Gordon Lightfoot in Concert: June 15, 2008, in Glenside, Pennsylvania
In this intimate theater, it was an excellent opportunity to see the folk legend live up to our expectations, as he carried us through the love, pain, and humor of folk story telling via song. Lightfoot is an amazing live performer who entertains by song, story and reflection.
Playing hits such as "Sundown", "If You Could Read My Mind", and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", he also touched upon songs he is most known for having written than performed. His soft, mellow demeanor is amazing to see live, and you cannot help but be humored by his carefree attitude and corny jokes he spoke between songs.
Lightfoot plays passionately along with his amazingly tight band. They play so well together, like a fine, and very tuned machine. Leaving open artistic independence, Lightfoot and his band capture the calming essence of folk music.
Throughout the night, Lightfoot played over 2 hours of music taking us through his decades of experience as a songwriter and musician. He plays to the audience and having the advantage of a small theater, the audience felt as if Lightfoot was playing upon the reflections of our moods. His soft, sometimes raspy voice captures the beauty of folk storytelling through music.
Despite making a joke about what a Bob Dylan/Gordon Lightfoot duo would be like, I thoroughly enjoyed the tones that were sung by Lightfoot and played on any of his three acoustic guitars. With a voice unlike anyone else around, Lightfoot has managed to push through what has become a "pop culture" to become a living legend among musicians.
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2 Comments
Post a Commentan overwhelming sense of poignancy, knowing that his performance would be tragicomic to anyone but a true fan. I think you do a disservice to anyone may want to see him expecting to see any resemblance to the old, hearty Gordon Lightfoot step onto the stage.
If you want to see him, do so if you know him already, and expect your visit to be that of an old lovers' reunion. If you don't know him, don't expect an exciting tryst with a new-found plaything. His time now is a special one, reserved for only the most faithful of his fans.
I have loved Gordon Lightfoot since the 70's, but you and I must have been at different concerts. This concert had enormous sentimental value for me, but I would not describe it in the glowing terms you have. Lightfoot has fared more poorly than some of his contemporaries in terms of vocal and instrumental capability and style. He has suffered serious illness over the years, and was 69 years old at the time of this performance. While he has handled these and other issues in his life with consummate grace, he's like an old friend we appreciate because of who he is, not what he can do. Anyone who didn't know and love Gordon from another era would have been appalled at his skeleton-like physical appearance and wispy, barely audible voice which rendered his lyrics barely comprehensible. The warmth of his smile, his numerous anecdotes from "back in the day," his wonderfully boyish shyness and self-deprecating charm turned this evening into a magic one for me, but not without a overwhelming