[johnfowles]

Originally Posted by Peoria Fan

Questions?
Is there any way find out what the concert song selections will be prior to a concert... how they are selected... and is there a venue to request that certain songs be done?......there were two numbers that was not done... Canadian Trilogy .......

The short answer to all the above is "No"
Even the orchestra are not completely clued in on what will be played in any particular concert
beyond the fact that it must be presumed that they keep in practice at playing whatever songs are in Gord's current rotation list
but they are so skillful and accustomed to adapting to anything that crops up, such as an impromptu reaction by Gord to yelled out requests from the audience that a setlist would appear to be largely meaningless and therfore superfluous
The song list currently "on rotation" changes very slightly. (earlier this year two old songs were welcomingly reinstated
being "If Children Had Wings" and "My Little Love" but the latter was dropped at all 4 Massey shows recently)
In compensation we were of course treated to a double dose of Carefree Highway!!
Gord certainly always seems to have a small piece of paper taped to his guitar, which might well be an aide-memoire of songs he intends to do.
Whether he does CRT at any concert probably has more to do with how he is feeling as it is obviously a challenging song to get through in Gord's usual perfectionist manner
I personally really do wish that the band could rehearse at least one old song not played for a long time before each leg of his annual concert tour . I do hope he and the band have taken note of the great appreciation that has been expressed for the rare airing of "If Children Had Wings"