[johnfowles]

Originally Posted by youngstranger

Just to be nerdy and anal the Aer Lingus hijacking had nothing to do with the troubles and terrorism, it was some religious nut who wanted the Pope to reveal the the third secret of fatima.*

Originally Posted by youngstranger

*I doubt that means much to a lot of people today!

Quite so Y.S. it would I must confess not have meant anything to me back then either
Just to recap on Gord's British Isles tour in 1981
He had started on May 13 with a concert in Dublin which just so happenned to be a few hours after the first assassination attempt on the Pope had taken place in Rome then up to Belfast the next day. then a lot of travelling, firstly over to Liverpool then all the way up to Glasgow before a day off then the trek down to London
then it was up to Brum before a final London concert on the 20th that according to Bru/silverheels who attended was rather controversial
I have a monaural bootleg of the complete 18 May Royal Albert Hall concert
during which Gord was not very chatty between numbers but he did introduce the band that at that time featured both Pee Wee and Mike.
Pee Wee's pedal steel is much in evidence and Mike put in some strong sounds on Canarie Yellow Canoe
An interesting setlist
Gord's upcoming album at that time was Shadows, (not released until 1982) but it was being recorded in Toronto in March and April '81 and on the 18 May setlist were 12 Karat Gold, In My Fashion. a song about wine and a golf inspired toetapper
(that indulgent ditty about every river in Canadar and Keepin' on Yearnin' would of course remain rarities for another 18 years until the fantastic box set during which time I do not recall playing CYC at all. I wonder why??
In introducing his new song Heaven Help The Devil Gord gave it its full (unlikely) title of "Heaven Help The Devil May He Have A Few Unpleasant Memories"
I had previously reported on this in an earlier thread about this great song at
http://www.corfid.com/vbb/showpost.p...08&postcount=1
which contains a link that can use to download an mp3
just before the final number (Old Dance Records) Gord said "my grandfather came over from Manchester in 1910"
Use the following link appropriately to hear the song and the introduction
which also includes Gord talking about the sectarian violence in Ireland and that he had played Belfast before but he was interrupted by a loudly yelled request for Danny Boy but he did oblige another request with a short burst of Bitter Green "wtitten in a London taxicab"
http://johnfowles.org.uk/LIGHTFOOT/L...7s_Records.mp3
if anybody wishes to hear the complete recording drop me a PM