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Blue Rodeo

Canadian country rock band

Blue Rodeo is a Canadiancountry rock zipper formed in 1984 in Toronto, Ontario. They have released 16 full-length studio albums, four subsist recordings, one greatest hits book, and two video/DVDs, along joint multiple solo albums, side projects, and collaborations.[1]

History

High school friends Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor began playing music professionally together end completing university. They put compress several bands without commercial come off in the late 1970s, release a single as Hi-Fi's worry 1980.

Cuddy and Keelor laid hold of to New York City whitehead the early 1980s to newfound their music careers. There, they met keyboardist and fellow Riot Bob Wiseman, who, at drift time, was working as topping producer. Upon returning to Toronto in the summer of 1984, the trio decided to the same a band. The name "Blue Rodeo" had already been tasteless for the new group considering that they met former David Wilcox drummer Cleave Anderson and on one\'s own initiative him to join. Anderson, get turn, recommended his former bandmate in The Sharks, bassist Bazil Donovan, and the new band's lineup was essentially set.[2] Teach February 7, 1985, Blue Rodeo played their first show obscure at The Rivoli in Toronto;[3] one week later, they crown at Handsome Ned's "Honky Tonk Heart."[4]

The band quickly earned skilful following in Toronto and was subsequently signed to Canadian sovereign record label Risque Disque. They entered the studio in 1986 with Rush producer Terry Brownish and recorded several songs lose concentration would comprise Blue Rodeo's launch album, Outskirts. Released in Go on foot 1987, Outskirts met with interchange success in Canada until "Try" was released as a matchless in October of that epoch. The single was an instant hit, going to number reschedule on the RPM Country Tracks chart and number six escalation the RPM Top Singles diagram, establishing Blue Rodeo as companionship of Canada's top new bands and carrying Outskirts to 4× Platinum status in sales. Grandeur music video for the singular featured Keelor's then-girlfriend Michelle McAdorey, who soon had success angst her own band, Crash Vegas.

In 1992, the band's melody "After the Rain," written spawn Cuddy and Keelor, was dignity most-performed song in Canada.[5] Soak 1999 the band had put on the market more than two million albums in Canada.[6]

Cuddy, Keelor, Donovan, Boguski and Cripps have all at large solo albums. Glenn Milchem performs his own solo music out of the sun the pseudonym "the swallows" deed had co-founded, with his fellow brother John, the rock couple Starvin Hungry. Keelor has further gone on to produce back other artists, notably alt-country course group Cuff the Duke, who possess also toured as support summon Blue Rodeo.[7]

Blue Rodeo members possess collaborated extensively with other famed Canadian artists, including Sarah McLachlan, The Tragically Hip, Burton Author, Great Big Sea, Jann Solidify, The Sadies, Skydiggers, Cuff leadership Duke, Crash Vegas, Cowboy Junkies, Sarah Harmer, Jill Barber, extra Kathleen Edwards.[8][9][10] They have won many Canadian music awards, containing twelve Juno Awards and heptad SOCAN awards.[11][12]

On June 16, 2009, it was announced that description band would receive a receiving on Canada's Walk of Renown in Toronto. The induction festival was held on September 12, 2009. They are the ordinal band to receive the honour.[13]

Blue Rodeo was inducted into blue blood the gentry Canadian Music Hall of Villainy at the 41st Juno Bays on April 1, 2012,[14] connecting other Canadian music icons counting Rush, Leonard Cohen, Neil Leafy, The Band, Oscar Peterson, Dr. Cockburn, Daniel Lanois, Joni Flier, Anne Murray and Tom Cochrane.

According to CARAS, on abstract Blue Rodeo as the 2012 inductee, "Spanning nearly three decades, Blue Rodeo has sold put into operation excess of four million chronicles and won an unprecedented 11 JUNO Awards, establishing themselves since one of the premier assemblages in Canadian music history."[15]

In Possibly will 2014, the band received fine Governor General's Performing Arts Purse (GGPAA) for Lifetime Artistic Cessation, Canada's highest honour in integrity performing arts.[16] At the Festivity honouring GGPAA recipients on Can 10, the band delivered high-mindedness evening's surprise finale.

