a wonderful Gord songs celebration event Friday night, NW of Toronto, part of the
www.justmiltonfolks.ca concert series
Aengus Finnan, Jory Nash & Terry Tufts (alpha order) performed Gord tunes plus their own comps individually and as a trio
a sold out crowd or 160 folk folks cozied into Milton Bible Church - great sound, comfy seats & good cookies and coffee
i recall many stories told during song intros but will supress them and hope you get a chance to take them in yourself one evening and hear for the first time...jory is touring the USA in april and hopefully this trio makes it's rounds across the continent together or as solo again in the near future...they are all well-seasoned professionals
as show opened, jory addressed the audience saying something like 'I'm not sure if each of you is religious or not, but as we sit here gathered at this venue we can most certainly all agree that "There is a GOrD"
' lol ... wit was flying around all evening
i can't remember set lists the way Char and other can but many of the tunes are still in my head, here's some in fuzzy order:
race among the ruins - the guys sounded really good as they and the mix settled in, terry knows his way around those frets
mother of a miner's child - jory, in my opinion this should have been on the Borealis Gord tribute CD - love his phrasings
edmind fitz - aengus, great delivery with jory harmonies added tastefully - love the dymnamics, especially second last verse
long way back home - one of my fave tune, terry did not disappoint...outstanding
king of the dust - jory's well researched and self-penned composition inspired by Yukon gold rush, we all hung on every word
rolling home - a really cool aengus composition, i should play his second cd more often, still haven't got tired of his first gem
toboggin song - wow, i've seen terry play and sing his energeitc, witty tune before but it just keeps getting better and funnier!
summerside of life - jory lead the trio, nice harmonies, i mostly liked the laid back tempo of many of their GL arrangements
early mornin rain - aengus, ditto to above, wish these were recorded...wonder how long my old brain can retain the memory
for lovin me - terry's wonderful version, this is on the GL tribute cd, i enjoyed this uptempo performance, but love either really
black velvet elvis + hear (i think that was the title, it had a lovely chorus singalong) - two of terry's original tunes, loved them
fly away + lately - two of aengus self-penned gems, the former is powerful stuff...the cd or this raw version of 'lately' =superb
spaz loves weezie + goin down to town - great wit/stories to intro to these brilliant jory tunes - btw, great song intros by all
cotton jenny - great fun, once again, loved the tempo, crowd singalong here which even i accept when it's a lovin tribute gig
miguel - aengus just a jj fave gord tune justice & then some! terry added superb licks, jory continued to add tasty back vox
mountains and maryann - wow, never a big fan of this tune but terry converted me, his 12 string playing & vocal passion A+
CRT - mind blowing work again by terry and the boys added wonderful backups, you could feel the gord love at a high here
probably played even more stuff but encored with alberta bound, steel rail blues and the traditional rich man's spiritual finale
locals or GTA folks in this group might want to pursue more info about this fine folk concert series, hugh's room northwest
it's a labour of love for Rose, who puts alot of effort into coordinating this all - many thanks to this trio for a cherished evening
it was just a bonus to arrive home late and see char's wonderful GL interview posted - it was a tre-Gord weekend for us here
cheers
jim...apologies for typos, as usual