Blue Rodeo
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 Blue Rodeo in concert, September 2005 at the Spencerville Fair
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Genre(s) | Country rock |
| Years active | 1984-present |
| Label(s) | WEA/Warner Music Group, Rounder |
| Associated acts | The Jim Cuddy Band Greg Keelor Bob Egan The Swallows The Unintended |
| Website | www.bluerodeo.com |
| Members | |
| Jim Cuddy Bazil Donovan Bob Egan Greg Keelor Glenn Milchem Bob Packwood |
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| Former members | |
| Cleave Anderson Kim Deschamps Mark French James Gray Bob Wiseman |
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Blue Rodeo is a Canadian country rock band which was formed in the year 1984 in Toronto, Ontario. They have been signed with Warner Music Group since their debut album Outskirts in March 1987. Up-to-date, including Outskirts, they have 11 full-length releases along with multiple solo albums, side projects, and collaborations.
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[edit] History
[edit] Band
The band consists of original members Jim Cuddy (guitar/vocals), Greg Keelor (guitar/vocals) and Bazil Donovan (bass), plus newer additions Glenn Milchem (drums), multi-instrumentalist Bob Egan, and Bob Packwood (keyboardist). [1] Packwood was the replacement for James Gray who left the band in 2005 after their release of Are You Ready.[2] Drummers Cleave Anderson and Mark French, keyboardist Bob Wiseman, and multi-instrumentalist Kim Deschamps are also former band members.
Cuddy and Keelor met in high school and became great friends. After University, when all their other friends were starting to get jobs, they decided to form a band and started to play music more often. They had put together a few different bands with not much luck, before Blue Rodeo ever came into existence. Cuddy and Keelor had moved to New York for some adventure and to help their music. There they met Bob Wiseman. When they came back to Toronto in the summer of '84 they thought about putting another band together. They had already thought of the name for the band before they met Cleave and asked him to join the band. Cleave brought along his friend, Donovan, and with this Blue Rodeo was born! [3]
Blue Rodeo is one of the most successful and well known contemporary Canadian bands, having released 11 full-length studio albums, 3 live recordings, 1 greatest hits package and 5 video/DVDs.[4] Their studio albums have sold over 3 million copies. Cuddy, Keelor, Donovan and Egan have all released solo albums, and Glenn Milchem performs his own solo music under the pseudonym "the swallows". Blue Rodeo members have collaborated extensively with other notable Canadian artists, including Sarah McLachlan, The Tragically Hip, Burton Cummings, Great Big Sea, Jann Arden, The Sadies, Skydiggers, Crash Vegas, the Cowboy Junkies, Sarah Harmer, and Kathleen Edwards. They have won many Canadian music awards, including 7 Juno Awards and 7 SOCAN awards.
[edit] Television and film
Blue Rodeo is the band appearing at the end of the 1990 film Postcards from the Edge. [5]
The song "Bad Timing" is played towards the end of a season finale of the hit Canadian show Corner Gas.
