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Bruce
Cockburn
The Bottom Line, NYC March 2, 2002 By Chris MacIntosh aka Grandfather Rock Back in 1979 my wife bought me a set of seven novels by British writer Charles Williams, they're great. The same year Bruce Cockburn released his tenth album which was called "Dancing In The Dragon's Jaws." It was my first time hearing the man who at that time was given the moniker "Canada's secret weapon". What is the connection you ask? Well a number of the tunes on that album were inspired by the writings of Mr. Williams. Fast forward twenty three years and Bruce Cockburn is still going strong after releasing twenty six albums of amazingly intelligent music. After a career that began in 1970 the man is out on the road supporting his newest release, a best of collection put out by Rounder Records called Anything, Anytime, Anywhere. So it was that I ventured out on a rainy New York City night to see Canada's greatest export play before a standing room only crowd at New York's best club. The doors opened at 6pm for an 8pm show and before long the club which seats four hundred was packed with an additional fifty to seventy people standing at the bar area. Being fashionably late Bruce hit the stage at 8:20 and the magic began. And magic it was, this tour is a solo acoustic jaunt, just the man, his voice and his guitar. Three things struck me during the show, metaphorically speaking of course. First of all what a gracious man we were watching, he made the audience feel as though we were at a small intimate living room concert where he was playing for fifteen or twenty people. The second thing was that I was watching a master guitarist at work. There are certain musicians who I just love to watch perform because they are so proficient on their instrument. Watching this guy play his guitar is an awesome experience, he just makes it look so easy. Third, he just looked like he was having such a good time playing and singing. He was radiating a joy that was contagious and spread through the whole club. I think if we weren't packed in so tight every song would have probably gotten a standing ovation. It was that kind of night. There are certain concerts that you experience that you know twenty years down the line you will look back and just sigh with contentment. This was one of those nights. The evening was divided into two sets of nine songs each not including the encores. The set list included:
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