So???? Anyone want to comment on last night's Vegas show? I'm dying to hear how it went.

Kenyon

So???? Anyone want to comment on last night's Vegas show? I'm dying to hear how it went.

Kenyon

waiting waiting waiting waiting waiting waiting waiting...............................

Sorry, I wasn't there, but I dreamed about him last night. :D

Sorry, I wasn't there, but I dreamed about him last night. :D

PLEASE - someone say something . . .

PLEASE - someone say something . . .

Huh? Did you say something?

Huh? Did you say something?

The folks who are attending the Vegas shows must be having an awfully good time. Guess they're just too busy to post set lists! I know "what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas", but this is ridiculous! ;)

Even in the Wayne Francis site there isn't nothing......i hope that at the end we'll have all the setlists of this tour, it's too important.

Max
Florence, Italy

Even in the Wayne Francis site there isn't nothing......i hope that at the end we'll have all the setlists of this tour, it's too important.

Max
Florence, Italy

Hello All,
My first post. I flew to Las Vegas specifically to see Lightfoot. I've seen him numerous times during the last 20 years. The show started around 8 and we were outside at 9:15. A very short set I thought. Looking at the set lists from the previous shows on this tour, there were a lot of songs he cut from this one:Shadows, CRT, Christian Island, Bitter Green, Pony Man, Beautiful, and some others. It pains me to say I thought his voice sounded very thin. I know he's not 35 anymore and with everything he's been through I wasn't expecting him to play for 2.5 hours. But he seemed tired.(We were in Vegas, after all) That being said, I thought there were a couple of songs he nailed. Triangle was my favorite, and I thought he did a very good job on Let It Ride. As an encore he did Old Dan's Records. This is the one song in particular I thought his voice couldn't catch up with. Midway through, he sang the wrong line and stopped the band before started the song over again. I'm sorry this is not a wonderful review and I didn't record the set list.

Hey Cowboy,
Thanks for taking the time to post. Truth is always appreciated, hope all is well with Gord, and glad you enjoyed Triangle and especially Let it Ride! Are you staying for tonight's concert?

Cowboy Sammie (my cousin's nickname in Nebraska)

A very loving, thoughtful, gentle, and genuine glimpse of Friday nite.

Personal thanks from The Rez, which, plus a pittance $3.50 will get you a Starbucks Latte'

Thank goodness you've heard Gord 20 times before. Had I the freedom, I too would have come.

I attened last week in Cerritos, where he shined. AfterConcert BackStage he was very


animated and made sure to give his attention to each of the small groups in the room.

I had come to know Gord 20 yrs ago thru a mutual friend. Gord was as personable as ever and looks you right between the eyes - and gives you full attention. Such is his character.

Of this I am confident Cowboy, there will be more and you will, once again, His conginued zeal for the music, will not let him set on his laurels. Not while there is breath to give.

His time at Cerritos was as inspiring as ever, if not as tight as ever. The "looser" was "gooder."

You sound like a Cowboy who gives a body and even shake. Pround of you you for your candor, honesty and love.

The Rex,

. . . keep your Dreams as Clean as Silver


.

I guess none of the members of our group here carries a laptop (computer, that is) so we'll have to wait until they return home to see the reviews. Someone posted earlier that we could expect 'casino style' sets at these dates not unlike the ones they performed at Hamilton so the timing sounds about right. After all it's four nights in a row and it is a casino. Thanks for our one glimpse of Vegas so far Cowboy Sam, appreciate it.

Bill :)

This is from alt.music.lightfoot posted by edmullen

"No extensive review but a couple of quick thoughts.

Thursday's concert was a little rocky. Gord gave it his all and it was
wonderful to see him back on stage. They're all doing little touches
in arrangements that are really nice to hear. The whole atmosphere is
a lot more laid back than traditionally. A lot of fun.

Friday's concert was super. He was in good voice. Very relaxed and
did things I've rarely seen him do like change capo position and retune
on stage; flub a line in a song and grin, shake his head, stop, and
start over; say "No, I chaned my mind!" and then turn to Terry and say
a song name and walk up to the mike and just do it. Fabulous to see
him so relaxed and having so much fun. Pretty talkative, smiling a
lot, joking, and just enjoying the fact that he's back on stage doing
what he loves. And WE love it too!"

This is from alt.music.lightfoot posted by edmullen

"No extensive review but a couple of quick thoughts.

Thursday's concert was a little rocky. Gord gave it his all and it was
wonderful to see him back on stage. They're all doing little touches
in arrangements that are really nice to hear. The whole atmosphere is
a lot more laid back than traditionally. A lot of fun.

Friday's concert was super. He was in good voice. Very relaxed and
did things I've rarely seen him do like change capo position and retune
on stage; flub a line in a song and grin, shake his head, stop, and
start over; say "No, I chaned my mind!" and then turn to Terry and say
a song name and walk up to the mike and just do it. Fabulous to see
him so relaxed and having so much fun. Pretty talkative, smiling a
lot, joking, and just enjoying the fact that he's back on stage doing
what he loves. And WE love it too!"

