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Originally Posted by purnellt
Wow...I can't believe how out of touch some of you are. You would pay to hear him read the phone book? That sounds about as entertaining as what we experienced last night. Bye the way...this is not simply an age issue or a lack of compassion. Last year we saw Tony Bennett who is 81 - he played for two hours, no break, smiling, dancing, good voice (weaker than it once was, but solid), good attitude, very talented band. Last night felt like watching a trainwreck.
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purnellt -
I don't know if you know who John Hartford was, or not, but he played up until about one
month before he passed away from a 20 year battle with leukemia. He performed even when he could not play the banjo anymore (he was a musical genius), and had to resign himself to sitting on a chair on stage and singing along with the audience singing his own songs, when he was able to do so. But the audience came time after time. There is a bonding between a musician and his (her) audience, that is not blind to physical, vocal, and mental decline, but embraces it as a part of life. Going to see and hear Gord is going to see an old friend. We have never refused to listen to, appreciate, and communicate with any of our friends, simply because they have become old. Life is fragile, beautiful, and oh so precious. I want to appreciate anything that Gord has to offer. To see and hear him will forever be an HONOR.