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ellen · 10-01-2012, 01:55 PM

The concert started on time, as usual, for an appreciative house that looked to be about 2/3 to 3/4 full. Crown Center is huge.

Sweet Guenevere
Watchman
All the Lovely Ladies
I'd Rather Press On
Let It Ride
Wild Strawberries
Rainy Day People
Shadows
Beautiful
Waiting for You
Carefree Highway
Ribbon of Darkness
Sundown
Cotton Jenny

Intermission

Drink Yer Glasses Empty
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Never Too Close
Don Quixote
Make Way for the Lady
In My Fashion
A Painter Passing Through
If You Could Read My Mind
Restless
Baby Step Back
Early Morning Rain

Encores - Song For A Winter's Night
Cold on the Shoulder

The band was excellent as always. I last heard them when Carter had just joined them, and it's easy to see he has settled in well. It's such a pleasure for me to watch the unspoken communication between them all. They are such a wonderfully disciplined ensemble. The crowd was friendly, very appreciative, and gave a standing ovation to IYCRMM as well as at the end. At the beginning of the second set, Gordon and Mike alone came out to perform Drink Yer Glasses Empty, and it was really lovely.

It may be just me, but I felt that In my Fashion and Painter are more bittersweet now. One of the reviews referred to Mr Lightfoot's appearance as frail, but I rather think of it as refined; he is distilled down to the essence of the man. He was in better voice for the second set than the first, but that is what I've seen over the past few years. He skipped the jokes this time, but told a few anecdotes, referring to the inspiration for Waiting For You & Baby Step Back, and speaking of just bringing I'd Rather Press On back into rotation. The crowd would have had him play all night, but he just returned for a second bow, and was gone.

10-01-2012, 01:55 PM	#1
ellen Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 55	Fayetteville, NC setlist The concert started on time, as usual, for an appreciative house that looked to be about 2/3 to 3/4 full. Crown Center is huge. Sweet Guenevere Watchman All the Lovely Ladies I'd Rather Press On Let It Ride Wild Strawberries Rainy Day People Shadows Beautiful Waiting for You Carefree Highway Ribbon of Darkness Sundown Cotton Jenny Intermission Drink Yer Glasses Empty Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Never Too Close Don Quixote Make Way for the Lady In My Fashion A Painter Passing Through If You Could Read My Mind Restless Baby Step Back Early Morning Rain Encores - Song For A Winter's Night Cold on the Shoulder The band was excellent as always. I last heard them when Carter had just joined them, and it's easy to see he has settled in well. It's such a pleasure for me to watch the unspoken communication between them all. They are such a wonderfully disciplined ensemble. The crowd was friendly, very appreciative, and gave a standing ovation to IYCRMM as well as at the end. At the beginning of the second set, Gordon and Mike alone came out to perform Drink Yer Glasses Empty, and it was really lovely. It may be just me, but I felt that In my Fashion and Painter are more bittersweet now. One of the reviews referred to Mr Lightfoot's appearance as frail, but I rather think of it as refined; he is distilled down to the essence of the man. He was in better voice for the second set than the first, but that is what I've seen over the past few years. He skipped the jokes this time, but told a few anecdotes, referring to the inspiration for Waiting For You & Baby Step Back, and speaking of just bringing I'd Rather Press On back into rotation. The crowd would have had him play all night, but he just returned for a second bow, and was gone.