Gordon Lightfoot meets the fans

[imported_Next_Saturday]

Canadian music legend Gordon Lightfoot meets some fans after one of his traditional gigs at Toronto's Massey Hall in November 2006, then speeds off into the night.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=920-buwnC5k

[charlene]

I can't get this to play...the other YouTube stuff plays tho..
hmmm...

[Claudia]

Same here, it just doesn't load

[Dream Street Rose]

You are all invited over to my house to watch it. I am one of the lucky ones that has it working. Keep trying. :)

Thany you Next_Satruday. :D

[Claudia]

Originally posted by Dream Street Rose:
You are all invited over to my house to watch it. I am one of the lucky ones that has it working. Keep trying. :)

Thany you Next_Satruday. :D Would dinner time work for you? :D

[RM]

I had no trouble with it. It's a nice glimpse into the after concert doings. If I'm correct, I think you can see fellow corfidian Gord H in the lower left portion of the video just when Lightfoot emerges.

[Paul Farnham]

How cool is that? And he drove himself home! Such a salt of the earth eh?

[Paul Farnham]

BTW what IS he drivin' ?

[Jesse Joe]

A cool piece of video,{1 minute 24 seconds} looks like a Monte Carlo?. Did see Gord H bottom left of screen. The car was sure shiny. :)

Thanks, Next_Saturday

[ May 30, 2007, 14:06: Message edited by: Jesse-Joe. ]

[RM]

Originally posted by Jesse-Joe.:
looks like a Monte Carlo?.
Sounds good to me. I saw the Chevy logo.

[Claudia]

Darn it, why doesn't it work on my computer? It looks like the video is loading but it stays dark :mad:

[Dream Street Rose]

Claudia,

Dinner is one of the best meals I cook. What is your favorite dinner? If Char talks to Gordon maybe she could invite him over too. tongue.gif

[louisemnnpls]

Originally posted by timetraveler:
I just think that Gordon's a cool person in general. :) As cool as cool can be!

We love ya Gord! :)

[louisemnnpls]

Originally posted by Dream Street Rose:
Claudia,

Dinner is one of the best meals I cook. What is your favorite dinner? If Char talks to Gordon maybe she could invite him over too. tongue.gif If you make the dinner, can we bring the dessert? :) ;) Char, PLEASE invite Gord, too.

[Claudia]

Originally posted by Dream Street Rose:
Claudia,

Dinner is one of the best meals I cook. What is your favorite dinner? If Char talks to Gordon maybe she could invite him over too. tongue.gif Hey, that's sounds like an awsome idea to me. And if Gord comes too, it really doesn't matter what you do for dinner. It could be shoelaces and I would happily mumble away :) :D

Char? CHAR????

[Claudia]

Oh YES! Now it worked, great! That is indeed a nice little video, love it.

But I still think we should go for the dinner...

[charlene]

He drives himself up to Orillia for Mariposa too..these were taken in 2005 when he performed for my 50th..
;)

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/2336/gordincar1cu7.jpg
http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/5324/gordincar2hx1.jpg

[Jennifer]

Aw, thats so nice! I see some more vid's of Gordon too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-FtQQV7lIw&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwddsypzKR4&NR=1

[charlene]

at the beginning of Rainy Day people the clock tower at old City Hall across the street was chiming 7 o'clock..lol..on top of sound problems he had the chimes to contend with..

[Borderstone]

I saw Gord meet the fans and speed off in January. :)
I'm sure it wont play here at the library.

[brink-]

You are in there little Gord (H)! I couldn't get it to work at work, but here at home if I let it load (forever) it finally will play, a bit jerky but it will play.

[BILLW]

seems to work great here in Maryland using comcast. That's a better close-up of Gord H. than it is of Gord L. But I can't call him little Gord, he's bigger than big Gord, LOL.

Bill :)

[charlene]

yep.. that was both Gords fer sure!

[T.G.]

Did someone say dinner? I'm always up for that, whether we can see the video or not :)

[Gord H]

Ya that's me alright LOL. Didn't think I'd end up on a video online with Gord Lightfoot in the background! :D

I'm definetly going to grab this one for posterity.

