taking care of my father in law until he passed away....we were pretty much stuck at his parents house throughout that month..they needed us 24 hours a day.....my husband and i would paint together at night and listen to nothing but gordon lightfoot...it was very relaxing after a day of looking after a terminally ill 87 yr old man...how restful his voice is...
i am so happy to have found this website and this bulletin board!......everybody seems to be so cool and so into gordy!!......i thought i was crazy because i am so obsessed with him....but i see now that i am not alone!!!....thank god!.......finally, a place to vent!.....a place to get news about gordy!! this is great!!!.
thank you to whoever put up and maintains this site! great idea, great job......

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jenifer

[~The Gypsy~]

Hello all.....
i am new to the boards here...but not new to gordy and his music.
i'm 32 yrs old and have listened to gordy since i was 13...while all the other kids were listening to kiss and the bay city rollers and disco, there was something about gordon lightfoots music that reached in and grabbed me....actually i was lucky.....my best friend at the time...kelly....was also very much into gordy.....we listened to him while we got ready for school in the morning and then when we'd get dressed up for prom night or double dates......when i got my first apartment i blasted him on the stereo.
i was recently in iceland for a month taking care of my father in law until he passed away....we were pretty much stuck at his parents house throughout that month..they needed us 24 hours a day.....my husband and i would paint together at night and listen to nothing but gordon lightfoot...it was very relaxing after a day of looking after a terminally ill 87 yr old man...how restful his voice is...
i am so happy to have found this website and this bulletin board!......everybody seems to be so cool and so into gordy!!......i thought i was crazy because i am so obsessed with him....but i see now that i am not alone!!!....thank god!.......finally, a place to vent!.....a place to get news about gordy!! this is great!!!.
thank you to whoever put up and maintains this site! great idea, great job......

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jenifer

[jmpnjakflsh]

I was always partial to Gordon in college. However listening to his music when I was going through my divorce in the '80s pulled me through that horrible time. He brings forth all the emotions - but you are always left with a feeling of hopefulness and optimism.

[Karen]

I was always partial to Gordon in college. However listening to his music when I was going through my divorce in the '80s pulled me through that horrible time. He brings forth all the emotions - but you are always left with a feeling of hopefulness and optimism.

[fezo]

quote:Originally posted by Rob Wells:
Silver Heels,

I must share something with you about the last sentence of your post. I have a friend, her name is Kaki Hunter. Perhaps some of you may remember her from her acting days some fifteen years ago as her character of Wendy in all the Porkey's films. She of course did other films and was considered one of the brightest newcomers to Hollywood. She dumped her acting career flat. Still won't tell me why, so I don't press the issue. However, just last weekend we were talking and I said to her, "It must be a terrible thing to go to bed every night knowing that you touched the lives of millions of people with your humor, your tenderness, your sweetness and your beauty. To have shown us all just a little bit of who each of us are thru the characters you portrayed." She answered, "I try not to think about it. It's too much of a resposibility and it can drive a person crazy."

So I think that is how anyone like Gordon handles it. They do what they do and they are thankful to be doing it. But there isn't a single day of my life for the last thirty-five years that he hasn't been in there some place. Some line, some thought, some lesson that he passed on to all of us. He said he thinks he's "merely blessed." What does that make us?

Thanks Rob, that was a nice story. Like you and so many of us, Gord has touched my life in so many ways and he will continue to do so
for a long time to come - forever and then some. We are all blessed - Gord for being the inspiration and us lot for being so inspired by him.

[Silver Heels]

quote:Originally posted by Rob Wells:
Silver Heels,

I must share something with you about the last sentence of your post. I have a friend, her name is Kaki Hunter. Perhaps some of you may remember her from her acting days some fifteen years ago as her character of Wendy in all the Porkey's films. She of course did other films and was considered one of the brightest newcomers to Hollywood. She dumped her acting career flat. Still won't tell me why, so I don't press the issue. However, just last weekend we were talking and I said to her, "It must be a terrible thing to go to bed every night knowing that you touched the lives of millions of people with your humor, your tenderness, your sweetness and your beauty. To have shown us all just a little bit of who each of us are thru the characters you portrayed." She answered, "I try not to think about it. It's too much of a resposibility and it can drive a person crazy."

