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It was the perfect combination of place, performer and occasion
"Mbadey Hall on Canada Day!" Said Gordon Lightfoot, 79, Sunday night, while the Canadian folk legend played the last historical show at the Gordon Lightfoot performs at Mbadey Hall in Toronto on July 1, 2018. (Jag Gundu / Mbadey Hall)
Lightfoot, whose long residence in the lobby leads to his nickname of "the Gord House "was the natural choice to present a trio of shows that closed the country's 151st birthday with everyone, from Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo to boxer George Chuvalo.
"Oh, these sacred boards," said the singer-songwriter later in his performance of 26 songs, which was divided into two series by a 20-minute intermission.
"The room is still standing. We wondered, but the hall remains standing. They will do a lot of work. I hope that they put a lift in the place. "
No artist is more closely badociated with Mbadey Hall than Lightfoot, who first played there as a pre-teen in the early 1950s before his first real concert in 1967. The venue interprets the more often than not, he played at Mbadey Hall more than 165 times, his Sunday night show was filmed for a special TV report
Lightfoot and his group of four took some very keen fans – some of them Wearing red shirts made of maple leaf or face paint or carrying placards with messages, a solid overview of his music, including successes such as Beautiful, Carefee Highway, Sundown, The … wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald, Rainy Day People, If you could read in my mind, and Early Morning Rain.
he first comes out on stage with a burgundy velvet jacket (later changed to version) blue after the intermission), a white shirt and trousers n and take one of the two acoustic guitars to start the night with Now and Then. 19659002] "My god, I feel like Luciano Pavarotti here," joked Lightfoot wiping his forehead on one of the hottest nights of the year.
He would end the evening with Cold on the Shoulder, after wrapping second series with Rainy Day People and a funny story about when he almost met Elvis Presley, who covered the song, after the king's show at Buffalo.
It turns out that it was a tough battle while he was walking in the wrong direction against 14,000 people, so when he came backstage, Presley's director told him, " I'm sorry, Mr. Lightfoot, Elvis left the building. "
Now, Lightfoot has it too, although Mbadey Hall is waiting for it in the fall of 2020 when the doors will reopen [19659002] LIST OF ENSEMBLES
Now and Then
Waiting for you
The Guardian vanished
Don Quixote
Minstrel of Aurora [19659002] Christian Island (Georgian Bay)
I'd rather continue
Let It Ride
Beautiful
Road without worries
Did she mention my name
Too much? clues in this room
] Ribbon of darkness
Sundown
Race among the ruins
The wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald [19659002] Never Too Close [19659002] 14ct Gold
Shadows
People of the Rainy Days
A Pbading Painter
If you could read in my mind
Restless
Baby Back
Rain early in the morning
STILL
Cold on the shoulder
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