![]() The Tragically Hip quickly became famous once MCA Records president Bruce Dickinson saw them performing at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto and offered them a record deal. In an interview with Canadian music journalist Steve Newton, Downie noted that the Tragically Hip's early setlist was originally drawn to bands such as The Yardbirds and The Stones, a decision that was made because the Hip wished other Kingston bar bands would also play the genre. Originally, the band covered popular British rock songs from the 1960s. In 1986, Manning left the band as guitarist-vocalist Paul Langlois joined. In 1984, at age 20, Downie formed the Tragically Hip with Rodents's members Rob Baker and Gord Sinclair, another younger Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute alumnus, Johnny Fay, and saxophonist Davis Manning. After graduating high school, Downie attended Queen's University where he majored in film studies, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts and Science in 1986. In high school, Downie was the frontman for a band called the Slinks performing at the KCVI Variety show and rivaling older members Rob Baker and Gord Sinclair's band the Rodents. In Kingston, Downie attended the downtown high school Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute, where other members of the Tragically Hip also attended. He was the son of Lorna (Neal) and Edgar Charles Downie, a travelling salesman, later a real estate broker and developer. Gordon Edgar Downie was born in Amherstview, Ontario, and raised in Kingston, Ontario, along with his brothers Mike and Patrick, and sisters Charlyn and Paula. His family and managers said future releases are planned, including solo material and unreleased work with the Hip. His first to hit number one was Introduce Yerself, shortly after his death. ĭownie released seven solo albums, two posthumously: Coke Machine Glow (2001), Battle of the Nudes (2003), The Grand Bounce (2010), And the Conquering Sun (2014), Secret Path (2016), Introduce Yerself (2017), and Away Is Mine (2020). He is revered by many as an inspiring and influential artist in Canada's music history. He was the singer and lyricist for the Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip, which he fronted from its formation in 1984 until his death in 2017. ![]() The record in all formats is proudly Mono.Gordon Edgar Downie CM (Febru– October 17, 2017) was a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, musician, writer and activist. Daniel, Fred, And Julie also features two new compositions by Dan: Runner, about the eternal doomed rambling of a man, sung here spookily and powerfully by Fred, and the lamenting and beautiful Your Love.ĭaniel, Fred, and Julie is available on LP and CD and for Digital download. Songs of romance, justice, murder, loafing, and complaint, horses and gambling. The songs were put down quickly, with no overdubs or edits, and the record was finished in a couple of days.Ī record of Folk Music, three part harmonies, guitar picking and strumming. Dan and Fred playing guitars, all three singing together. ![]() Arrangements were made up quickly, harmonies worked out, lyrics written on long scraps of paper, verses picked and chosen. The weather was good that week, the garage door was open, cars would pass, and kids on bicycles. A microphone was placed on the floor in front of a semi circle of folding chairs. The tape machine was set up in Fred’s garage. But this is a record unlike any previously heard from these fine and versatile musicians.ĭan took the train to Sackville, NB in the summer of 2009, with a couple of acoustic guitars and a couple of song books of folk songs. And Julie Doiron is the legendary songwriter, singer, guitar shredder, collaborator with Mount Eerie, Gord Downie, Herman Dune, Wooden Stars, and member of Eric’s Trip, who needs no introduction. Calm Down It’s Monday’s Fred Squire sang and played guitar in legendary indie-rock group Shotgun and Jaybird, and is a jack-of-all-trades and master of some in the Julie Doiron band. Daniel Romano sings and plays guitar in Attack in Black. Recorded live to tape in Fred’s garage in Sackville NB, Daniel, Fred, And Julie also features two compositions by Daniel that have become classics in their own right: Runner, about the eternal doomed ramblings of a man, sung here spookily and powerfully by Fred and the lamenting and beautiful Your Love.ĭaniel, Fred, And Julie is a very special collaboration between three much loved musicians. ![]() This unique collaboration between Daniel Romano, Frederick Squire and Julie Doiron is a record of Folk Music: three part harmonies, guitar picking, songs of romance, justice, murder, loafing, and complaint, horses and gambling, old songs in the public domain, public songs for singing together. Daniel, Fred, and Julie by Daniel, Fred, and Julie
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