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Doug · 08-29-2006, 10:16 AM

Lightfoot In San Diego*8/27/06

With perfect (yes I said perfect) weather, the band stepped on to the stage at Humphreys an outdoor venue on the bay in San Diego quickly followed by Gordon Lightfoot just a few minutes past 7:30 pm.

Gordon stepped up to the mic and just stood there for a few moments, surveying the crowd. He didn’t say a thing. There were a few scattered comments but the crowd was pretty subdued.

I don’t know if it was because it was the end of this concert swing, he called it the I-5 tour, but Gord looked kind of tired to me. His hair looked like it had been trimmed and he was dressed in black pants, a blue long sleeved shirt and the vest he wore last year. I couldn’t see what shoes he was wearing.

When he started playing there was no urgency, the pace, as has been mentioned in other reports was relaxed and slower.

Rick and Terry were singing in the background on the songs they used to sing harmony on. Barry did some different percussions on 14 Karat Gold. There was no whistling on Ghost Of Cape Horn.

Just before he sang Hangdog Hotel Room he said he wrote it after spending some time with Jerry Jeff Walker and told how Jerry Jeff could party all night. He later mentioned, including Terry in the tale, that they had done their share of partying in the 70’s and related a story of how they had gone out on a shrimp boat here in San Diego at 2 in the morning

Set 1
Triangle
Cotton Jenny
14 Karat Gold
Never Too Close
In My Fashion
Painter Passing Through
Clouds of Loneliness
Ghosts of Cape Horn
Rainy Day People
Carefree Highway
Hangdog Hotel Room
Sundown
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Alberta Bound
*
*** Set 2
Sit Down Young Stranger
Waiting for You
Beautiful
Shadows
Make Way For the Lady
Let It Ride
If You Could Read My Mind
Don Quixote
Canadian Railroad Trilogy
Baby Step Back
Song For a Winter’s Night
Old Dans Records
*
*** Encore
Early Morning Rain

There were quite a few people around me singing along or in harmony. What I wanted to say to all of them was, “I didn’t pay $50 to listen to any of you sing, so shut-up”.

What I did was keep my mouth shut and thought about how much these songs mean to people. I also remembered that my loving wife finally told me many years ago that I could sing all I wanted to in the privacy of my car but that it was surely annoying people around us at the concert and they hadn’t paid to listen to me. (He has has an ear, let him hear)

One last thought.....
As he was singing CRT, my all time fav, I thought about how blessed we’ve been to be able to share the music and the words he’s written. I think my life would not be as rich or fulfilled without his songs in my life. They’ve helped me appreciate so many things I might otherwise have overlooked in nature and in mankind.

Till next time.....

08-29-2006, 10:16 AM	#2
Doug Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Ontario, CA Posts: 260	Lightfoot In San Diego8/27/06 With perfect (yes I said perfect) weather, the band stepped on to the stage at Humphreys an outdoor venue on the bay in San Diego quickly followed by Gordon Lightfoot just a few minutes past 7:30 pm. Gordon stepped up to the mic and just stood there for a few moments, surveying the crowd. He didn’t say a thing. There were a few scattered comments but the crowd was pretty subdued. I don’t know if it was because it was the end of this concert swing, he called it the I-5 tour, but Gord looked kind of tired to me. His hair looked like it had been trimmed and he was dressed in black pants, a blue long sleeved shirt and the vest he wore last year. I couldn’t see what shoes he was wearing. When he started playing there was no urgency, the pace, as has been mentioned in other reports was relaxed and slower. Rick and Terry were singing in the background on the songs they used to sing harmony on. Barry did some different percussions on 14 Karat Gold. There was no whistling on Ghost Of Cape Horn. Just before he sang Hangdog Hotel Room he said he wrote it after spending some time with Jerry Jeff Walker and told how Jerry Jeff could party all night. He later mentioned, including Terry in the tale, that they had done their share of partying in the 70’s and related a story of how they had gone out on a shrimp boat here in San Diego at 2 in the morning Set 1 Triangle Cotton Jenny 14 Karat Gold Never Too Close In My Fashion Painter Passing Through Clouds of Loneliness Ghosts of Cape Horn Rainy Day People Carefree Highway Hangdog Hotel Room Sundown Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Alberta Bound *** Set 2 Sit Down Young Stranger Waiting for You Beautiful Shadows Make Way For the Lady Let It Ride If You Could Read My Mind Don Quixote Canadian Railroad Trilogy Baby Step Back Song For a Winter’s Night Old Dans Records * *** Encore Early Morning Rain There were quite a few people around me singing along or in harmony. What I wanted to say to all of them was, “I didn’t pay $50 to listen to any of you sing, so shut-up”. What I did was keep my mouth shut and thought about how much these songs mean to people. I also remembered that my loving wife finally told me many years ago that I could sing all I wanted to in the privacy of my car but that it was surely annoying people around us at the concert and they hadn’t paid to listen to me. (He has has an ear, let him hear) One last thought..... As he was singing CRT, my all time fav, I thought about how blessed we’ve been to be able to share the music and the words he’s written. I think my life would not be as rich or fulfilled without his songs in my life. They’ve helped me appreciate so many things I might otherwise have overlooked in nature and in mankind. Till next time..... __________________ Doug "When love is true.....there is no truer occupation"