Back in 2000, I called his booking agent or whatever you call it (can't remember his name) because several business owners in the Cleveland area wanted to see what it would cost to have him play a concert which a bunch of us wanted to do for a promotion.
There are some rules I guess with the venues that he cannot play within so many miles of a venue that he's played at within a certain period of time. We were too close where he had played at the time.
The guy that I spoke with said that Lightfoot requires $20,000 to play, he only plays with his band and he would play at a birthday party if we wanted him to, as long as he was paid the $20,000 fee, he would do it. I don't know if this was/is still true, but the person that I spoke with knows Gordon and although I can't remember all the specifics, he was at least one of the people involved in lining up concerts at the time. I think maybe he was from Tennessee?? Somewhere in the U.S. I know for sure.
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