[imported_Ordinary_Man]

Cotton Jenny
Carefree Highway
Sea of Tranquility
14K Gold
Never Too Close
A Painter Passing Through
Let It Ride
Rainy Day People
Shadows
Beautiful
The Watchman's Gone
Ribbon of Darkness
Sundown
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

20 minute intermission

Triangle
Hangdog Hotel Room
Restless
Fine as Fine Can Be
In My Fashion
If You Could Read My Mind
Don Quixote
If Children Had Wings
Baby Step Back
Early Morning Rain
Song For a Winter's Night

Encore: Blackberry Wine


Some random thoughts:

Gord mentioned the upcoming documentary (National Geographic I think?) that refutes any notion that the Fitz sank due to unsecured hatch covers. He said we would hear a new lyric tonight. However, when the time came, he sang the original "at 7 PM a main hatchway caved in" and then stopped the song during the ensuing instrumental bridge between the verses. He said we'll restart the 3rd verse and they did. BUT, for the life of me, I could not understand the new lyric, so if anyone knows what it is, please chime in.

Gord is fighting a cold, had the sniffles, used a handkerchief all night, and asked several times if we could tell that both of his ears were stopped up. I thought he really was struggling with his voice even more so than what we've gotten used to over the last few years. I commend him for hanging in there and doing 26 songs.


I had never heard him do "Fine as Fine Can Be" live. I think it's an under-appreciated gem and was thrilled to hear it. He said it was written for his then 8 year old daughter Ingrid, which I had not known.

Gave a shout-out several times to "George IV, George the fourth is in the house". George Hamilton IV stood up at one point and waved to Gord. Gord said George did a great job covering a song ( I THINK it was Early Morning Rain, sorry if I'm wrong) and the best part was "he didn't change any of my chords!"

Mentioned Mary Robbins covering Ribbon Of Darkness and said "he did the superior job on it."

Gord did the Mark Twain line about the "reports of my death are greatly exaggerated". Said the quote was from 1897 and asked "What, did people think Mark Twain had died?" (By the way, when he first came out on stage he got a LONG and LOUD ovation. I assume due to folks just happy to see him AND mosly to tell him that we are very glad he is still with us.)

Gord mentioned later (I'm gonna be paraphrasing) that he and the band still get a real charge out of doing the shows and even the traveling and meeting people. He made a comment that he knows his voice isn't the greatest but that he puts all he can into it so they can still do the shows.

Didn't mean to be SO long-winded, was just gonna do the set-list when I started typing.


Steve