No more surprises at this concert with one exception I do believe there was not a single declaration that "We Love the work"!!
first half
1.Triangle
2. The Watchman's Gone
3.All The Lovely Ladies
4.I'd Rather Press On
5.Wild Strawberries
6. Waiting For You
7.Christian Island
8.Rainy Day People
9.Shadows
10.Beautiful
11.Let It Ride
12 Carefree Highway
13.Cotton Jenny
14 Ribbon Of Darkness.
Complete as usual with a rousing "Over You" by
John Corcoran (see a Wall Street Journal article about this self confessed Lightfoot "nut" at:- http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117806495882088858.html
15 Sundown
Intermission
Second Half
No opening solo with Mike to empty their glasses instead
1.The Pony Man
2.Race Around The Ruins
3. The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald
4. Never Too Close
5. Don Quixote
6 Clouds Of Loneliness
7.In My Fashion
8.A Painter Passing Through
9. If You Could Read My Mind
10.Blackberry Wine
11. Early Morning Rain
12. Song For A Winter's Night
Encore
"We were coming back anyway"!
13. Cold On The Shoulder
Note this setlist is accurate because I had abandoned my memory method because after trying to set up a succession of 6 earlier 1-10+ lists things tend to get confusing!
Instead I used the available light from the stage as it reached the fourth row to try to ensure my writing was legible and no titles were overwritten by the next song title.I succeeded
Does Carter do the mandolin imitation in "Christian Island" like Terry used to do?
Oh yes Don very much so and I think I recall Gord walking over to Carter at the end of the faux mandolin segment to compliment him, then Carter responded with a happy broad smile
Massey Hall Friday 16 November 2012
