He was seriously ill a few years ago.  I think he was in a coma for a
few months and his recovery was slow.  I saw him about two years ago
and noticed the same thing.  It was a a good show, especially given
the circumstances.

Jeff

On 15-Jun-08, at 6:43 AM, J Stewart wrote:

> As part of my Father's Day weekend, the wife and I went to Gordon
> Lightfoot last
> night at Wolftrap in Vienna, Virginia. Took the Westy, got there
> early and had
> dinner and a bottle of wine in the camper-during a thunderstorm-
> which made me
> thankful I didn't get lawn seats! He opened with "Cotton Jenny" and
> then did
> "Carefree Highway". I've seen Gordon Lightfoot at least 5 times and
> this is the
> first time he as ever done "Carefree Highway". Always wondered what
> he has
> against that song? Opening song I was shocked, his voice is going,
> sounded very
> weak, then got a bit stronger as the concert went on, but seemed to
> come and go.
> When we got home, I looked him up on the Internet, and I did not
> realize he is
> 70 years old! I thought has was around 60. Anyway, well worth the
> $40.00 per
> ticket price, even if his voice was a bit weak.       Jeff