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Originally Posted by Borderstone
"A friend of mine was writing the score for a film at Paramount," he recalls. "They wanted to try Gord singing the title theme. They calles him in and right then and there he said, 'You want to join my band?' That's when Red [Shea] was still in there. I said I wanted to try this movie music stuff for a while. Then Gord calls up out of he blue, like late 1970, and says, 'What're you doing? How would you like a hipper gig? ..."
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so what film's theme was Gord singing for and who ended up getting the gig?
hints seemed to be:
- it was Burt Reynold's first (title role?) flick, according to
www.lightfoot.ca quote
- it was a Paramount film
- it was around 1970s...note: the film may have been in post production for some time
hmmm, Burt's first film with Paramount seemed to be 1974, Longest Yard
http://www.filmreference.com/film/41/Burt-Reynolds.html
but Deliverence (1972) or Navajo Joe seemed to be earlier breakthrough roles
ANYONE have a guess?
btw, i really dig 3 particular tidbits/quotes from that article:
- he reunited with his mother after his years in the orphanage (sigh)
- "want to join a hipper gig" (lol)
- "come up with something" (i really like that one)
there should be a book out there that just details the most interesting uniting of various band members over the past, say, sixty years ...timing is everything ...and i suppose, having a bit of talent can also be worth something
lastly, i've REALLY enjoyed the shared anecdotes and A1 photos in this thread