Thanks BillW for letting me know about it. :D

[Irish]

The man is a class act all the way. See how he takes his time signing autographs, patiently getting photos taken, and not being in any hurry to leave. Very gracious. He doesn't do the "star" thing at all, and far as this country goes -- they don't come any bigger! I had wondered why there were no CDs or T-Shirts at the concert I recently attended. When I found out it was because he didn't want to exploit the fans, I was very impressed. We've got great taste in entertainers, people! :)

[T.G.]

Funny enough, although I've heard some not-so-complimentary things about Gordon from someone who was using Grant Avenue recording studios at the same time Gordon was recording there, I have been impressed by the patience he has exhibited with the fans when he gets mobbed by them for photos and such.

At Massey Hall, for example, he spent a great amount of time indoors backstage receiving people. Then, after all that, he stepped outside and again was very gracious with people accosting him there.

I could see him being justified in just pushing past everyone and running into his car after playing a full gig and already receiving people backstage, especially at the age of 68, when a certain amount of fatigue must set in. I've certainly seen that happen among other younger "rock stars" and entertainment types when I've tried approaching them after shows.

As has been said, Gordon is a class act and a model for how entertainers should comport themselves. As someone shouted at the end of the video: "Keep playing!"

[Jesse Joe]

Very well said to both of you Irish and T.G. :)

[Jesse Joe]

Originally posted by Gord H:
Ya that's me alright LOL. Didn't think I'd end up on a video online with Gord Lightfoot in the background! :D

I'm definetly going to grab this one for posterity.

Thanks BillW for letting me know about it. :D Your 15 minutes of fame Gord H. :D :)

[imported_Next_Saturday]

Char,
Thanks for explaining the clock chime. One of the chimes sounded just when Gord gave up on "Waiting For You" and I thought Rick did a rimshot!

I'll have to figure out how to get GL to play for my birthday. I wonder if he'll drive himself there?

[Dream Street Rose]

Okay everyone, let's get this straight. The ball is in your court. Figure out when whoever is interested in dinner(and a few more meals of course), can come to California. Let me know how many to prepare for. I like to make a lot of food so please bring your appitites. :) :D :)

[T.G.]

Originally posted by Dream Street Rose:
Okay everyone, let's get this straight. The ball is in your court. Figure out when whoever is interested in dinner(and a few more meals of course), can come to California. Let me know how many to prepare for. I like to make a lot of food so please bring your appitites. :) :D :) Well, I'm around Gord's home in Toronto, so how about we make the dinner halfway. We can also bring our guitars and have a jam session :)

[Claudia]

Great idea T.G. - and if we're stuck with one song, we can call him real quick and ask him over, so he can teach us how to do it right... tongue.gif

[T.G.]

There ya go, but we better do it before late June, when Gord goes on tour again ...

[Dream Street Rose]

Actually, I plan to be at the first three concerts in June. Someone find me a grocery store and a kitchen and I'm there. :D

[T.G.]

Woohoo, I can't boil an egg, so I'll have to rely on some of our debonair cooks here to cover that end of things. I can play and sing a mean rendition of If You Could Read My Mind, though LOL

[Claudia]

Originally posted by T.G.:
Woohoo, I can't boil an egg, so I'll have to rely on some of our debonair cooks here to cover that end of things. I can play and sing a mean rendition of If You Could Read My Mind, though LOL Alright, here's the deal: You teach me how to play IYCRMM and I'll cook! How does that sound??

[T.G.]

Can't argue with a deal like that. Now what's a picturesque venue at which Gordon will be playing during the summer season?

[charlene]

Mariposa in Orillia - 90 minutes from me! Sunday July 8..

[T.G.]

Originally posted by charlene:
Mariposa in Orillia - 90 minutes from me! Sunday July 8.. Not a bad idea! Can you do the cooking, Char (as if you don't do enough on this site LOL)? But then, how would our American friends feel about coming over the border? Better that they have to deal with the border hassles than we LOL.

[charlene]

they'll come for a CHarbeque and maybe a CHat..
lol

I promise not to burn anything...

[Claudia]

Oh darn, it all sounds soo good. But unfortunately I wont' be able to make it to Mariposa. On June 19th I'm heading 'home' to Germany with my two kids and won't be back before July 19th :(

[B45-12]

I think that Barry Harvey may just be the only person in the world that would be flying down a ski slope - Ten Degrees and Getting Colder - and wearing shorts! Just a silly comment on those nice pictures above of Gord in the Monte Carlo and Mr. Harvey looking like a secret service guy!