So I think that is how anyone like Gordon handles it. They do what they do and they are thankful to be doing it. But there isn't a single day of my life for the last thirty-five years that he hasn't been in there some place. Some line, some thought, some lesson that he passed on to all of us. He said he thinks he's "merely blessed." What does that make us?

Thanks Rob, that was a nice story. Like you and so many of us, Gord has touched my life in so many ways and he will continue to do so
for a long time to come - forever and then some. We are all blessed - Gord for being the inspiration and us lot for being so inspired by him.

[fezo]

quote:Originally posted by ~The Gypsy~:
Hello all.....
i am new to the boards here...but not new to gordy and his music.
i'm 32 yrs old and have listened to gordy since i was 13...while all the other kids were listening to kiss and the bay city rollers and disco, there was something about gordon lightfoots music that reached in and grabbed me....actually i was lucky.....my best friend at the time...kelly....was also very much into gordy.....we listened to him while we got ready for school in the morning and then when we'd get dressed up for prom night or double dates......when i got my first apartment i blasted him on the stereo.
i was recently in iceland for a month taking care of my father in law until he passed away....we were pretty much stuck at his parents house throughout that month..they needed us 24 hours a day.....my husband and i would paint together at night and listen to nothing but gordon lightfoot...it was very relaxing after a day of looking after a terminally ill 87 yr old man...how restful his voice is...
i am so happy to have found this website and this bulletin board!......everybody seems to be so cool and so into gordy!!......i thought i was crazy because i am so obsessed with him....but i see now that i am not alone!!!....thank god!.......finally, a place to vent!.....a place to get news about gordy!! this is great!!!.
thank you to whoever put up and maintains this site! great idea, great job......



Welcome Gypsy,
Florian is the man to thank for this superb site. He's given us the room to meet and chat and discuss Gord - our 'magnificent obsession'. Its always great to meet another
obsessive!

[Silver Heels]

quote:Originally posted by ~The Gypsy~:
Hello all.....
i am new to the boards here...but not new to gordy and his music.
i'm 32 yrs old and have listened to gordy since i was 13...while all the other kids were listening to kiss and the bay city rollers and disco, there was something about gordon lightfoots music that reached in and grabbed me....actually i was lucky.....my best friend at the time...kelly....was also very much into gordy.....we listened to him while we got ready for school in the morning and then when we'd get dressed up for prom night or double dates......when i got my first apartment i blasted him on the stereo.
i was recently in iceland for a month taking care of my father in law until he passed away....we were pretty much stuck at his parents house throughout that month..they needed us 24 hours a day.....my husband and i would paint together at night and listen to nothing but gordon lightfoot...it was very relaxing after a day of looking after a terminally ill 87 yr old man...how restful his voice is...
i am so happy to have found this website and this bulletin board!......everybody seems to be so cool and so into gordy!!......i thought i was crazy because i am so obsessed with him....but i see now that i am not alone!!!....thank god!.......finally, a place to vent!.....a place to get news about gordy!! this is great!!!.
thank you to whoever put up and maintains this site! great idea, great job......



Welcome Gypsy,
Florian is the man to thank for this superb site. He's given us the room to meet and chat and discuss Gord - our 'magnificent obsession'. Its always great to meet another
obsessive!

[leslie owens]

hello silverheels and thank you for the welcome! and to you florian?....thank you for the website!..it is obvious how much heart and soul went into the making of it!
thank you for giving us gordfans a place to meet!

[~The Gypsy~]

hello silverheels and thank you for the welcome! and to you florian?....thank you for the website!..it is obvious how much heart and soul went into the making of it!
thank you for giving us gordfans a place to meet!

[~The Gypsy~]

Karen, sorry t/b slow to post re: Divorce & GL in the 80s. I assure you it was no different last year (hence my "name"). I practically wore out Disc 4 with all those Shadows and Rarity cuts that seemed SO on the mark, yet comforting, as you said. I was curious though, as to which you used during that time. Broken Dreams is still #1 on my chart with Romance, Someone To Believe In, In My Fashion, Heaven Don't Deserve Me, the start of Now And Then and yes, Sundown.

