I am proud to say that some years ago I was doing a GL imatation in the Salt Lake area. I had acquired something of a name for myself in this regard. Because of that, I was able to pull enough strings with people to wind up spending an entire afternoon with Gord in his dressing room, and conciquently screwing up the rehearsal and the sound check. The first thing he told me to do was to sit down before I fell down. Man, my knees were knocking together. I got to ask every question that had ever poppped into my head about him and his music. Like where did he get the inspiration for BEAUTIFUL. He told me, it started out as a song for the audience. Something to say Thank You with, but when he got down to the line, "And when I hold you tight, " he turned it into another love song. He thought that was really funny. I call tell you all, he is as genuine, candid, laid-back and regular as anybody your could possibly meet.
He told me to stop singing his music and sing my own, not that he wasn't complimented for what I was doing. To this end, on the same stage just six months later, to the same packed house, I did what I had always wanted to do and that was to stun an audience into total silence at the end of the song. I got the guidance and inspiration to do this from the MAN.
I might also add, that the guys in the band, Terry, Pee Wee, Barry and Rick are the same as Gord. Fun, regular guys.
The last thing that really made an impression on me, was that every song he has written comes straight from the heart.....no bullshit about it. There isn't an insincere line or word in anysong.
As LAM likes to add his little quotes, here's one that says it for Gord from where I stand,
AMTTW
"Hear my song, as I sing it to the lost and lonely ones.."
GL
Rob Wells
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