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formerlylavender · 06-16-2010, 12:05 PM

Gord sounded great last night in York. His voice was stronger than when I last saw him in July '09. The theater was beautiful (recently refurbished) and although the show wasn't technically sold out, I didn't see many empty seats. Gord was in a good mood - smiling a lot and confident. His hair does look longer (I like it) and he wore the red velvet(?) jacket the first set and the blue vest over white shirt the second set. I noticed that he was wearing a wedding ring. He mentioned that basketball and Obama were on, and he told the two usual jokes about the hare and the moon being pale. After performing the Wreck, he spoke about the findings in the Edmund Fitzgerald investigation and mentioned that he had done three dates in Michigan. Before If Children Had Wings he said his ex-wife had taken the two oldest children to Europe for two years and he missed them. My only complaint was that he didn't do Home From the Forest - I was hoping to hear that live. I'm going to Wolftrap on the 27th, so maybe I'll hear it then.

There was a music appreciation student from York College there, and she asked me a few questions during the intermission. A group that was sitting far left of the stage complained about the sound being too low. I met up with curiousmoonbeam - it was great seeing you again!

The setlist:

Triangle
Cotton Jenny
14K Gold
Never Too Close
In My Fashion
Painter
Spanish Moss
Shadows
Beautiful
Carefree Highway
Hangdog
Ribbon of Darkness
Sundown
The Watchman
Alberta Bound

2nd set
The Wreck
Ringneck Loon
Don Q
Clouds of Loneliness
Let It Ride
If Children Had Wings
IYCRMM
Baby Step Back
Restless
EMR
SFAWN

Encore - Blackberry Wine (toetapper)

06-16-2010, 12:05 PM	#7
formerlylavender Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Delaware Posts: 742	Re: York, PA 6/15/10 Gord sounded great last night in York. His voice was stronger than when I last saw him in July '09. The theater was beautiful (recently refurbished) and although the show wasn't technically sold out, I didn't see many empty seats. Gord was in a good mood - smiling a lot and confident. His hair does look longer (I like it) and he wore the red velvet(?) jacket the first set and the blue vest over white shirt the second set. I noticed that he was wearing a wedding ring. He mentioned that basketball and Obama were on, and he told the two usual jokes about the hare and the moon being pale. After performing the Wreck, he spoke about the findings in the Edmund Fitzgerald investigation and mentioned that he had done three dates in Michigan. Before If Children Had Wings he said his ex-wife had taken the two oldest children to Europe for two years and he missed them. My only complaint was that he didn't do Home From the Forest - I was hoping to hear that live. I'm going to Wolftrap on the 27th, so maybe I'll hear it then. There was a music appreciation student from York College there, and she asked me a few questions during the intermission. A group that was sitting far left of the stage complained about the sound being too low. I met up with curiousmoonbeam - it was great seeing you again! The setlist: Triangle Cotton Jenny 14K Gold Never Too Close In My Fashion Painter Spanish Moss Shadows Beautiful Carefree Highway Hangdog Ribbon of Darkness Sundown The Watchman Alberta Bound 2nd set The Wreck Ringneck Loon Don Q Clouds of Loneliness Let It Ride If Children Had Wings IYCRMM Baby Step Back Restless EMR SFAWN Encore - Blackberry Wine (toetapper)