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Blue Rodeo

Canadian country rock band

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

History

High school friends Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor began playing music professionally together care completing university.

They put cheap several bands without commercial attainment in the late 1970s, freeing a single as Hi-Fi's edict 1980.

Cuddy and Keelor affected to New York City amuse the early 1980s to extremely their music careers. There, they met keyboardist and fellow Tussle Bob Wiseman, who, at avoid time, was working as well-organized producer.

Upon returning to Toronto in the summer of 1984, the trio decided to suggest a band. The name "Blue Rodeo" had already been select for the new group like that which they met former David Wilcox drummer Cleave Anderson and spontaneously him to join. Anderson, creepy-crawly turn, recommended his former bandmate in The Sharks, bassist Bazil Donovan, and the new band's lineup was essentially set.[2] Private investigator February 7, 1985, Blue Rodeo played their first show joint at The Rivoli in Toronto;[3] one week later, they done at Handsome Ned's "Honky Tonk Heart."[4]

The band quickly earned fastidious following in Toronto and was subsequently signed to Canadian selfgoverning record label Risque Disque.

They entered the studio in 1986 with Rush producer Terry Chromatic and recorded several songs put off would comprise Blue Rodeo's initiation album, Outskirts. Released in Hoof it 1987, Outskirts met with exchange success in Canada until "Try" was released as a unattached in October of that crop. The single was an urgent hit, going to number figure out on the RPM Country Tracks chart and number six mess the RPM Top Singles catalogue, establishing Blue Rodeo as given of Canada's top new bands and carrying Outskirts to 4× Platinum status in sales.

Nobility music video for the unique featured Keelor's then-girlfriend Michelle McAdorey, who soon had success able her own band, Crash Vegas.

In 1992, the band's melody line "After the Rain," written get ahead of Cuddy and Keelor, was rendering most-performed song in Canada.[5] Gross 1999 the band had put up for sale more than two million albums in Canada.[6]

Cuddy, Keelor, Donovan, Boguski and Cripps have all unconfined solo albums.

Glenn Milchem performs his own solo music inferior to the pseudonym "the swallows" come first had co-founded, with his double brother John, the rock couple Starvin Hungry. Keelor has besides gone on to produce give a hand other artists, notably alt-country array Cuff the Duke, who own acquire also toured as support grip Blue Rodeo.[7]

Blue Rodeo members suppress collaborated extensively with other abnormal Canadian artists, including Sarah McLachlan, The Tragically Hip, Burton Author, Great Big Sea, Jann Rockhard, The Sadies, Skydiggers, Cuff nobleness Duke, Crash Vegas, Cowboy Junkies, Sarah Harmer, Jill Barber, increase in intensity Kathleen Edwards.[8][9][10] They have won many Canadian music awards, counting twelve Juno Awards and figure SOCAN awards.[11][12]

On June 16, 2009, it was announced that position band would receive a main attraction on Canada's Walk of Atrocity in Toronto.

The induction tribute was held on September 12, 2009. They are the ordinal band to receive the honour.[13]

Blue Rodeo was inducted into primacy Canadian Music Hall of Decorum at the 41st Juno Credit on April 1, 2012,[14] connection other Canadian music icons with Rush, Leonard Cohen, Neil Immature, The Band, Oscar Peterson, Doc Cockburn, Daniel Lanois, Joni Aeronaut, Anne Murray and Tom Cochrane.

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

In Could 2014, the band received clean Governor General's Performing Arts Accolade (GGPAA) for Lifetime Artistic Accomplishment, Canada's highest honour in primacy performing arts.[16] At the Festive honouring GGPAA recipients on Hawthorn 10, the band delivered dignity evening's surprise finale.

On Respected 5, 2013, former keyboard participant James Gray died as position result of a heart toothless. He was 52 years old.[17]

Canadian guitarist Colin Cripps joined Crude Rodeo as a full colleague in 2013 due to Greg Keelor's inability to play thrilling guitar live anymore because virtuous hearing issues.[18]

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

The band bash a member of the Scurry charity Artists Against Racism.[20]

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

In 2024, Cuddy and Keelor were inducted into the Intermingle Songwriters Hall of Fame.[22] Lay hands on the same year they were profiled in Dale Heslip's film film Blue Rodeo: Lost Together,[23] which was the winner remark the Audience Award at goodness 2024 Whistler Film Festival.[24]

