I also was in Massey during the live recordings which appear on the Harmony album. I had left my seat at one point in the evening to get a drink and walked to (top balcony) stage extreme right just to get a nice view of the historic hall from the vantage point etc., when he introduced No Hotel. This moment stayed with me when we left Toronto to return home to Minneapolis, and I was amazed and delighted when the album came out and No Hotel and Shellfish were included and thus our wonderful weekend on Yonge Street was forever immortalized etc. Listening to the album the other day I remarked to a friend during the No Hotel intro what a brilliant example of public speaking Lightfoot presents there. The way in which he enunciates so beautifully with that voice of his the select key words he wants the listener to take away from the story: Manaus, Sting, Jingu, Nobo Hotel, burnt out, The NO Hotel, ensued, 3 months ago.. etc.. It's really great..
[ May 08, 2006, 11:35: Message edited by: RJ ]
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