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Originally Posted by jj
He just contacted me to tell me the HE was the actual interviewer here! He hadnt seen this particular edited montage. It was done a few years ago. Small world....
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I should have mentioned the interviewer (producer and also actor) is Vladimir Bondarenko and his internationally acclaimed documentary films I referred to are called “Speaking of Courage” (the one which Gord appeared in) and “Voices to Remember”. They tell the stories of children and adults who live with a stutter.
This all came about during a tribute night for George Shields and with Gord in attendance, the opportunity for an interview with the old pals couldn't be passed up!
here's a fun little David McEachern anecdote from a decade ago (i'd love to hear that rendition!):
"Our quartet and chorus (Toronto Northern Lights) were performing at the
John Bassett Theatre and we had a special guest performer by the name of
'Gordon Lightfoot'.
We found out on Thursday that he would be coming to sing a couple of songs
on this show. Our Musical Director, Steve Armstrong, stayed up till 1 AM
Friday to write a terrific, backup arrangement for 'If You Could Read My
Mind Love". He sent it to Associate Director and learning tape maker
extraordinaire, Chris Arnold, and by Friday at noon Alex Beamish, our
webmaster had the written music and MP3's posted on our website. Everyone
in our chorus has email btw. The Chorus members learned the music on their
own and we got together an hour before the show Saturday night to go over
it."
"One of our supporters, George Shields, is an old friend of Lightfoot's and
asked him at the show if we could back him up on this song. Gordon
said...... "Are we just going to wing it?". LOL He sang it with us once
in the dressing room, we made one small change and he said "That's great!
It'll be perfect by the time we get on stage". The Northern Lights went on
stage and performed our part of the show and then invited Gordon Lightfoot
on stage and performed the song with him. It was an awesome experience.
He loved it and the crowd went bonkers."