Las Vegas, Saturday

1. Let It Ride
2. Rainy Day People
3. Harmony
4. Ring Them Bells
5. Christian Island
6. In My Fashion
7. Don Quixote
8. Clouds Of Loneliness
9. Restless
10. The Watchman's Gone
11. Sundown
12. Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
13. I Used To Be A Country Singer
14. Carefree Highway
15. Spanish Moss/Shadows
16. Couchiching
17. If You Could Read My Mind
18. On The High Seas
19. Old Dan's Records
20. Early Mornin' Rain

Your faithful scribe,

Valerie ;)

Thank you Ms. Valerie !!!

Bill :)

Thanks Val. I'm sorry to have missed The Watchman's Gone. Keeping fingers crossed to hear it at Massey.

Hi, I blasted in for the Thursday show and blasted out of Las Vegas the next morning. Cowboy and the NG covered this pretty accurately and will only add a few pics of the casino signage that can be seen at:
http://homepage.mac.com/bykimberly.m...toAlbum36.html

Awesome setlist

Hi Everyone,

I am new at this site and so happy to have found it.

I attended last night's concert and it was absolutely the best that Gordon has had in awhile. The set list was great (big applause for Early Morning Rain!) and Gordon's voice was fairly strong throughout the entire concert. He was very funny and personable and I felt he drew the audience in to him. He also shared some funny stories about his surgery.

I loved closing my eyes and listening to my all time favorite artist. If I did not have to work tomorrow I would be back at tonight's concert!

What a wonderful memory to have and I cannot wait until his concert in Sparks NV later this year. Definitely going to do a road trip up north!

Glad to have found this site!

Thanks!

Laci

Hi Everyone,

I am new at this site and so happy to have found it.

I attended last night's concert and it was absolutely the best that Gordon has had in awhile. The set list was great (big applause for Early Morning Rain!) and Gordon's voice was fairly strong throughout the entire concert. He was very funny and personable and I felt he drew the audience in to him. He also shared some funny stories about his surgery.

I loved closing my eyes and listening to my all time favorite artist. If I did not have to work tomorrow I would be back at tonight's concert!

What a wonderful memory to have and I cannot wait until his concert in Sparks NV later this year. Definitely going to do a road trip up north!

Glad to have found this site!

Thanks!

Laci

Hi everyone,

I was there for the Saturday show, Val's set-list is accurate. love Gord, love the band. I'll have to write up my review later today... sorry... lot of stuff going on...

Here's Sunday's set list. I don't think anyone has posted it yet; if I missed it, I apologize.

1. Spanish Moss
2. 14 Karet Gold
3. Minstrel Of The Dawn
4. Let It Ride
5. Harmony
6. Never Too Close
7. Ghosts Of Cape Horn (which he started to introduce Saturday night - "tall ships" - and then went off on a tangent and never sang it)
8. Beautiful
9. Triangle
10. Cotton Jenny
11. I Used To Be A Country Singer
12. Sundown
13. Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
14. Couchiching
15. If You Could Read My Mind
16. Waiting For You
17. Clouds Of Loneliness
18. Restless (dedicated to Derek's Dad)
19. Baby Step Back
20. Early Mornin' Rain
21. Song For A Winter's Night
22. On The High Seas
23. Old Dan's Records

This was an amazingly long single set concert. A usual 2 set show has 25 to 27 songs, split between the two sets. One set shows rarely go above 20 songs. Twenty-three songs is a lot of singing without a break.

I was cheated! I was there on Saturday! Just kidding, but I really like 6, 7, 8 and 21. I was hoping for Never Too Close and Song for a Winter's Night on Saturday. But I won't be satisfied until I sit in front of him and the band and hear him sing every single song he has evr sung or recorded. Not that I ask for much you know.

I was cheated! I was there on Saturday! Just kidding, but I really like 6, 7, 8 and 21. I was hoping for Never Too Close and Song for a Winter's Night on Saturday. But I won't be satisfied until I sit in front of him and the band and hear him sing every single song he has evr sung or recorded. Not that I ask for much you know.

<<But I won't be satisfied until I sit in front of him and the band and hear him sing every single song he has evr sung or recorded. Not that I ask for much you know. >>

Debs,
that happened to me once. Seriously. Only he didnt sing EVERY single song,etc. But I sat on the stage (me and a few others) while he sat on a
stool,just him and his guitar, and he sang to us.
Isnt that a dream come true?
:)

Okay Bru, just rub it in okay? We need details!

Okay Bru, just rub it in okay? We need details!

Very well said. Sounds like a great show ! Bill :)

BRU!!! I'm jealous!
foaming at the mouth

:D OK.OK. I've told this story often at the NG and here so suffice to say it was at the very final London concert Gord ever played. He was having a few problems that night. Briefly, a handful of us obsessives remained after the theatre had emptied. Gord came back out and called us up to join him on stage. We stampeded the stage (joke) and sedately sat around him, at his feet. He played several songs and chatted a bit.It was very special.
And that is all you need to know for now. ;)

O.K., Bru, we're ready for part II of your story!! The full, unvarnished story!!