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Wow, a great shot from Expo '67! Too bad there's not a video of the performance somewhere ... or is there? I just borrowed a DVD from the public library about Expo '67, but Lightfoot wasn't on it.

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Originally Posted by RM (Post 136191)

I thought the "Relaxing With Lightfoot" article was quite enjoyable. The writer is an obvious fan, and presents his thoughts with a great sense of Canadian pride ("the man is what he is, and he is one of us").

He mentions 'new' songs from Shadows. The only single that got radio play in my parts was "Baby Step Back". How about in Canada ?

Sorry for being late, :redface:

But here is an answer to that last question Ron M... Here in Canada they played "Baby Step Back" quite a bit, and I seem to remember hearing "Blackberry Wine" from time to time. But it was {B S B} that made it up the charts, never made it to #1, but it got a lot of air play.

I scanned the pic again, "Relaxing With Lightfoot."

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Originally Posted by T.G. (Post 136640)

Wow, a great shot from Expo '67! Too bad there's not a video of the performance somewhere ... or is there? I just borrowed a DVD from the public library about Expo '67, but Lightfoot wasn't on it.

Hi T.G.

Dont know myself if there's a video of Lightfoot at Expo '67. That would really be something precious to have. :)

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re: Article about Illness..- I remember speaking with Barry before the show in Orillia at a side door where he was having a butt with some venue staff a couple of hours before showtime. He told me that Gord wasn't feeling well and had driven himself up to Orillia from home and was in a lot of stomach pain when he got out of the car in the Opera House parking lot. Barry thought it might be food poisoning because he wasn't feeling great himself..they had taken him over to the Orillia Soldier's Memorial Hopsital to be checked over..
We went down the street for dinner and came back about 45 minutes before showtime..Shortly after that a staff member of the Opera House came out and announced the show had been postponed due to illness..We milled around for quite a long time with a few other fans..sort of in shock and worry..forms were handed out in case we wanted to submit them for ticket refunds..when it got dark we headed back home to Whitby...oblivious to what was really happening..

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It was a very sad time for all of Canada in my opinion. The other day I listened to that 590 interview Gord & Barry Keane gave just before the holidays. And to hear Barry Keane say that one nurse told him when they lifted him for Hamilton Ontario, she didn't think he was gonna make it to Hamilton... Thank goodness he battled it.

Char on the photo of the Auditorium in Orillia, is it that the building that today is named after Gord ?

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Inside the Opera House is the Gordon Lightfoot Auditorium..
http://www.operahouse.orillia.on.ca/naming.htm

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