Please enjoy one of Canada’s greatest bands, live or in the studio: Blue Rodeo! Pay special attention to master bassist Bazil Donovan, the elegantly complex slide work of Kim Deschamps, and ex-Andy Curran dynamo Glenn “Stumpy Joe” Milchem on drums!
Hosting the Juno Awards on this night was Roch Voisine. Though they were nominated for three awards including Group of the Year (which they lost to the Rankins), Blue Rodeo went home empty-handed.
This was, in my humble opinion, the best lineup the band has ever had. I was fortunate enough to see them in this incarnation on the Tremelo tour in ’98.
Jim Cuddy – vocals/guitars/mandolin
Greg Keelor – vocals/guitars
Bazil Donovan – bass
Glenn Milchem – drums
Kim Deschamps – pedal steel
James Gray (RIP) – keyboards
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Cool find. Not a band I know anything about so great to learn something new.
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I think you would like Blue Rodeo given your musical open mind. They should have been bigger in the States.
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I’ll add them to the list. That never seems to get smaller.
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Never ever gets smaller. Their album 5 Days in July would be my recommendation.
Funny thing about it. They went in to record their 5th album and stopped after 5 days of demos. They already had what they needed and it’s their most successful record.
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Holy crap that is awesome. If more bands would do that we’d probably get better albums.
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Sometimes the first take is the best.
They had so much material written that the extras they demoed was still making records (re-recorded) two albums down the line. A really fruitful period of songwriting.
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This is a great track that still gets a lot of radio play even in this town.
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Here too. Probably their best song?
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Did I ever tell you I love Blue Rodeo? True story.
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I think you may have mentioned it ;)
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Oh good, I like to avoid confusion.
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