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hkusam · 08-21-2006, 11:23 PM

Hi....it seems like only last night I was at the Tulalip Amphitheater watching Gordon and band perform. Wait it was only last night. That's what getting stuck in I-5 traffic for apparent hours will do for your sense of time.
First of all, the setting was fabulous...it really is a great venue and the weather was perfect. With a beer garden in the back, grass underfoot, and a vacant pair of seats in front of me...what more could you ask for?
It was a very solid show...Gord was strong in voice...though my wife declared it wasn't until the fourth song, In My Fashion, that he hit his stride. (my wife's a critic though) As the sun went down, Gord had to don a pair of sunglasses so that, as he put it, he wouldn't get sunburned eyelids. Thanks to Ticketmaster, we were a long distance away, but he looked very cool.
A couple of comments he made might be worth noting. First he introduced "If You Could Read My Mind" noting that it "broke first in Seattle" (to a great roar). He went on to comment on being both sleepless and broke in Seattle. (chuckles from my wife) Later on, Gord was thanking people for coming out to...."Wait a minute" he said...then he checked with Rick Haynes to find out exactely where he was. That brought forth a great laugh too.
A couple who came down with us hadn't seen Gord before and they were very impressed. A great relaxed concert; very fun. And six weeks to go to Vancouver!
Set list:
1) Triangle
2)Cotton Jenny
3)14 Carat Gold
4)In My Fashion
5)Clouds of Lonliness
6)A Painter Passing Through
7)Never To Close
8)Ghosts of Cap Horn (we might not have heard this one because it was written for an educational film!, Gord said)
9)Beautiful
10)Carefree Highway
11)Hang Dog Hotel Room
12)Sundown
13) Wreck...
Intermission
14) Sit Down Young Stranger....most of this was done solo
15)Let it Ride
16)Rainy Day People
17)Shadows
18) Waiting For You
19)Make way for the Lady
20)If You could Read My Mind
21)Don Quixote
22)Canadian Railroad Trilogy
23)Baby Step Back
24)Bitter Green
25)Old Dan's Records
26) Early Morning Rain prefaced by a little discussion on the "Boeing 707!"
That was it....Gord was in great form!

08-21-2006, 11:23 PM	#2
hkusam Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: nanaimo, bc canada Posts: 81	Hi....it seems like only last night I was at the Tulalip Amphitheater watching Gordon and band perform. Wait it was only last night. That's what getting stuck in I-5 traffic for apparent hours will do for your sense of time. First of all, the setting was fabulous...it really is a great venue and the weather was perfect. With a beer garden in the back, grass underfoot, and a vacant pair of seats in front of me...what more could you ask for? It was a very solid show...Gord was strong in voice...though my wife declared it wasn't until the fourth song, In My Fashion, that he hit his stride. (my wife's a critic though) As the sun went down, Gord had to don a pair of sunglasses so that, as he put it, he wouldn't get sunburned eyelids. Thanks to Ticketmaster, we were a long distance away, but he looked very cool. A couple of comments he made might be worth noting. First he introduced "If You Could Read My Mind" noting that it "broke first in Seattle" (to a great roar). He went on to comment on being both sleepless and broke in Seattle. (chuckles from my wife) Later on, Gord was thanking people for coming out to...."Wait a minute" he said...then he checked with Rick Haynes to find out exactely where he was. That brought forth a great laugh too. A couple who came down with us hadn't seen Gord before and they were very impressed. A great relaxed concert; very fun. And six weeks to go to Vancouver! Set list: 1) Triangle 2)Cotton Jenny 3)14 Carat Gold 4)In My Fashion 5)Clouds of Lonliness 6)A Painter Passing Through 7)Never To Close 8)Ghosts of Cap Horn (we might not have heard this one because it was written for an educational film!, Gord said) 9)Beautiful 10)Carefree Highway 11)Hang Dog Hotel Room 12)Sundown 13) Wreck... Intermission 14) Sit Down Young Stranger....most of this was done solo 15)Let it Ride 16)Rainy Day People 17)Shadows 18) Waiting For You 19)Make way for the Lady 20)If You could Read My Mind 21)Don Quixote 22)Canadian Railroad Trilogy 23)Baby Step Back 24)Bitter Green 25)Old Dan's Records 26) Early Morning Rain prefaced by a little discussion on the "Boeing 707!" That was it....Gord was in great form!