The song "Try" is played in the background of the bar in the film Navy Seals.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Year | Album | Chart Positions | CRIA | |
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| CAN Country | CAN | |||
| 1987 | Outskirts | 20 | 4× Platinum | |
| 1989 | Diamond Mine | 4 | 3× Platinum | |
| 1990 | Casino | 6 | 2× Platinum | |
| 1992 | Lost Together | 3 | 2× Platinum | |
| 1993 | Five Days in July | 3 | 8 | 6× Platinum |
| Daze In America Live EP (unreleased to public) | ||||
| 1995 | Nowhere to Here | 18 | 2 | 2× Platinum |
| From There to Here (unreleased to public) | ||||
| 1997 | Tremolo | 1 | 8 | Platinum |
| 1999 | Just Like a Vacation (two-disc live album) | 20 | Platinum | |
| 2000 | The Days in Between | 5 | 4 | Gold |
| 2001 | Greatest Hits (US release 2004) | 2× Platinum | ||
| 2002 | Palace of Gold | Platinum | ||
| 2005 | Are You Ready | Gold | ||
| 2006 | Blue Rodeo Live in Stratford | |||
| 2007 | Small Miracles | |||
[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | |
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| CAN Country | CANA | |||
| 1987 | "Outskirts" | 35 | - | Outskirts |
| "Try"B | 1 | 6 | ||
| 1988 | "Rose Coloured Glasses" | - | - | |
| "Rebel" | 33 | 71 | ||
| 1989 | "Diamond Mine" | - | 7 | Diamond Mine |
| "How Long" | 21 | 25 | ||
| "House of Dreams" | - | - | ||
| 1990 | "Love and Understanding" | 32 | - | |
| "Til I Am Myself Again"C | 1 | 3 | Casino | |
| 1991 | "Trust Yourself" | - | 13 | |
| "What Am I Doing Here" | 41 | 33 | ||
| "After the Rain" | - | - | ||
| 1992 | "Lost Together" | - | 3 | Lost Together |
| "Rain Down on Me" | 23 | - | ||
| 1993 | "Angels" | - | 75 | |
| "Flying" | - | 42 | ||
| "Already Gone" | 14 | 33 | ||
| "5 Days In May" | 16 | 4 | Five Days In July | |
| 1994 | "Hasn't Hit Me Yet" | - | 8 | |
| "Bad Timing" | - | 17 | ||
| "Til I Gain Control" | 24 | - | ||
| 1995 | "Head Over Heels" | 4 | 36 | |
| "Save Myself" | - | - | Nowhere to Here | |
| "Side of the Road" | - | 4 | ||
| "Better Off As We Are" | - | 5 | ||
| 1996 | "Blew It Again" | - | - | |
| "Girl In Green" | - | - | ||
| 1997 | "It Could Happen To You" | 23 | 4 | Tremolo |
| 1998 | "Falling Down Blue" | 75 | 50 | |
| "Shed My Skin" | - | - | ||
| 1999 | "Somebody Waits" | 45 | 29 | The Days in Between |
| 2000 | "Always Getting Better" | - | - | |
| "The Days in Between" | - | - | ||
| 2001 | "Sad Nights" | - | - | |
| "To Love Somebody" | - | - | Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 | |
| 2002 | "Bulletproof" | - | - | Palace of Gold |
| "Walk Like You Don't Mind" | - | - | ||
| 2003 | "Stage Door" | - | - | |
| "Palace of Gold" | - | - | ||
| 2005 | "Rena" | - | - | Are You Ready |
| "Can't Help Wondering Why" | - | - | ||
| 2007 | "Four Strong Winds" | - | - | The Gift - A Tribute to Ian Tyson |
| "C'mon" | - | 68 | Small Miracles | |
| "3 Hours Away" | 43 | - | ||
| 2008 | "This Town" | - | 73 | |
- AChart positions come from RPM from (1987-2000), Canadian Singles Chart from (2000-2007) and Canadian Hot 100 from (2007-present).
- B"Try" was certified Gold by the CRIA.
- C"Til I Am Myself Again" peaked at #19 on the US Modern Rock chart and #37 on the US Mainstream Rock chart.
[edit] Videography
- Postcards from the Edge (1990)
- Blue Movies (1991)
- In Stereovision (2004) - Certified 3× Platinum by the CRIA.
- Watch This! (2004) - Features the video of Blue Rodeo's hit single, "Bulletproof."
- Toronto Rocks (SARSfest) (2004) - Canadian edition featuring Blue Rodeo.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ People – About the Band. Official Community of Blue Rodeo. Retrieved on 2008-05-14.
- ^ Inevitable Institution. Uptown Magazine. Retrieved on 2008-05-14.
- ^ Jim Cuddy Biography. Official Community of Blue Rodeo. Retrieved on 2008-05-14.
- ^ Discography. Official Community of Blue Rodeo. Retrieved on 2008-05-14.
- ^ Full Cast and Crew for Postcards from the Edge (1990). IMDb. Retrieved on 2008-05-14.
