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On
the Lightfoot Soundstage special from 1979 at intermission, the band
members
were each featured and here are the comments they made.
Terry Clements:
"When I was 5 years old
my grandmother
bought me a plastic Elvis Presley guitar with the signature on
it.
I just about went through the roof! And from then on I just
always
had the guitar. I've been playing with Gord now for 8
years.
I like him as a musician. He has really beautiful melodies and
then
he says something in the songs too that most people don't. He's a
real pro to work for."
"The instrument I play,
a lot
of people don't recognize what it is. A lot of times after a
concert,
people will come up and say 'What is that thing?,' you know?
Steel
guitar is basically known as a country instrument, but playing with
Gord
has really taken me into a sort of a different idiom of music
altogether.
You know, it's such a fascinating instrument and so much can be done
with
it, that that's how I got into playing steel guitar."
Barry Keane:
"When Gordon asked me to
join
the group, I was used to beating the tar out of the drums in the
studio.
Playing drums for Gordon, I think, is different than playing drums for
anybody. It's really not so much what I play, but what I don't
play,
with Gordon. Every note almost has to be thought out and it has
to
have some importance to it and if it doesn't have importance, then I
shouldn't
play it."
Rick Haynes:
"Well I started playing
bass
back in the fifties when there was too many guitar players around and I
decided I shouldn't play guitar anymore 'cause I'd never get a
job.
I've been playing with Gord now for about 11 years and there's a lot of
challenge in what we play 'cause I think we're all pretty fussy about
what
it sounds like and Gord's a perfectionist himself, so there's not too
much
room for sandbagging. But it's a real treat to work with all
these
guys 'cause we get along so well together."
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