BABY
STEP BACK -
1982
This was the most highly
produced of the four videos from Shadows. It shows Lightfoot looking
not unlike
his Harry Tracy character, entering a smoke filled room where the band
is seated around a card game and Lightfoot joins in and ultimately
cleans
the table and walks off with the very desirable dance hall girl.
Black
and white.
IN MY
FASHION -
1982
A nice video. It goes
back and forth between Lightfoot with his guitar singing the song and
old photos showing Lightfoot from his youth through to the present.
SHADOWS -
1982
Lightfoot with guitar,
wearing a red satiny shirt, singing the song.
BLACKBERRY WINE - 1982
Lightfoot and the band are
shown drinking "Blackberry Wine" from containers of all shapes and
sizes.
TEARS
ARE NOT
ENOUGH - 1985
Canada's contribution to
the Africa famine crisis in 1985. A comparable effort to the We Are The
World collaboration in the US. Lightfoot sings the song's opening line
and joins in the group choral sections with other Canadians such as
Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and many more. Lightfoot is interviewed as he
entered the studio and is seen in the vocal booth as he recorded his
lines with David Foster at the controls over the course of the feature
length video. Foster is also interviewed and talks extensively about
why he thought it was so important for Lightfoot to be the first voice
singing on this record.
LIVE
IN RENO - 2001
Lightfoot's first and so
far only concert video was shot at the Pioneer Theatre in Reno, NV on
April
19, 2000. Set list includes Don Quixote; I'll Prove My Love; The House
You
Live In; Sundown; Carefree Highway; Restless; Blackberry Wine; For
Loving
Me/Did She Mention My Name; The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald; Waiting
For You; Fading Away; Rainy Day People; Shadows; If You Could Read My
Mind;
A Painter Passing Through; Make Way For The Lady; Early Morning Rain;
Baby
Step Back; Song For A Winter's Night; Canadian Railroad Trilogy; Old
Dan's
Records; Cold On The Shoulder. Available on VHS and DVD.
INSPIRATION LADY - 2004
Lightfoot sings and plays
guitar in a large windowed,
softly lit room. Lightfoot's sequence is interwoven with montage scenes
depicting "inspiring" ladies - painting a large canvas, figure skating
on an outdoor pond, playing violin. Each lady shown is progressively
younger as the song progresses until we finally see a baby girl just
learning to walk. A very well done video befitting this strikingly
beautiful song!
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