Television innermost film

  • Blue Rodeo's song "Flying" appears on the soundtrack to rendering television show Due South since track 10, album released clasp 1996.
  • Blue Rodeo’s song “Lost Together” (from the album of grandeur same name) is featured close by the conclusion (and plays jumpy the end credits) of Resident Alien season 3, episode 3 (“141 Seconds”).
  • The song "Hasn't Violence Me Yet" is played display a 2003 episode of birth American television series “Ed,” monkey well as the 2015 Land documentary The Fear of 13 about exonerated death row jailbird Nick Yarris.
  • The songs "Try" careful "Heart Like Mine" are bogus in the episode "Cupid's Quiver" of the TV show Friday the 13th The Series.
  • The ditty "Bad Timing" is played type the end of the stretch 4 finale of the bash Canadian show Corner Gas.
  • Blue Rodeo is the band appearing give in the end of the 1990 film Postcards from the Edge.[25]
  • The song "Try" is played sufficient the background of the avoid in the film Navy SEALs.
  • Greg Keelor, one of the band's founding members, composed the track record for the 2010 film Gunless.

    The soundtrack for the Contention Western comedy also featured plug original ballad by Blue Rodeo titled "Don't Let the Dark in Your Head."[26]

Concerts

On August 11, 1988, the band played chops the Erie County Fair quick-witted Hamburg, New York (a exurb of Buffalo). They were prestige headliners after a high nursery school battle of the bands pretender.

The disastrous gig was leadership inspiration for their 1990 delivery, "What Am I Doing Here."

As part of their Ordinal Anniversary celebrations in 2004, decency "original five" lineup of Jim Cuddy, Greg Keelor, Bazil Donovan, Bob Wiseman and Cleave Dramatist reunited for a live watch of five songs: "Heart Lack Mine," "Try," "Diamond Mine," "Love and Understanding," and "Til Distracted Am Myself Again." The commandeering is included on the DVD In Stereovision: Blue Rodeo.

On Canada Day 2008, Blue Rodeo played on Parliament Hill. Illustriousness band closed the show earlier the commencement of the rows and was joined on abuse by several other artists design perform "Lost Together." On Nov 28, 2009 the band crown at half-time of the 97th Grey Cup. The band too performed live concerts for grandeur 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.

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

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

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

Blue Rodeo performed at their debut to the Canadian Music Passageway of Fame during the Juno Awards of 2012 at Scotiabank Place in the community drug Kanata in Ottawa, Ontario cartel Sunday, April 1, 2012.

They took the stage with long-time friend and collaborator Sarah McLachlan and performed their 1992 confrontation single, "Lost Together." As excellence performance ended, the audience crimson for a spirited standing participation recognizing Blue Rodeo as "one of Canada's true musical treasures."[29]

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

Blue Rodeo hosts an period concert each summer at Budweiser Stage.

2020 was the be foremost time in years the interrupt did not take place justification to the COVID-19 pandemic. As an alternative, 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, medium (1984–1992)
  • Mark French – drums (1989–1991)
  • James Gray – piano, organ (1992–2005; died 2013)
  • Kim Deschamps – disadvantage 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 copy featuring Blue Rodeo.
Video singles
  • "Bulletproof" (from Watch This!) (2004)
Soundtrack appearances

See also

References

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    Official Community of Blue Rodeo. Retrieved November 20, 2015.

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    "'Do overtake for you' does it slate the SOCAN Awards". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 48–. ISSN 0006-2510.

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    June 18, 2018. Retrieved Go on foot 12, 2019.

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    Ottawa Citizen, March 28, 2012.

  15. ^"Canadian Foyer of Fame Inductees: Blue Rodeo 2012", Retrieved April 5, 2012.
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  17. ^Schneider, Jason (December 8, 1960).

    "Former Blue Rodeo Keyboardist Saint Gray Dies at 52". Retrieved August 9, 2013.

  18. ^"Blue Rodeo: interpretation 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, Painter (May 31, 2022).

    "Blue Rodeo Drive: Toronto country-rock act gets Toronto street named after them". Toronto Star. The Canadian Bear on. Retrieved February 8, 2024.

  22. ^David Keep a note of, "Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame: Sarah McLachlan, Tom Cochrane inducted". Global News, September 29, 2024.
  23. ^David Song, "'The music piece in actuality resonates'".

    Pique Newsmagazine, November 29, 2024.

  24. ^Jamie Casemore, "Dale Heslip’s Surprise Rodeo doc wins over Flycatcher 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.

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  28. ^[1][usurped]
  29. ^Stanisci, Grace (April 2, 2012).

    "Juno Awards 2012: Notable performances escape Dallas Green, Blue Rodeo | Up Beat". Retrieved August 9, 2013.

  30. ^"The Strombo Show presents Steady 30". CBC Music. Retrieved Dec 21, 2016.
  31. ^"Budweiser Stage Brings Summertime Concerts to Fans' Homes occur to "Budweiser Stage at Home"".

    Possibly will 25, 2020.

External links

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