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OldDan · 03-29-2008, 11:07 AM

Gordon Lightfoot and his band took to the stage of Waukegan's ornate Genesee Theatre on a cold March night. They warmed the audience with the opening number Triangle. Gordon was in good spirits attired in his standard stage outfit; dark iridescent vest, white shirt and black slacks. He did the poignant If Children Had Wings which I haven't heard him do live in quite a while. At one point he jokingly asked the audience, "Where are we?" and was loudly told Waukegan!! by several audience members to whom he replied, "I know now!". Later in the second set he had fun with the name observing, "Waukegan, it makes you smile!", accentuating the middle syllable. I enjoyed the rousing version of Sundown which got strong applause afterward. Gordon's voice seemed stronger and was even better in the second set which he opened with Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald. He related how the song Waiting For You was written for his second wife on a "red eye" flight back home from a tour and then proudly showed us the ring on his finger. I had read somewhere that he was separated from Elizabeth, but perhaps things are better now. He paid homage to Bob Dylan with Ring Them Bells and followed that with the classic If You Could Read My Mind. He closed the show with two encores, Blackberry Wine and Old Dan's Records and received a standing ovation. An enjoyable evening in Wau-KE-gan!

Here's the set list:

Triangle
Cotton Jenny
14 Karat Gold
Never Too Close
A Painter Passing Through
In My Fashion
If Children Had Wings
Shadows
Beautiful
Carefree Highway
Hangdog Hotel Room
Ribbon Of Darkness
Sundown
The Watchman's Gone

Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
Alberta Bound
Don Quixote
Clouds Of Loneliness
Waiting For You
Ring Them Bells
If You Could Read My Mind
Baby Step Back
Restless
Canadian Railroad Trilogy
Blackberry Wine
Old Dan's Records

03-29-2008, 11:07 AM	#1
OldDan Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Park Forest, IL Posts: 62	Waukegan Gordon Lightfoot and his band took to the stage of Waukegan's ornate Genesee Theatre on a cold March night. They warmed the audience with the opening number Triangle. Gordon was in good spirits attired in his standard stage outfit; dark iridescent vest, white shirt and black slacks. He did the poignant If Children Had Wings which I haven't heard him do live in quite a while. At one point he jokingly asked the audience, "Where are we?" and was loudly told Waukegan!! by several audience members to whom he replied, "I know now!". Later in the second set he had fun with the name observing, "Waukegan, it makes you smile!", accentuating the middle syllable. I enjoyed the rousing version of Sundown which got strong applause afterward. Gordon's voice seemed stronger and was even better in the second set which he opened with Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald. He related how the song Waiting For You was written for his second wife on a "red eye" flight back home from a tour and then proudly showed us the ring on his finger. I had read somewhere that he was separated from Elizabeth, but perhaps things are better now. He paid homage to Bob Dylan with Ring Them Bells and followed that with the classic If You Could Read My Mind. He closed the show with two encores, Blackberry Wine and Old Dan's Records and received a standing ovation. An enjoyable evening in Wau-KE-gan! Here's the set list: Triangle Cotton Jenny 14 Karat Gold Never Too Close A Painter Passing Through In My Fashion If Children Had Wings Shadows Beautiful Carefree Highway Hangdog Hotel Room Ribbon Of Darkness Sundown The Watchman's Gone Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald Alberta Bound Don Quixote Clouds Of Loneliness Waiting For You Ring Them Bells If You Could Read My Mind Baby Step Back Restless Canadian Railroad Trilogy Blackberry Wine Old Dan's Records