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Date Posted: 01:11:04 03/31/00 Fri
Author: Chilli
Author Host/IP: tc1-29.icom.ca / 207.139.201.221
Subject: Re: "To Hell With The Rain!"
In reply to: Rocksteady 's message, ""To Hell With The Rain!"" on 22:44:05 03/30/00 Thu

> August 31, 1975, I had been a dedicated Guess who fan
> for 5 years and tonight I was going to see them live
> in concert for the first time at CNE stadium in
> Toronto. Only problem was it was raining. Not a light
> drizzle or even a sprinkle. It was POURING! There I
> was soaked to the skin. The show was late getting
> started, we had just sat through a truncated set by
> the openning act of shawne Jackson and the stage was
> getting pummelled by the wind and the rain. Just when
> I was about to despair, out of the darkness from the
> stage, I heard a familiar voice on the microphone
> scream "To Hell With The Rain, We're going to rock
> tonight, Toronto!!!" Up come the lights and Burton and
> the boys are belting out Down And Out Women. Stage
> hands were coming out constantly wiping water off
> instruments and amplifiers. The keyboards were covered
> in plastic. The band had every right to call the whole
> thing off. But Burton, ever the professional wasn't
> going to leave us unrewarded for waiting in the wet.
> We got the full show that night. 2+ hours of great
> rock and roll from Burton, Domenic, Bill and Garry.
> It was a night that I will never ever forget. Got a
> bootleg of the show about a year ago that I just love.
> Also the first date with a girl who would later become
> my wife. Although we celebrate our wedding
> anniversary every year, we always do something special
> every August 31. this year, it will be 25 years...
> Man, I'm a sentimental fool... Burton, I'm really
> enjoying the book exerpts. Thanks for hanging in for
> the fans, both this morning and 25 years ago in a
> rainstorm...
>
> Mark

I too was at that concert. It happen to be my second Guess Who concert ever and the start of a string of concerts that would allow me too see Burton close too 100 times since. The thing that impressed me more than anything was that he sounded just like the records. I've seen many artists perform live, and Burton Cummings is one of maybe just a few that can sound better than the record. He is the ultimate professional. I saw him at a bar when someone spilled a drink on the baby grand piano and he never missed a beat. Any lesser performer would have lost his/her composure but Burton played it cool and made everyone feel OK even though it could have wiped out his piano. What has gone done here today is typical of human nature. Those few can spoil it all for the masses. I like everyone else was very excited to have my life long idol reply to one of my posts. It brighten up a rather depressing life that I was leading. Lets not push this too far. Let Burton reply when he wants and post when he wants. Just the fact that he is among us is special enough for all of us to saviour. This man is a rock & roll icon. I had mentioned to some very young co-worker friends of mine today that I've had a reply from Burton Cummings on the web, expecting them to say Burton Who?, But too my surprise, this one 21 year old girl replied, Thee Burton Cummings!!!! I was proud too say yes thee Burton Cummings!!! We are very blessed here to have one of the all time greatest rock & roll performers of all time a part of our group, lets not screw it up.


Chilli

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[> Re: "To Hell With The Rain!" -- Nimbus 9, 09:34:32 03/31/00 Fri [1] (NoHost/206.47.203.49)

WOW! Ithink I'm having a flashback.
I was in the fourth row & 15 years old. I remember I was wearing my new jeans for school. My legs were dyed blue when i got home. My best friend & I were soaked to the bone & having the time of our lives watching our favorie band!
Thank the GODS for this site. I also went to the Massey Hall show by myself. That was a bit weird but you can't have a bad time at a BC or Guess Who show.
CHEEERS Nimbus 9


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[> [> Re: "To Hell With The Rain!" -- carguy, 14:36:21 03/31/00 Fri [1] (june.bmts.com/216.183.140.3)

Well, it sounds like quite a few of us saw that CNE show!
I, too, was there and I, too, sensed that something was
"wrong", when it came to the part of the show that featured the medley of hits, sandwiched between the Streisand song. Intentional or not, there was a very melancholly "feel"
to Burtons' vocals...maybe all that rain affected the way
the vocals "carried", but it sure was eerie....I'll never
forget it. The band was definitely in trouble...Troiano
is/was a great musician but he was not commercial...and
there's nothin' wrong with being commercial!

During Burtons' first solo tour, he actually played the
somewhat accoustically- deprived Sudbury arena, and
played a great show. I attended the show with a good friend (unlike some of you, I didn't marry this girl; don't even know where the hell she is, actually). Anyway, somewhere
in a scrap book, I have tickets #1 and #2 for that show.
"Stand Tall" was quite a hit single...I remember seeing
quite a few "older folks" attend that show, on the strength of the single, not knowing Burt's background. My girlfriends grandmother had gone to that show because she
liked the song (not with us). That was a pretty rockin'
show, with those future hits, Charlemagne and My Own Way to
Rock, plus all the GW stuff...a few of the "oldsters" left early that night.


> WOW! Ithink I'm having a flashback.
> I was in the fourth row & 15 years old. I remember I
> was wearing my new jeans for school. My legs were dyed
> blue when i got home. My best friend & I were soaked
> to the bone & having the time of our lives watching
> our favorie band!
> Thank the GODS for this site. I also went to the
> Massey Hall show by myself. That was a bit weird but
> you can't have a bad time at a BC or Guess Who show.
> CHEEERS Nimbus 9


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