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charlene · 04-05-2008, 10:37 AM

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Gordon Lightfoot @ the Aronoff Center (4/4/08)
Apr 5, 2008 at 2:54 AM Post a comment
I went down to Gordon Lightfoot's concert at the Aronoff Center on Friday night. I walked around a bit before the show and then went on in with just a minute or two to spare. I was barely settled in when a skinny little man close to 70 strutted out and started singing "Cotton Jenny". Gordon Lightfoot's voice is shaky, but when a singer has songs as good as his, it doesn't really matter that much. I'm willing to overlook some vocal issues to hear those songs.

The first half of the show was heavy on the hits. Mr. Lightfoot and his band played "Carefree Highway", "Rainy Day People", "Beautiful", "Ribbon of Darkness", "Sundown", and a touching version of "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" to end the set.

After a 15 minute intermission, Gordon Lightfoot came on back out and started in on the second set. I wasn't familiar with as many of these songs, but I still enjoyed myself. The best part, of course, was getting to hear "Early Morning Rain". It's one of my all-time favorite songs. I've loved that song ever since I was 14 or 15 and found it on my parents' vinyl copy of Peter, Paul & Mary's Ten Years Together. Really, is there a better song out there? How many other songs have been covered by Elvis Presley and Bob Dylan?

As always, here's the setlist:

First set: Cotton Jenny/Carefree Highway/Sea of Tranquility/14 Karat Gold/Never Too Close/A Painter Passing Through/In My Fashion/Rainy Day People/Shadows/Beautiful/The Watchman's Gone/Ribbon of Darkness/Sundown/The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Second set: Triangle/Hangdog Hotel Room/Restless/If Children Had Wings/Waiting For You/Make Way For the Lady/If You Could Read My Mind/My Little Love/Early Morning Rain/Blackberry Wine

Encore: Old Dan's Records

Overall, it was a great show. In a perfect world, I would've traded in a couple of the songs I didn't know for "Did She Mention My Name" or "For Lovin' Me", but that's not a big deal. Those were the only personal favorites I didn't get to hear.

04-05-2008, 10:37 AM	#3
charlene Moderator Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 16,001	Re: Cincinnati Concert 4/4/08 http://outgoingsignals.vox.com/libra...l?_c=feed-atom Gordon Lightfoot @ the Aronoff Center (4/4/08) Apr 5, 2008 at 2:54 AM Post a comment I went down to Gordon Lightfoot's concert at the Aronoff Center on Friday night. I walked around a bit before the show and then went on in with just a minute or two to spare. I was barely settled in when a skinny little man close to 70 strutted out and started singing "Cotton Jenny". Gordon Lightfoot's voice is shaky, but when a singer has songs as good as his, it doesn't really matter that much. I'm willing to overlook some vocal issues to hear those songs. The first half of the show was heavy on the hits. Mr. Lightfoot and his band played "Carefree Highway", "Rainy Day People", "Beautiful", "Ribbon of Darkness", "Sundown", and a touching version of "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" to end the set. After a 15 minute intermission, Gordon Lightfoot came on back out and started in on the second set. I wasn't familiar with as many of these songs, but I still enjoyed myself. The best part, of course, was getting to hear "Early Morning Rain". It's one of my all-time favorite songs. I've loved that song ever since I was 14 or 15 and found it on my parents' vinyl copy of Peter, Paul & Mary's Ten Years Together. Really, is there a better song out there? How many other songs have been covered by Elvis Presley and Bob Dylan? As always, here's the setlist: First set: Cotton Jenny/Carefree Highway/Sea of Tranquility/14 Karat Gold/Never Too Close/A Painter Passing Through/In My Fashion/Rainy Day People/Shadows/Beautiful/The Watchman's Gone/Ribbon of Darkness/Sundown/The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Second set: Triangle/Hangdog Hotel Room/Restless/If Children Had Wings/Waiting For You/Make Way For the Lady/If You Could Read My Mind/My Little Love/Early Morning Rain/Blackberry Wine Encore: Old Dan's Records Overall, it was a great show. In a perfect world, I would've traded in a couple of the songs I didn't know for "Did She Mention My Name" or "For Lovin' Me", but that's not a big deal. Those were the only personal favorites I didn't get to hear.