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Auburn Annie · 03-24-2003, 08:08 PM

quote:Originally posted by char:
I saw Gord for the first time at Massey Hall in May 1973 when he got up on stage with Kris Kristofferson. It was a Kristofferson/Rita Coolidge concert that was awesome. I had shot of all the rolls of my film and had sat back to enjoy the show. Gord had a bit of a time getting up on stage (he seemed to have imbibed a few prior to the concert) and sang Bobby Magee with Kris. I always wondered if I had dreamt it or not becaue I never saw a picture of them until SONGBOOK came out and there they were together!! I WASN"T crazxy!
lol
Char
i did get some WONDERFUL pics of Kris tho!!

I just caught the Bravo Profiles program on Kris K. In a lot of ways he and Gord led parallel lives. So many similarities: strong mothers (Kris's not so positively), very early songwriting, shyness, failed marriages, key mentors (Johnny Cash / Ian & Sylvia) the booze and smokes, films (Gord's dabbling, Kris' mostly successful career), sobriety and happy later marriage with young children. If you get a chance to catch it on rerun, it's only an hour but very interesting.

03-24-2003, 08:08 PM	#58
Auburn Annie Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 3,101	quote:Originally posted by char: I saw Gord for the first time at Massey Hall in May 1973 when he got up on stage with Kris Kristofferson. It was a Kristofferson/Rita Coolidge concert that was awesome. I had shot of all the rolls of my film and had sat back to enjoy the show. Gord had a bit of a time getting up on stage (he seemed to have imbibed a few prior to the concert) and sang Bobby Magee with Kris. I always wondered if I had dreamt it or not becaue I never saw a picture of them until SONGBOOK came out and there they were together!! I WASN"T crazxy! lol Char i did get some WONDERFUL pics of Kris tho!! I just caught the Bravo Profiles program on Kris K. In a lot of ways he and Gord led parallel lives. So many similarities: strong mothers (Kris's not so positively), very early songwriting, shyness, failed marriages, key mentors (Johnny Cash / Ian & Sylvia) the booze and smokes, films (Gord's dabbling, Kris' mostly successful career), sobriety and happy later marriage with young children. If you get a chance to catch it on rerun, it's only an hour but very interesting.