[T.G.]

Originally posted by charlene:
they'll come for a CHarbeque and maybe a CHat..
lol

I promise not to burn anything... Oh dear, oh dear, you could always CHAR broil something or put some stuff on the CHARcoal barbeque ... this could be endless LOL

[T.G.]

Originally posted by charlene:
they'll come for a CHarbeque and maybe a CHat..
lol

I promise not to burn anything... Oh dear, oh dear, we could always CHAR broil something or put some stuff on the CHARcoal barbeque. This could be endless LOL.

[Claudia]

Originally posted by B45-12:
I think that Barry Harvey may just be the only person in the world that would be flying down a ski slope - Ten Degrees and Getting Colder - and wearing shorts! Just a silly comment on those nice pictures above of Gord in the Monte Carlo and Mr. Harvey looking like a secret service guy! In 2005 I had the great fun to see even Gordon in Shorts, white socks & sneakers. It was in Seven Springs/Pa and an unbelievably hot day. I sneaked in at the Soundcheck and was sitting on the hill, inching closer and closer ( hiding halfway behind the loos...). Terry wore a Tank Top and Mike also was in Shorts.
Good think I did it and shot a few pictures because when the actual concert was about to start, a huge Thunderstorm rolled in and lasted forever. The concert eventuall got canceled and I was close to tears - it was the first time for me to see Gordon live...

[brink-]

Originally posted by Claudia:
quote:Originally posted by B45-12:
I think that Barry Harvey may just be the only person in the world that would be flying down a ski slope - Ten Degrees and Getting Colder - and wearing shorts! Just a silly comment on those nice pictures above of Gord in the Monte Carlo and Mr. Harvey looking like a secret service guy! In 2005 I had the great fun to see even Gordon in Shorts, white socks & sneakers. It was in Seven Springs/Pa and an unbelievably hot day. I sneaked in at the Soundcheck and was sitting on the hill, inching closer and closer ( hiding halfway behind the loos...). Terry wore a Tank Top and Mike also was in Shorts.
Good think I did it and shot a few pictures because when the actual concert was about to start, a huge Thunderstorm rolled in and lasted forever. The concert eventuall got canceled and I was close to tears - it was the first time for me to see Gordon live... [/QUOTE]Why haven't you posted the pictures? You are teasing us! lol We would all like to see those pictures, talk about rare shots. I remember that concert being cancelled several of the members here were very sad.
I am surprised, but all the shows in Colorado are sold out. Grand Junction sold out in four days. Some of venues are quite large - I thought I was the only Gord fan in Colorado when I started on this board in '02 (a lurker for a while before).

[Claudia]

Hi Brink,

I wish I could, but at this time I had only a small digital camera so I chose to use my regular one with old fashioned paper pictures. But if anybody would offer to scan one of them, I'm happy to send it out :)
I have one framed in front of my computer and I always have to grin when I see Gordon in short pants...

[brink-]

I want to grin too! lol
I am betting if you can get it to CHar she would scan it for you and send it back. I will email and ask.

[charlene]

I bet she'd scan and post them too!
lol
send them to me..
p.m. me and i'll send my address..

Mike probably has pretty good legs..he's a runner..
BillW has great legs-he's a runner..
;)

[Claudia]

I just made a picture from the picture... with my digital. Quality is soso, but now I need to find out how to upload it. I know that Sir John wrote a tutorial for that but can't find it quickly enough. Can anybody help me out???

[charlene]

I'm waiting...
;)

[Claudia]

Originally posted by charlene:
I'm waiting...
;) I did send them out to you already, are they lost in cyberspace?? I'll try again and maybe don't use comcast but another address, really odd.

[patybear]

Thanbks for posting this.Gordon seems like a very
gracious man.
patybear

[T.G.]

Originally posted by patybear:
Thanks for posting this.Gordon seems like a very
gracious man.
patybear He has been in the times I've seen him offstage. Again, after the strain of soundcheck, performing and meeting people backstage, he has been remarkably accessible and friendly with additional demands on his attention, particularly considering his 68 years.
Way to go, Gordon!