TennTroubadour
02-14-2008, 12:38 PM
Hey Char, thanks a bunch for the link to and the "props" re The Cumberland Trio in DSR's thread below!! :-) Hope all the Lightheads enjoy our music.
The Chattanooga show here in my home town exceeeded my wildest expectations- sold out hall with INCREDIBLE acoustics. The old girl Tivoli stands tall one as of the best halls in the world. It was a wildly enthusiastic crowd which really pumped Gord & the guys up. His voice was MUCH, MUCH better than Nashville a few months ago, and he became more animated as the show progressed, and the audience kept loving him back. He was REALLY happy, and it showed. The Tivoli acoustics are so damn good that we could hear Rick & Terry's unmiced harmony vocals from the 6th row!! He did almost two hours, and I'm sure someone will post a set list. The second half especially was a love fest as he added Pony Man by request to the set. After the encore he came out a 2nd time for extended smiles, waves and those signature bows!!
After the show, he was really upbeat and visited with the few of us with backstage passes (THANKS ANN LIEBOLD!!), along with the meet and greet for the drawing winners of a local radio station sponsor. All this occured down front in the hall itself- not backstage.
NOWWWW....for those of you in suspense, Dore really did herself proud last night!! She was a model of decorum. Gord did recognize her from the audience when she did her signature "You are AWESOME" after the first song. After the show she had some really neat chocolates in the form of long stem red roses and gave Gord one along with the band members, a few other Lightheads....AND yes...even ME!! :-)
We had a really good visit, and she is a fine lady, forgiving me for my post about her after the Nashville concert, for which I politely apologized in person, telling her I should have sent it to her privately. We even had our picture made together by her wonderful husband Ken!! THANKS, Dore!! Enjoy the rest of the tour!!
I had a really good 10 minute private visit with Gord, saying a big hello from Char (which made him smile broadly :-) and reminiscing about our mutual experiences during the good ol' days of the folk era from our first meeting in Toronto in 1966 at the Riverboat to jamming at Bradley's Barn in Nashville in the late '60s and mid '70s et al.
My close friend and ARDENT Gord fan, John from Austin, TX (aka the "Pen Man"), flew up as our guest for the show and had his incredible exotic wood ball point pens for Gord and each of the band guys. John has a Gibson B-45-12 that all you Gord fanantic players would die for- a 1964 cherry sunburst exactly like Gord's two.
SOOOO... all in all it was a great concert and a fantastic evening. Cya at Massey 2008 in May!!!!
Forever Young & Folk On,
Jerre
The Chattanooga show here in my home town exceeeded my wildest expectations- sold out hall with INCREDIBLE acoustics. The old girl Tivoli stands tall one as of the best halls in the world. It was a wildly enthusiastic crowd which really pumped Gord & the guys up. His voice was MUCH, MUCH better than Nashville a few months ago, and he became more animated as the show progressed, and the audience kept loving him back. He was REALLY happy, and it showed. The Tivoli acoustics are so damn good that we could hear Rick & Terry's unmiced harmony vocals from the 6th row!! He did almost two hours, and I'm sure someone will post a set list. The second half especially was a love fest as he added Pony Man by request to the set. After the encore he came out a 2nd time for extended smiles, waves and those signature bows!!
After the show, he was really upbeat and visited with the few of us with backstage passes (THANKS ANN LIEBOLD!!), along with the meet and greet for the drawing winners of a local radio station sponsor. All this occured down front in the hall itself- not backstage.
NOWWWW....for those of you in suspense, Dore really did herself proud last night!! She was a model of decorum. Gord did recognize her from the audience when she did her signature "You are AWESOME" after the first song. After the show she had some really neat chocolates in the form of long stem red roses and gave Gord one along with the band members, a few other Lightheads....AND yes...even ME!! :-)
We had a really good visit, and she is a fine lady, forgiving me for my post about her after the Nashville concert, for which I politely apologized in person, telling her I should have sent it to her privately. We even had our picture made together by her wonderful husband Ken!! THANKS, Dore!! Enjoy the rest of the tour!!
I had a really good 10 minute private visit with Gord, saying a big hello from Char (which made him smile broadly :-) and reminiscing about our mutual experiences during the good ol' days of the folk era from our first meeting in Toronto in 1966 at the Riverboat to jamming at Bradley's Barn in Nashville in the late '60s and mid '70s et al.
My close friend and ARDENT Gord fan, John from Austin, TX (aka the "Pen Man"), flew up as our guest for the show and had his incredible exotic wood ball point pens for Gord and each of the band guys. John has a Gibson B-45-12 that all you Gord fanantic players would die for- a 1964 cherry sunburst exactly like Gord's two.
SOOOO... all in all it was a great concert and a fantastic evening. Cya at Massey 2008 in May!!!!
Forever Young & Folk On,
Jerre