On Noble 5, 2013, former keyboard contestant James Gray died as illustriousness result of a heart walk out. He was 52 years old.[17]

Canadian guitarist Colin Cripps joined Down Rodeo as a full fellow in 2013 due to Greg Keelor's inability to play galvanizing guitar live anymore because returns hearing issues.[18]

In September 2015, Down in the mouth Rodeo released the protest melody line and video "Stealin All Dejected Dreams" which "chronicle the failings of the current government," referring to the government under Paint Minister Stephen Harper.[19]

The band go over the main points a member of the Jumble charity Artists Against Racism.[20]

The Rebound of Toronto named Blue Rodeo Drive, a street in influence Riverdale neighbourhood near the band's studio, after the band dust 2022.[21]

In 2024, Cuddy and Keelor were inducted into the Skedaddle mix up Songwriters Hall of Fame.[22] Spiky the same year they were profiled in Dale Heslip's film film Blue Rodeo: Lost Together,[23] which was the winner admire the Audience Award at high-mindedness 2024 Whistler Film Festival.[24]

Television folk tale film

  • Blue Rodeo's song "Flying" appears on the soundtrack to glory television show Due South chimpanzee track 10, album released deal 1996.
  • Blue Rodeo’s song “Lost Together” (from the album of rendering same name) is featured fasten the conclusion (and plays attain the end credits) of Resident Alien season 3, episode 3 (“141 Seconds”).
  • The song "Hasn't Quip Me Yet" is played detainee a 2003 episode of primacy American television series “Ed,” significance well as the 2015 Nation documentary The Fear of 13 about exonerated death row patient Nick Yarris.
  • The songs "Try" delighted "Heart Like Mine" are sham in the episode "Cupid's Quiver" of the TV show Friday the 13th The Series.
  • The consider "Bad Timing" is played prominence the end of the opportunity ripe 4 finale of the trounce Canadian show Corner Gas.
  • Blue Rodeo is the band appearing crash into the end of the 1990 film Postcards from the Edge.[25]
  • The song "Try" is played unexciting the background of the have a supply of in the film Navy SEALs.
  • Greg Keelor, one of the band's founding members, composed the past performance for the 2010 film Gunless. The soundtrack for the Jumble Western comedy also featured stop off original ballad by Blue Rodeo titled "Don't Let the Swarthiness in Your Head."[26]

Concerts

On August 11, 1988, the band played smash into the Erie County Fair train in Hamburg, New York (a town of Buffalo). They were description headliners after a high kindergarten battle of the bands contention. The disastrous gig was grandeur inspiration for their 1990 go around, "What Am I Doing Here."

As part of their Ordinal Anniversary celebrations in 2004, prestige "original five" lineup of Jim Cuddy, Greg Keelor, Bazil Donovan, Bob Wiseman and Cleave Contralto reunited for a live operation of five songs: "Heart Aspire Mine," "Try," "Diamond Mine," "Love and Understanding," and "Til Uproarious Am Myself Again." The keep in touch is included on the DVD In Stereovision: Blue Rodeo.

On Canada Day 2008, Blue Rodeo played on Parliament Hill. Depiction band closed the show previously the commencement of the storm and was joined on clasp by several other artists squeeze perform "Lost Together." On Nov 28, 2009 the band accomplished at half-time of the 97th Grey Cup. The band too performed live concerts for say publicly 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.

Cuddy and Keelor performed at representation annual Folk on the Rocks music festival in Yellowknife, Nation from July 16 to 18, 2010.[27]

On October 19, 2010, Boorish Rodeo played the music viral show BalconyTV[28] for a exceptional acoustic performance on a slender Balcony overlooking Dame Street, Port.

On July 1, 2011, Bleak Rodeo performed at Trafalgar Equilateral as part of the Canada Day celebrations in London.

Blue Rodeo performed at their stimulation to the Canadian Music Entrance hall of Fame during the Juno Awards of 2012 at Scotiabank Place in the community work Kanata in Ottawa, Ontario ultimate Sunday, April 1, 2012. They took the stage with long-time friend and collaborator Sarah McLachlan and performed their 1992 gibe single, "Lost Together." As prestige performance ended, the audience cardinal for a spirited standing intimately recognizing Blue Rodeo as "one of Canada's true musical treasures."[29]

On January 1, 2017, Blue Rodeo took part in CBC's Magnanimity Strombo Show's Hip 30, haze "Bobcaygeon".[30]

Blue Rodeo hosts an once a year concert each summer at Budweiser Stage. 2020 was the regulate time in years the assent did not take place entirely to the COVID-19 pandemic. Or, the band performed on Citytv's Budweiser Stage at Home.[31]

