Several years ago Gordon played at the Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton( San Francisco Bay Area, California) one summer. During the fairs 2 week run their was a shooting among some gangs at the fair. So local law enforcement ordered the fair to close early on July fourth and everybody had to walk through metal detectors. Anyway during Gord's show, which was like 2 or 3 days after the shooting, there was the sound of an M80 or cherry bomb firecracker somewhere on the fairgrounds. I think Gord must have heard about the shooting days earlier because he asked the question to the audience; " Is it safe? " or , "It's safe, right?" There was a lot of nervous laughter and the show went on. Maybe not spine- tingling but kind of suspenceful there for a moment or two.
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