This topic inspired me to sit down and list the dates of all the concerts I have attended. I still get a chill when the house lights lower.
It all started April 27, 1979 in Minneapolis with the song "Summertime Dream." And it has been a kick ever since. After 26 years, I still can't wait for the next one. I kept set lists of all the concerts and Wayne Francis has posted them on lightfoot.ca website. Most of the concerts have been in various venues around the Twin Cities but my concerts have also included twice in Duluth, MN (2000 and 2002), Superior, WI (1995) in an outdoor ampitheatre very near to where the Edmund Fitzgerald was last loaded, Sault St. Marie MI twice in Sept. 1998, Bayfield, WI in a July 1999 doubleheader in a tent with temps in the 90's and three straight nights in May 2001 in Toronto's Massey Hall.
Just received the tickets to concerts # 28 and #29 in Aurora, IL in August. My wife isn't a big fan but as long as she gets "Song for a Winter's Night" one of those two nights, she will survive.
Gord didn't make it to Minnesota for 2005 which is surprising since he is very popular here. Bodes well for 2006 that he will probably be in both the Twin Cities and Duluth again on consecutive nights.
John/ Minnesota
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