[thompson girl]

The Al Purdy Show
Wednesday February 6, 2013
Koerner Hall: The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto
http://rcmusic.ca/event/al-purdy-show

This very special evening of poetry and music will support the Al Purdy A-Frame Association’s efforts to restore and conserve the late poet’s home and to maintain it as a place for writers to come together and work. Artists include Margaret Atwood, Ken Babstock, George Bowering, Michael Enright, Phil Hall, Steven Heighton, Dennis Lee, Gordon Pinsent, Karen Solie, as well as musical guests, BidiniBand-The Billie Hollies, The Skydiggers and other Friends of the A-Frame.

For more information please visit <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.alpurdy.ca">http://www.alpurdy.ca</a><!-- m -->

[The Heron Outside]

The Al Purdy Show
Wednesday February 6, 2013
Koerner Hall: The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto
http://rcmusic.ca/event/al-purdy-show

This very special evening of poetry and music will support the Al Purdy A-Frame Association’s efforts to restore and conserve the late poet’s home and to maintain it as a place for writers to come together and work. Artists include Margaret Atwood, Ken Babstock, George Bowering, Michael Enright, Phil Hall, Steven Heighton, Dennis Lee, Gordon Pinsent, Karen Solie, as well as musical guests, BidiniBand-The Billie Hollies, The Skydiggers and other Friends of the A-Frame.

For more information please visit <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.alpurdy.ca">http://www.alpurdy.ca</a><!-- m -->

Couldn't find any mention of Gord appearing...

[thompson girl]

Ha, you're right. I probably read Gordon Pinsent as Gordon Downie. :oops:

Anyway, I saw it mentioned mentioned in Dave Bidini's twitterfeed, then went to the website:

rt for Al Purdy Show? Gord Downie has joined the bill! Atwood, Bidini, Pinsent Et al. Great cause. Tickets <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://bit.ly/10WViFh">http://bit.ly/10WViFh</a><!-- m -->

[Tthip]

He does have a couple of days off around then and he is in the area, so...

[thompson girl]

He does have a couple of days off around then and he is in the area, so...

i'll let you know - i'm going to go. Twitter rumours haven't let me down yet! :lol:

[thompson girl]

He does have a couple of days off around then and he is in the area, so...

i'll let you know - i'm going to go. Twitter rumours haven't let me down yet! :lol:

And, now it looks like he's confirmed, as his name is now on the list:

The show will include readings from Margaret Atwood, Ken Babstock, George Bowering, Gord Downie,George Elliot Clarke, Michael Enright, Phil Hall, Steven Heighton, Dennis Lee, Gordon Pinsent, Robert Priest and Karen Solie, as well as musical guests, Bidiniband with The Billie Hollies, and The Skydiggers.

http://rcmusic.ca/event/al-purdy-show

[The Heron Outside]

Got my tickets today. Anyone else checking it out?

[The Heron Outside]

Beauty room. Billy Ray's setting up. I'll post if anything noteworthy goes down.

[The Heron Outside]

Gord comes out with a glass of beer, reads At The Quinte Hotel, plays The Lookahead on acoustic. Good stuff.

[coldlakeswimmer]

ahhhh so freaking jealous

[thompson girl]

$50 to hear Gord Downie read one poem and sing one song = priceless. Well, listening to Gordon Pinsent speak was well worth it too.

Just like the Gordon Lightfoot/Gord Downie thing, you weren't allowed to take pictures, but I decided to try to sneak out a voice memo. Like Heron said, Gord came out with a beer, which is odd for him, but it went with the poem. After the poem he mentioned how he had never met Al Purdy, but he was intimidated by him, because he (Gord) didn't consider himiself a poet - I laughed out loud at that!

The sound for The Lookahead was bone chilling!

So here's the voice memo in mp3 format - you can't really hear the reading, but scroll further in for the song and that at least sounds really good.

Okay, try this one:

http://www.mediafire.com/?3zoriy8ztjbx582

Heron, were you the one that wished Gord a Happy Birthday? If so, you were sitting right in front of me!

[BIGVDOGG]

DUDE THATS AWESOME :jump

[The Heron Outside]

$50 to hear Gord Downie read one poem and sing one song = priceless. Well, listening to Gordon Pinsent speak was well worth it too.

Just like the Gordon Lightfoot/Gord Downie thing, you weren't allowed to take pictures, but I decided to try to sneak out a voice memo. Like Heron said, Gord came out with a beer, which is odd for him, but it went with the poem. After the poem he mentioned how he had never met Al Purdy, but he was intimidated by him, because he (Gord) didn't consider himiself a poet - I laughed out loud at that!

The sound for The Lookahead was bone chilling!

So here's the voice memo in mp3 format - you can't really hear the reading, but scroll further in for the song and that at least sounds really good.

Okay, try this one:

http://www.mediafire.com/?3zoriy8ztjbx582

Heron, were you the one that wished Gord a Happy Birthday? If so, you were sitting right in front of me!

Yep, that was me. I got vids of most of his reading and The Lookahead. I'll upload 'em tonight.