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"Im becoming more of a vinyl-phile and more and more is becoming available all of the time, which is great," enthuses singer-guitarist Jim Cuddy. "How to split it up is a B-side heavier, or more sleepy, or whatever is a very enjoyable little conundrum for us to try to figure out."
Indeed it is a vast landscape of sixteen new songs written by Cuddy and his songwriting partner Greg Keelor that needs to be arranged and yet it wasnt as difficult to put together as one might think.
"With something of this size there arent as many options, maybe because there is so much of it," says Keelor. "You know, there are some obvious connections between songs that work together. It sort of panned out a little easier."
"We had a sequence done in about a day and a half which for us, honestly, is miraculous," continues Cuddy. "We could make a record, and spend 6 months making it and not have one single argument and then we could fight about the sequence for the rest of our lives. I think we had a sequence that was almost right and we were prepared to go with it. Initially we had put the most dramatic song, the title track, on the record second. Once we switched it and made it the first song, then everything worked."
With dramatic tympanis leading the melody, the title track certainly opens the door to the trip that lays ahead for the listener. "All The Things That Are Left Behind" was a very difficult song, remembers Cuddy. "When Greg brought it in he played piano, which he does not play and he was plucking out this melody and singing it, it was in such a rough form."
"It was the first song Id ever written on piano," say Keelor. "We knew that we wanted to fill it out so we sampled some tympanis, tuned them to the track, did a lot of eqing and made them nice and muffled and put those on. Jim added a piano part just hitting the chord on the down beat. We got a mellotron and added cello. Then we used the mellotron flute and built it up from there. So it was a pretty bare bones track when it started and those are often my faves the ones that sound well, thatll be lucky if it gets on the record and then it blooms into this orchestrated little number."
So, if that once rough but now rich dramatic song opens the album, what else does the band have up its collective sleeve? "Its not like were going for a skate and just singing a whole pile of Blue Rodeo songs," boasts Keelor wryly. "Therere a few curve balls on this record."
There isnt a longtime fan of Blue Rodeo that would be surprised by Keelors statement. After all, the bands longevity didnt come from repeating itself over and over. It makes one wonder though, twelve albums on, how deep is the well and how dare they record a double album at this point in their career.
Read more at http://www.BlueRodeo.com/About
Record Label:
Warner Music Canada
Label Type:
Major Label
Band Members:
Jim Cuddy, Greg Keelor, Glenn Milchem, Bazil Donovan, Bob Egan
Hometown:
Toronto
Country:
Canada
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ICRUISEify
(2 months ago)
Amazing band...your music makes me smile...please post Almost Persuaded...loved it at The Old Roxy!!!
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sevennotrumpxx
(4 months ago)
Blue Rodeo has sung the story of my life. I actually first met the guys in 1988 up in Whitehorse. I interviewed them for my school newspaper... Hope that doesn't make you feel too old guys. Been going to see them every time they come to St. John's for the past 20 years.
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Quadrillium
(4 months ago)
I'm so happy to discover that Blue Rodeo has a YouTube Channel. I've seen BR live twelve times. Thanks for the beautiful music.
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MsHeidigolden
(5 months ago)
Lovely..lovely..absolutely lovely!
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cachytunz
(6 months ago)
I really like "One Light Left In Heaven" right now, thanks for posting it!
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difromnb
(6 months ago)
still awesome after all these years!!
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suffolk44
(7 months ago)
who is the guy on keys?
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megwheelzs
(7 months ago)
Love you guys !!!!! amazing Voices :)
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Manya10004
(8 months ago)
this is an amazing tune!!! as always
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Kookla1999
(8 months ago)
Something about Jim's voice....
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