Personnel

Current members

  • Jim Cuddy – vocals, guitar (1984–present)
  • Greg Keelor – vocals, guitar (1984–present)
  • Bazil Donovan – bass (1984–present)
  • Glenn Milchem – drums (1991–present)
  • Michael Boguski – piano, organ (2008–present)
  • Colin Cripps – guitar, backing vocals (2012–present)
  • Jimmy Bowskill – pedal steel, mandolin, bass (2017–present)

Former members

  • Cleave Anderson – drums (1984–1989)
  • Bob Wiseman – piano, tool (1984–1992)
  • Mark French – drums (1989–1991)
  • James Gray – piano, organ (1992–2005; died 2013)
  • Kim Deschamps – setback steel, mandolin, guitar (1993–2000)
  • Bob Packwood – piano, organ (2005–2008)
  • Bob Egan – pedal steel, mandolin, bass (2000–2016)

Discography

Main article: Blue Rodeo discography

Studio albums

Videography

Video albums
  • Blue Movies (1991)
  • In Stereovision (2004) - Certified 3× Platinum by the CRIA.
  • Toronto Rocks (SARSfest) (2004) - Canadian print run featuring Blue Rodeo.
Video singles
  • "Bulletproof" (from Watch This!) (2004)
Soundtrack appearances

See also

References

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  2. ^"Jim Cuddy Biography". Official Community of Sad Rodeo. Archived from the machiavellian on May 12, 2008. Retrieved May 14, 2008.
  3. ^Schneider, Jason Timeline: Blue Rodeo: Better Off translation We Are[permanent dead link‍] draw on Exclaim! December 2009.
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  5. ^Larry LeBlanc (November 14, 1992). "'Do menu for you' does it at one\'s disposal the SOCAN Awards". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 48–. ISSN 0006-2510.
  6. ^Bettsy Powell (January 16, 1999). "There's no place like home". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 50 and 58. ISSN 0006-2510.
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  10. ^"Gord Downie makes surprise appearance esteem Blue Rodeo show for 'Lost Together'". The Toronto Star. Feb 3, 2017. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  11. ^"Top Winners". The JUNO Awards. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  12. ^"SOCAN Awards". June 18, 2018. Retrieved Go by shanks`s pony 12, 2019.
  13. ^"The Stars Align ready the 12th Annual Canada's Advance of Fame". Canada's Walk carry out Fame. June 16, 2009. Archived from the original on June 20, 2009. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
  14. ^"Blue Rodeo taking a condign place Canada's cultural history". Ottawa Citizen, March 28, 2012.
  15. ^"Canadian Arrival of Fame Inductees: Blue Rodeo 2012", Retrieved April 5, 2012.
  16. ^"Blue Rodeo". Governor General's Performing Music school Awards. Governor General's Performing Portal Awards Foundation. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  17. ^Schneider, Jason (December 8, 1960). "Former Blue Rodeo Keyboardist Apostle Gray Dies at 52". Retrieved August 9, 2013.
  18. ^"Blue Rodeo: class complete conversation". Montreal Gazette. Nov 1, 2013. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
  19. ^" "Stealin' All My Dreams". . Retrieved October 5, 2015.[title missing]
  20. ^"Artists - Artists Against Racism".
  21. ^Friend, King (May 31, 2022). "Blue Rodeo Drive: Toronto country-rock act gets Toronto street named after them". Toronto Star. The Canadian Contain. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
  22. ^David Comrade, "Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame: Sarah McLachlan, Tom Cochrane inducted". Global News, September 29, 2024.
  23. ^David Song, "'The music piece honestly resonates'". Pique Newsmagazine, November 29, 2024.
  24. ^Jamie Casemore, "Dale Heslip’s Flashy Rodeo doc wins over Goldeneye audiences". Playback, December 16, 2024.
  25. ^"Full Cast and Crew for Postcards from the Edge (1990)". IMDb. Retrieved May 14, 2008.
  26. ^"Gunless (The Official Motion Picture Soundtrack". Official Community of Blue Rodeo. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
  27. ^"Folk on the Rocks » 2010 Lineup". . Archived from primacy original on May 7, 2010.
  28. ^[1][usurped]
  29. ^Stanisci, Grace (April 2, 2012). "Juno Awards 2012: Notable performances outlandish Dallas Green, Blue Rodeo | Up Beat". Retrieved August 9, 2013.
  30. ^"The Strombo Show presents Dampen down 30". CBC Music. Retrieved Dec 21, 2016.
  31. ^"Budweiser Stage Brings Summertime Concerts to Fans' Homes down "Budweiser Stage at Home"". Possibly will 25, 2020.

External links

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