Sunday night was my first live Lightfoot concert experience and I'm happy to tell you he looked and sounded GREAT! His voice sounded strong and yes although I did notice he paused on the guitar a few times, it was so subtle and the music went on seamlessly. I am convinced I only noticed it because I've been following his condition on this site/web and was half expecting/looking for it. As a matter of fact he started apologizing for these supposed "limitations" and he mentioned having the stroke at one point and the audience chuckled as if they thought he was being funny and didn't believe him! Then some guy yelled out "You sound just great Gordon!" and everyone started clapping and concuring with this statement. After that he dived right into a great performance of CRT, no problems, really quite flawless and breath-taking. Hearing IYCRMM live took it to a whole new level and brought tears to me eyes. And I was positively delighted to hear The Watchmans Gone, a song I didn't expect him to do.
I admit, I wasn't sure what to expect after reading the previous posts about his health condition, but he really kept me enthralled. I was also struck by his quiet, almost shy demeanor. Gordon is a very interesting as well as talented man, not the personality that one might expect.
I would write more but I am off to work... just thought you'd all like to hear an encouraging report on how GL is doing.
Thanks Gordon, for an incredible night Sunday, come back again! You're awesome!!!!
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