“Gord Downie, lead singer of The Tragically Hip, drafts some of the most sophisticated, intricate, evocative lyrics in rock ’n’ roll. The band’s song Ahead By A Century was listed as the 67 th most played song on Canadian radio between 19. The band is the most-selling Canadian band within Canada and the fourth best-selling Canadian artist overall in Canada. The Tragically Hip have won 16 Juno Awards, the most ever by a band, and sold nearly six million albums. Over the course of the band’s career, they would release 13 studio albums, one live album and over 50 singles. In 1991, the band released Road Apples, which was eight times platinum. On the album were the iconic songs Blow At High Dough and New Orleans Is Sinking. In 1989, the band released its first full-length album, becoming one of the most successful in the band’s history, earning the band its first Juno Award. In 1987, The Tragically Hip released their self-titled album, featuring eight songs. Nonetheless, the band would become one of the most successful in our country’s history. I am not talking about the Tragically Hip much in this episode, as the episode is about Gord Downie and his own life, rather than the band.
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A band that was beloved in Canada but never cracked into the United States. While performing at the Horseshoe Tavern, Bruce Dickenson, the president of MCA Records saw them perform and offered them a record deal.įrom this point, the Tragically Hip would become known as the most quintessential band in Canadian history. Manning would leave and be replaced, and the band would initially perform British rock songs from the 1960s. The band played its first gig in November of that year in a small white room at the Kingston Artists Association. In 1984, Downie, Baker, Sinclair, along with Johnny Fray and Davis Manning, formed The Tragically Hip. That band had Rod Baker and Gord Sinclair as part of it. In school, Downie formed the band The Slinks and they would perform on a variety show, where another band The Rodents, played. It was at high school, the Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute, that he met the other members of who would form The Tragically Hip. I wouldn’t say it has given me a stigma, but it is something that’s always stayed with me, not actually being from Kingston.” His godfather was Harry Sinden, who would go on to become the coach of the Boston Bruins, leading them to the Stanley Cup in 1970, and then coached Team Canada to victory in the 1972 Summit Series.ĭownie was raised in Kingston and that is where he would attend high school. His parents were Lorna and Edgard Downie, and his father was a travelling salesman, who later transitioned into a career in real estate. 6, 1964 to a family that included two brothers and two sisters. Gord Downie was born in Amherstview, Ontario on Feb. Today, in this episode sponsored by Brock Crocker, I am looking at the life and legacy of Gord Downie. When he passed away, it resulted in a huge outpouring of emotions from Canadians. He is one of the most famous musicians in Canadian history, and was the lead singer of the band that was called the most Canadian band in history.
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