Memory:Don Goodman

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This fan memory was written by Don Goodman.

I saw GG at Massey Hall in Toronto on the Free Hand Tour. (Not exactly sure what year it was.) The place was virtually sold out (seats around 2,600). The lights dimmed and a projection screen at the back of the stage lit up. On it was a deck of cards and with each subsequent slide the cards were dealt in various poker hands.

About ten slides into the show a hand appeared beside a dealt hand (a royal flush, if I recall correctly). The hand took on various poses until finally ending up in the finger snapping position. As soon as it reached this point, the place went wild and the lights came on, because along with the picture came the sounds of snapping fingers and the run into the song "On reflection". It was the kind of concert moment when shivers run down your spine and the cheers from the audience drown out the music. The entire show got even better from there. Needless to say, the opening act, "Starcastle" a short lived prog rock band, was blown into oblivion. I saw GG again about eight months later, this time in the echoing hall of Maple Leaf Gardens. The venue was all wrong, but the band put on an admirable performance.