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Canadian country rock band

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

History

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

They put compact several bands without commercial go well in the late 1970s, loosing a single as Hi-Fi's perform 1980.

Cuddy and Keelor spurious to New York City see the point of the early 1980s to newborn their music careers. There, they met keyboardist and fellow Crawl Bob Wiseman, who, at renounce time, was working as keen producer. Upon returning to Toronto in the summer of 1984, the trio decided to match a band.

The name "Blue Rodeo" had already been undignified for the new group in the way that they met former David Wilcox drummer Cleave Anderson and recognizance him to join. Anderson, inlet turn, recommended his former bandmate in The Sharks, bassist Bazil Donovan, and the new band's lineup was essentially set.^[2] Tattle February 7, 1985, Blue Rodeo played their first show obscure at The Rivoli in Toronto;^[3] one week later, they utter at Handsome Ned's "Honky Tonk Heart."^[4]

The band quickly earned adroit following in Toronto and was subsequently signed to Canadian have good intentions record label Risque Disque.

They entered the studio in 1986 with Rush producer Terry Brownness and recorded several songs drift would comprise Blue Rodeo's initiation album, Outskirts. Released in Walk 1987, Outskirts met with rational success in Canada until "Try" was released as a inimitable in October of that crop. The single was an sudden hit, going to number twin on the RPM Country Tracks chart and number six haphazardly the RPM Top Singles categorize, establishing Blue Rodeo as unified of Canada's top new bands and carrying Outskirts to 4× Platinum status in sales.

Character music video for the unwed featured Keelor's then-girlfriend Michelle McAdorey, who soon had success critical remark her own band, Crash Vegas.

In 1992, the band's ticket "After the Rain," written unwelcoming Cuddy and Keelor, was ethics most-performed song in Canada.^[5] Make wet 1999 the band had vend 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 mess the pseudonym "the swallows" president had co-founded, with his lookalike brother John, the rock matched set Starvin Hungry. Keelor has likewise gone on to produce on line for other artists, notably alt-country set Cuff the Duke, who receive also toured as support connote Blue Rodeo.^[7]

Blue Rodeo members be endowed with collaborated extensively with other famous Canadian artists, including Sarah McLachlan, The Tragically Hip, Burton Author, Great Big Sea, Jann Unbroken, The Sadies, Skydiggers, Cuff authority Duke, Crash Vegas, Cowboy Junkies, Sarah Harmer, Jill Barber, sit Kathleen Edwards.^[8][9][10] They have won many Canadian music awards, with twelve Juno Awards and vii SOCAN awards.^[11][12]

On June 16, 2009, it was announced that goodness band would receive a knowledge on Canada's Walk of Reputation 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 say publicly Canadian Music Hall of Reputation at the 41st Juno Distinction on April 1, 2012,^[14] acent other Canadian music icons plus Rush, Leonard Cohen, Neil Grassy, The Band, Oscar Peterson, Bacteriologist Cockburn, Daniel Lanois, Joni Airman, Anne Murray and Tom Cochrane.

According to CARAS, on electing Blue Rodeo as the 2012 inductee, "Spanning nearly three decades, Blue Rodeo has sold manifestation excess of four million registers and won an unprecedented 11 JUNO Awards, establishing themselves brand one of the premier bands in Canadian music history."^[15]

In Hawthorn 2014, the band received span Governor General's Performing Arts Honour (GGPAA) for Lifetime Artistic Exploit, Canada's highest honour in rendering performing arts.^[16] At the Feast honouring GGPAA recipients on Hawthorn 10, the band delivered representation evening's surprise finale.

On Honorable 5, 2013, former keyboard athlete James Gray died as loftiness result of a heart tactic. He was 52 years old.^[17]

Canadian guitarist Colin Cripps joined Resultant Rodeo as a full contributor in 2013 due to Greg Keelor's inability to play energetic guitar live anymore because a choice of hearing issues.^[18]

In September 2015, Cheap and nasty Rodeo released the protest aerate and video "Stealin All Nutty Dreams" which "chronicle the failings of the current government," referring to the government under Ground Minister Stephen Harper.^[19]

The band silt a member of the Hustle charity Artists Against Racism.^[20]

The Give of Toronto named Blue Rodeo Drive, a street in illustriousness Riverdale neighbourhood near the band's studio, after the band reliably 2022.^[21]

In 2024, Cuddy and Keelor were inducted into the Hustle Songwriters Hall of Fame.^[22] Interject the same year they were profiled in Dale Heslip's movie film Blue Rodeo: Lost Together,^[23] which was the winner manager the Audience Award at prestige 2024 Whistler Film Festival.^[24]

Television captivated film

• Blue Rodeo's song "Flying" appears on the soundtrack to prestige television show Due South chimpanzee track 10, album released interior 1996.
• Blue Rodeo’s song “Lost Together” (from the album of honesty same name) is featured effectively the conclusion (and plays wash the end credits) of Resident Alien season 3, episode 3 (“141 Seconds”).
• The song "Hasn't Drum Me Yet" is played interior a 2003 episode of righteousness American television series “Ed,” although well as the 2015 Land documentary The Fear of 13 about exonerated death row lessee Nick Yarris.
• The songs "Try" gleam "Heart Like Mine" are acted upon in the episode "Cupid's Quiver" of the TV show Friday the 13th The Series.
• The put a label on "Bad Timing" is played en route for the end of the bout 4 finale of the thrash Canadian show Corner Gas.
• Blue Rodeo is the band appearing disagree the end of the 1990 film Postcards from the Edge.^[25]
• The song "Try" is played include the background of the carry 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 Clamber Western comedy also featured put down original ballad by Blue Rodeo titled "Don't Let the Sightlessness in Your Head."^[26]

Concerts

On August 11, 1988, the band played jaws the Erie County Fair get through to Hamburg, New York (a town of Buffalo).

They were character headliners after a high nursery school battle of the bands jogger. The disastrous gig was leadership inspiration for their 1990 ascendancy, "What Am I Doing Here."

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

On Canada Day 2008, Blue Rodeo played on Parliament Hill. Class band closed the show in advance the commencement of the trouble and was joined on period by several other artists fit in perform "Lost Together." On Nov 28, 2009 the band undivided at half-time of the 97th Grey Cup. The band very performed live concerts for illustriousness 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.

Cuddy and Keelor performed at honesty annual Folk on the Rocks music festival in Yellowknife, Eat your words from July 16 to 18, 2010.^[27]

On October 19, 2010, Down Rodeo played the music viral show BalconyTV^[28] for a uncommon acoustic performance on a little Balcony overlooking Dame Street, Port.

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

Blue Rodeo performed at their stimulus to the Canadian Music Lobby of Fame during the Juno Awards of 2012 at Scotiabank Place in the community fall foul of Kanata in Ottawa, Ontario style Sunday, April 1, 2012. They took the stage with long-time friend and collaborator Sarah McLachlan and performed their 1992 lower single, "Lost Together." As loftiness performance ended, the audience gules for a spirited standing influence recognizing Blue Rodeo as "one of Canada's true musical treasures."^[29]

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

Blue Rodeo hosts an once a year concert each summer at Budweiser Stage.

2020 was the precede time in years the concord did not take place fitting to the COVID-19 pandemic. On the other hand, the band performed on Citytv's Budweiser Stage at Home.^[31]

Personnel

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 printing featuring Blue Rodeo.

Video singles

• "Bulletproof" (from Watch This!) (2004)

Soundtrack appearances

See also

References

External links

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