Wish I had Heaven Help The Devil on CD though! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/wink.gif

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"Is there someone sewing seams through all my hopes..."

[shipwrecked00]

Karen, sorry t/b slow to post re: Divorce & GL in the 80s. I assure you it was no different last year (hence my "name"). I practically wore out Disc 4 with all those Shadows and Rarity cuts that seemed SO on the mark, yet comforting, as you said. I was curious though, as to which you used during that time. Broken Dreams is still #1 on my chart with Romance, Someone To Believe In, In My Fashion, Heaven Don't Deserve Me, the start of Now And Then and yes, Sundown.

Wish I had Heaven Help The Devil on CD though! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/wink.gif

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"Is there someone sewing seams through all my hopes..."

[jmpnjakflsh]

Shipwrecked00
Now - this is a slow reply. Sorry, out of town for a while to my home state of Minnesota - so of course Edmund is a favorite. Really hit home after getting stranded in SW Minn. in a horrible blizzard. I was driving when I shouln't have.

You know, I can't just pick a couple songs that helped me with the various rough times in my life. Divorce brings back Circle is Small, it seemed like I was wrapped with a Ribbon of Darkness, I so wanted someone who could Read my Mind and then maybe I could be the girl in Sundown - although cheating around has not been my style.

The thing that amazes me about the music is that after listening for 30 years, living in three different states, college student/married/divorced, and of course the passage of time is that in each of many different situation another song has the words that say I'm not alone.

[Karen]

Shipwrecked00
Now - this is a slow reply. Sorry, out of town for a while to my home state of Minnesota - so of course Edmund is a favorite. Really hit home after getting stranded in SW Minn. in a horrible blizzard. I was driving when I shouln't have.

You know, I can't just pick a couple songs that helped me with the various rough times in my life. Divorce brings back Circle is Small, it seemed like I was wrapped with a Ribbon of Darkness, I so wanted someone who could Read my Mind and then maybe I could be the girl in Sundown - although cheating around has not been my style.

The thing that amazes me about the music is that after listening for 30 years, living in three different states, college student/married/divorced, and of course the passage of time is that in each of many different situation another song has the words that say I'm not alone.

[Borderstone]

I can't believe this topic wasn't longer! :eek:

I can honestly say my views of music and people are different since i have the music of Gordon Lightfoot in my life. I discovered an artist can have a plethora of recordings with no hits and still make good music.

I discovered a great bunch of peope on here who love the music & artist as much as me and can't imagine liking any other artist more. (In my case "male" artist.

The biggest problem I've had id\s like others here have said. I can't get anyone to understand why I prfer this over louder music or more up to date fare. All i can say is,"His style matches who I am inside and reaches me." "Just like what you listen to reches you."

After that,if the still persist,I go on my way.
Thank you Gordon and everyone here,I wouldn't trade it for anything. ;)

[Dan O'Malley]

Gord is so special to me, there is no one else I would travel so far to see, unless Elvis was still around!

[Glenmark]

My best memory of Gord is when him and I went fishing on ole buck creek. He ended up catching three rainbow trout, and damn they were big! I for one, was in complete awe of how Gord just seemed at ease out in nature and how he was one with the fish.

Gord, if you're still out there, give me a call. We need to go have a shit load of beer again. Last time you were drunk, you really pissed off a lot of people, but I still appreciate your aggressive-ness...but on the guitar only.

Remember that time I bailed you out of jail for stealing? You stinking idiot. I can't believe I actually saved your ass. And you, you cheap ass, only got me a can of Skoal in return. Why I oughta....

Anyways, tell your family I said hi. BTW, is your daughter still single?

Uncle Kooiker

[Spanish Moss]

My best memory of Gord is when him and I went fishing on ole buck creek. He ended up catching three rainbow trout, and damn they were big! I for one, was in complete awe of how Gord just seemed at ease out in nature and how he was one with the fish.

Gord, if you're still out there, give me a call. We need to go have a shit load of beer again. Last time you were drunk, you really pissed off a lot of people, but I still appreciate your aggressive-ness...but on the guitar only.

Remember that time I bailed you out of jail for stealing? You stinking idiot. I can't believe I actually saved your ass. And you, you cheap ass, only got me a can of Skoal in return. Why I oughta....

