Hi everyone, For any JT fans out there, he is alive and very well and singing and playing better than ever. We had the pleasure of seeing and hearing him last evening at the Hershey Park Stadium. We were pretty close (on the floor in row 14 right in the center.) In fact, the sound and electric cables separated my husband's and my fold out chairs! He came out in a long -sleeved light blue denim button down shirt and khaki slacks. He seemed extremely relaxed and had an instant rapport with the audience. When he took a break, he joked that he would eat a couple of big "Chocolate Bars" while we did. ( Hershey , get it?) When people from the audience would yell out the name of a song for him, he would lift up the set list that was written on a big black board and say "we're getting to it, not quite yet -it's coming up here" and point to it with a big grin. It was a beautiful, breezy, cool evening and he was in tip top form - in fact I don't think his voice has ever been stronger or better. Russ Kunkel joined him in the second half of the concert on drums. He had 2 male and 2 female back- up singers , another drummer , a sax/flautist. and another guitarist. Second half there were video scenes on the backdrops/ mostly nature to match songs. So new fatherhood must agree with him! He did two encores and closed singularly playing acoustic Sweet Baby James. AWESOME! I have a question about Gordon Lightfoot. A have always been a fan of his and while we were in Vancouver, Canada on Canada Day recently, we saw a concert of his airing on TV. His voice and energy was fantastic, but man did he look ill! He had aged double his years. Anyone know if he has been tragically ill lately? He played well and sounded good, but I was shocked to see how gaunt he was. Anybody????? Thanks! As ever, Janine Counting the days till Toronto and Joni Tribute.
