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charlene · 10-26-2008, 10:22 PM

http://sdpix.com/?p=1138

what an absolute cock-up of the song titles!
lol

Half-way through a 10-city tour, Gordon Lightfoot (on his 8th return visit to San Diego) brought along his quartet of musicians to satisfy the eager appetite of his fan-base in a 2-act concert of his songs dating back to the 70s. Among the songs, playing guitar and vocal, the 70-year young, Canadian-born, Gordon Lightfoot performed in the first half of the show, included LOVE GO AROUND, MAN OF MYSTERY, ONCE UPON A TIME, RAINY DAY PEOPLE, YOU WERE MEANT FOR ME, CAREFREE HIGHWAY, a country slant on PAST THE TIME and his much beloved SUNDOWN.

Following intermission, saw RIDE RIDE RIDE, BY AND BY, BABY STAY BACK, EARLY MORNING RAIN and Lightfoot’s all time hit IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND….and a rock and roll finale in BLACK BERRY WINE. (As noted) The title track and first single of Gordon Lightfoot’s new album, A Painter Passing Through, has a lot to do with the much-decorated artist who sings it. “It’s very autobiographical,” says Lightfoot, who wrote the song, and all but two of the 10 cuts on his new disc. “It’s sort of the way I see myself now-or could see myself for quite a few years to come. I turn 60 this year. I’ve settled down now, and I’m in this wonderful position of being allowed to make my own albums-and as usual, the songs on this album paint pictures.” Meanwhile, Lightfoot has continued to tour and record with his estimable core band of guitarist Terry Clements, bassist Rick Haynes, keyboardist Mike Heffernan and drummer Barry Keane. Lightfoot, of course, plays a variety of acoustic guitars.

In overview, Gordon Lightfoot appears fragile and is measurably ‘mellow’ in his song delivery…and, though many of his songs are near unintelligible to understand (at least to this listener) … no matter, his fans know the lyrics, and frequently sang right along with ‘Gord’ …Now, having seen and experienced many superb concerts this summer at HUMPHREYS, I would encourage this suggestion. Humphreys’ show-bookers might have the incoming groups in the future provide (in advance) their anticipated SONG LIST … add the musicians ‘names’, any tech-credits for lighting design, future artists, etc….and print-up a simple 5×7 single page kind-of-program to pass out to guests…this would be useful (for the artists themselves) to promote post-concert ‘sales’ of their CDs, informative to the audience during the performance, and, simply a great ‘little souvenir’ to the concert experience….not to exaggerate the promotion of Humphreys Concerts ‘venue’ for future events. At least…provide the PRESS with such information….we struggle to hear a song-title somewhere in the lyrics, or to understand the introduction of musicians over music being played…making clarity impossible!

10-26-2008, 10:22 PM	#1
charlene Moderator Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 16,004	HUmphrey's By The Bay review-San Diego CA. http://sdpix.com/?p=1138 what an absolute cock-up of the song titles! lol Half-way through a 10-city tour, Gordon Lightfoot (on his 8th return visit to San Diego) brought along his quartet of musicians to satisfy the eager appetite of his fan-base in a 2-act concert of his songs dating back to the 70s. Among the songs, playing guitar and vocal, the 70-year young, Canadian-born, Gordon Lightfoot performed in the first half of the show, included LOVE GO AROUND, MAN OF MYSTERY, ONCE UPON A TIME, RAINY DAY PEOPLE, YOU WERE MEANT FOR ME, CAREFREE HIGHWAY, a country slant on PAST THE TIME and his much beloved SUNDOWN. Following intermission, saw RIDE RIDE RIDE, BY AND BY, BABY STAY BACK, EARLY MORNING RAIN and Lightfoot’s all time hit IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND….and a rock and roll finale in BLACK BERRY WINE. (As noted) The title track and first single of Gordon Lightfoot’s new album, A Painter Passing Through, has a lot to do with the much-decorated artist who sings it. “It’s very autobiographical,” says Lightfoot, who wrote the song, and all but two of the 10 cuts on his new disc. “It’s sort of the way I see myself now-or could see myself for quite a few years to come. I turn 60 this year. I’ve settled down now, and I’m in this wonderful position of being allowed to make my own albums-and as usual, the songs on this album paint pictures.” Meanwhile, Lightfoot has continued to tour and record with his estimable core band of guitarist Terry Clements, bassist Rick Haynes, keyboardist Mike Heffernan and drummer Barry Keane. Lightfoot, of course, plays a variety of acoustic guitars. In overview, Gordon Lightfoot appears fragile and is measurably ‘mellow’ in his song delivery…and, though many of his songs are near unintelligible to understand (at least to this listener) … no matter, his fans know the lyrics, and frequently sang right along with ‘Gord’ …Now, having seen and experienced many superb concerts this summer at HUMPHREYS, I would encourage this suggestion. Humphreys’ show-bookers might have the incoming groups in the future provide (in advance) their anticipated SONG LIST … add the musicians ‘names’, any tech-credits for lighting design, future artists, etc….and print-up a simple 5×7 single page kind-of-program to pass out to guests…this would be useful (for the artists themselves) to promote post-concert ‘sales’ of their CDs, informative to the audience during the performance, and, simply a great ‘little souvenir’ to the concert experience….not to exaggerate the promotion of Humphreys Concerts ‘venue’ for future events. At least…provide the PRESS with such information….we struggle to hear a song-title somewhere in the lyrics, or to understand the introduction of musicians over music being played…making clarity impossible!