Anyways, tell your family I said hi. BTW, is your daughter still single?

Uncle Kooiker

[johnfowles]

Originally posted by someday:
My only wish is to see him play in concert one day. someday
I would place money on Gord playing Florida next year
When he does I know of at least two chat room etc friends from the "non-orange-free" state
(namely Erica "erkie" Deutsch and Lori Uffner).. you have a nucleus for a gathering there
they will be at such a concert plus our moderator/Char...lady person will no doubt find that an excuse to visit her sister in "not Saratoga" not to mention sundry fans who will no doubt visit from Georgia and/or Alabama
John Fowles

[johnfowles]

Originally posted by someday:
My only wish is to see him play in concert one day. someday
I would place money on Gord playing Florida next year
When he does I know of at least two chat room etc friends from the "non-orange-free" state
(namely Erica "erkie" Deutsch and Lori Uffner).. you have a nucleus for a gathering there
they will be at such a concert plus our moderator/Char...lady person will no doubt find that an excuse to visit her sister in "not Saratoga" not to mention sundry fans who will no doubt visit from Georgia and/or Alabama
John Fowles

[Glenmark]

There once was a man greater than all who had come before him. People say that he could down trees and level towns all with but a single glance. Wild beasts would cower at the mere mention of his name. His name was....

Some people cannot be described by words alone. In fact, when I try to describe my love of Gord to others, I am often left speechless. For me, Gord transcends both the time and space continuum. As his legend grew, nations grew weary, and his status approached ubiquity. Villagers claimed that despite his wolflike features, he never slept. Since the beginning of time, he drew his energy from the sun, becoming stronger with each successive century. His tree-trunk like arms could fire a cross bow clear across the ocean. Those who were present claimed that he would fire an arrow in one direction, and after circling the world once or twice it would return to his grasp. Mear mortals who e'en dare stare into his fire-like eyes turned instantly into wood. Those who felt or smelled his icy breath would vaporize. His chest wreaked of mucus and dead rabbit poop, yet glicened in the sun due to a demanding training regimin which included a 10 year period of him doing push-ups continously, breaking only for a total of 3 minutes, only to kill 10,000 wombats with the mere swing of his arm. While living underwater for 30 years, he developed crude gills, and adapted an uncanny ability to deliver an electic shock with his finger, much like an eel. Unlike mere mortals, he required neither oxygen, nor food. He developed an unprecedented and irregular pattern of feeding through photosynthesis. Through the years, his finger nails became that like concrete. In fact when he did cut his nails, highways throughout the country were developed from his robust nail fixings.

Gord, you are truly a legend, and every time I see a full moon, your sillouhette shines through the darkness and I hear you howling my name ... Spanish Moss! Through this, I realize that my glass is almost empty.....

Yours until the next railroad trilogy, SM

[Spanish Moss]

There once was a man greater than all who had come before him. People say that he could down trees and level towns all with but a single glance. Wild beasts would cower at the mere mention of his name. His name was....

Some people cannot be described by words alone. In fact, when I try to describe my love of Gord to others, I am often left speechless. For me, Gord transcends both the time and space continuum. As his legend grew, nations grew weary, and his status approached ubiquity. Villagers claimed that despite his wolflike features, he never slept. Since the beginning of time, he drew his energy from the sun, becoming stronger with each successive century. His tree-trunk like arms could fire a cross bow clear across the ocean. Those who were present claimed that he would fire an arrow in one direction, and after circling the world once or twice it would return to his grasp. Mear mortals who e'en dare stare into his fire-like eyes turned instantly into wood. Those who felt or smelled his icy breath would vaporize. His chest wreaked of mucus and dead rabbit poop, yet glicened in the sun due to a demanding training regimin which included a 10 year period of him doing push-ups continously, breaking only for a total of 3 minutes, only to kill 10,000 wombats with the mere swing of his arm. While living underwater for 30 years, he developed crude gills, and adapted an uncanny ability to deliver an electic shock with his finger, much like an eel. Unlike mere mortals, he required neither oxygen, nor food. He developed an unprecedented and irregular pattern of feeding through photosynthesis. Through the years, his finger nails became that like concrete. In fact when he did cut his nails, highways throughout the country were developed from his robust nail fixings.

