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Jenney · 06-25-2009, 08:42 PM

It’s been raining around here for weeks! Yesterday was no exception, but every now and then it would clear, giving hope that we would get through the concert without getting rained on! I thought some of the seats were under cover, and the rest were lawn seats. None of the seats were under cover, which I think made a lot of people nervous enough not to show up. The concert was delayed about 30 mins to allow people to park and hike up to the theater. Even then, there were a lot of empty seats.
The show started about 7:30, and I had heard that Gord was going to do one set, no breaks in case the weather turned bad again. A couple of times we felt rain, but it never evolved into anything. There were lots of nice people sharing their bug spray too, which gave the venue a much different aroma then the venues of my youth!
Gord came out, stood in the center grinning, and just said "HI"! Followed by "sorry I’m late!" He then launched into:
Triangle
Cotton Jenney
14 Karat Gold
Never Too Close
A Painter Passing Through
Let it Ride
Rainy Day People
Shadows
Beautiful
Carefree Highway
Hangdog Hotel Room
Ribbon of Darkness/ Sundown
The Watchman’s Gone
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Alberta Bound
Don Quixote
If Children Had Wings
In my Fashion
IYCRMM
Restless - after this one Gord mentioned that he could hear all the critters, and was happy to find that the crickets were in tune! I noticed them after that, and began to appreciate the surroundings
Baby Step Back
Early Morning Rain
Song For a Winter’s Night
Blackberry Wine
Encore,
Old Dan’s Records
He introduced Wreck stating several times that there were 29,000 lbs of iron on board. When he reached the part in the song that says 26,000 lbs, he said he was wrong, there were 26,000 lbs. He started laughing at himself, and had to stop the song for a min. It was funny.

06-25-2009, 08:42 PM	#1
Jenney Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Rocky Hill, CT USA Posts: 558	Florence, MA-June 24,2009-The Pines Theatre It’s been raining around here for weeks! Yesterday was no exception, but every now and then it would clear, giving hope that we would get through the concert without getting rained on! I thought some of the seats were under cover, and the rest were lawn seats. None of the seats were under cover, which I think made a lot of people nervous enough not to show up. The concert was delayed about 30 mins to allow people to park and hike up to the theater. Even then, there were a lot of empty seats. The show started about 7:30, and I had heard that Gord was going to do one set, no breaks in case the weather turned bad again. A couple of times we felt rain, but it never evolved into anything. There were lots of nice people sharing their bug spray too, which gave the venue a much different aroma then the venues of my youth! Gord came out, stood in the center grinning, and just said "HI"! Followed by "sorry I’m late!" He then launched into: Triangle Cotton Jenney 14 Karat Gold Never Too Close A Painter Passing Through Let it Ride Rainy Day People Shadows Beautiful Carefree Highway Hangdog Hotel Room Ribbon of Darkness/ Sundown The Watchman’s Gone Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Alberta Bound Don Quixote If Children Had Wings In my Fashion IYCRMM Restless - after this one Gord mentioned that he could hear all the critters, and was happy to find that the crickets were in tune! I noticed them after that, and began to appreciate the surroundings Baby Step Back Early Morning Rain Song For a Winter’s Night Blackberry Wine Encore, Old Dan’s Records He introduced Wreck stating several times that there were 29,000 lbs of iron on board. When he reached the part in the song that says 26,000 lbs, he said he was wrong, there were 26,000 lbs. He started laughing at himself, and had to stop the song for a min. It was funny. Last edited by Jenney; 06-26-2009 at 12:01 PM.