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Originally Posted by charlene
Well JJ and I will buy you that drink at McVeigh's and you can TELL us the tales..
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Drink? Drink? Did I hear someone say drink?
You'd need to be a fan of "Father Jack" on the "Father Ted' TV show series to get that one.
But yes, there's a story here and drink is involved of course.
Can't recall the year but it was prior to the release of "The Summer Side of Life" album. Probably, 70, 71 and Gord was doing Massey Hall.
During the concert he acknowledged that his friend Doug Kershaw, the Cajun fiddler was in the audience and Doug stood up and took a bow. He was sitting right behind us.
Doug Kershaw was advertised in the paper to be performing the following week at "The Colonial Tavern," a mainly jazz venue located on Yonge St. in the entertainment district of downtown Toronto.
So off we go to The Colonial Tavern, suspecting of course that Gord would be there to see his friend perform, and sure enough, he was there with his wife, Brita and some friends.
So we enter and the question pops up: "where shall we sit?"
Without hesitation I said we will sit close to the men's washroom. That way we can nab Gord as he walks by and have a chat with him.
And within a short while it did happen. He was very open and even put his arm around one of the friends (Bob) with us. Bob said later that he will treasure that jacket he was wearing forever.
I was really into "Miguel" and "Summer Side of Life" at that the time but he had not yet recorded those songs and I asked him if he planned on recording them.
He told me they were working on them but they were having difficulty getting them right.
I don't recall the exact words but the emphasis certainly would be something of encouragement for him to try and get them out there as we all loved those songs.
It was a great night and Gord eventually got up there with Doug on the stage and they did "Me and Bobby McGee."
I remember also it was a Shure sound system they were using which was the top one at that time and it was clear that Gord was skilled in how he adjusted the system to ensure he got the sound right before he did his tune.
The place went wild of course as it was a double treat for all there, especially for us.
Those were the good days.
Now, pint of Guinness please.
Cheers,
RJ.