Gord, you are truly a legend, and every time I see a full moon, your sillouhette shines through the darkness and I hear you howling my name ... Spanish Moss! Through this, I realize that my glass is almost empty.....

Yours until the next railroad trilogy, SM

[charlene]

oh yeah Sir John - I'll be there come hell or high water! I planned on the 2003 show in Sarasota but alas, 'twas not to be.....
When next you speak to GL (3 weeks or so...) please enquire about a spring visit to the left coast of The Sunshine State - it was the Van Wezel Theatre in beautiful downtown Sarasota where he was scheduled to perform.
http://www.vanwezel.org/
I'll need something to look forward to after Orillia's December 3rd concert.....

[charlene]

oh yeah Sir John - I'll be there come hell or high water! I planned on the 2003 show in Sarasota but alas, 'twas not to be.....
When next you speak to GL (3 weeks or so...) please enquire about a spring visit to the left coast of The Sunshine State - it was the Van Wezel Theatre in beautiful downtown Sarasota where he was scheduled to perform.
http://www.vanwezel.org/
I'll need something to look forward to after Orillia's December 3rd concert.....

[Glenmark]

Gord,

Damn you were great in Florida

[Spanish Moss]

Gord,

Damn you were great in Florida

[Glenmark]

Gord's music inspired me to pick up the guitar again after a badly broken arm forced me into a 3-year hiatus from ages 11-14. A self-imposed hiatus of neglect from ages 37-42 was ended more recently again by my desire to play Gord's songs. As a civilized lover of the wilderness, his music is the soundtrack I carry in my head whenever I'm in the backcountry, as vital to my life as the words of John Muir and Gary Snyder.

[Bonfirez]

For me, Gord transcends both the time and space continuum. As his legend grew, nations grew weary, and his status approached ubiquity. Villagers claimed that despite his wolflike features, he never slept. Since the beginning of time, he drew his energy from the sun, becoming stronger with each successive century. His tree-trunk like arms could fire a cross bow clear across the ocean. Those who were present claimed that he would fire an arrow in one direction, and after circling the world once or twice it would return to his grasp. Mear mortals who e'en dare stare into his fire-like eyes turned instantly into wood. Those who felt or smelled his icy breath would vaporize. His chest wreaked of mucus and dead rabbit poop, yet glicened in the sun due to a demanding training regimin which included a 10 year period of him doing push-ups continously, breaking only for a total of 3 minutes, only to kill 10,000 wombats with the mere swing of his arm.

[Bonfirez]

For me, Gord transcends both the time and space continuum. As his legend grew, nations grew weary, and his status approached ubiquity. Villagers claimed that despite his wolflike features, he never slept. Since the beginning of time, he drew his energy from the sun, becoming stronger with each successive century. His tree-trunk like arms could fire a cross bow clear across the ocean. Those who were present claimed that he would fire an arrow in one direction, and after circling the world once or twice it would return to his grasp. Mear mortals who e'en dare stare into his fire-like eyes turned instantly into wood. Those who felt or smelled his icy breath would vaporize. His chest wreaked of mucus and dead rabbit poop, yet glicened in the sun due to a demanding training regimin which included a 10 year period of him doing push-ups continously, breaking only for a total of 3 minutes, only to kill 10,000 wombats with the mere swing of his arm.

dude, you need to get this looked at. by a bug doctor. like, soon! good luck

[Glenmark]

No ordinary man,

Please do not use our "oh so blessed words" to Gord. According to Gord 3:16z, "thou shalt not copyright thou words eenst from Spanish (heavenly) moss, dost thou have for thou.... Thy wingeth breath on an autumn night is not but similar to thy captured phrases".

Wilst thou pleaseth reply?

[Spanish Moss]

No ordinary man,

Please do not use our "oh so blessed words" to Gord. According to Gord 3:16z, "thou shalt not copyright thou words eenst from Spanish (heavenly) moss, dost thou have for thou.... Thy wingeth breath on an autumn night is not but similar to thy captured phrases".

Wilst thou pleaseth reply?