Outskirts (1987)
Artist:
Blue Rodeo
Album Number: 1
Release Date: 12/03/87
Label: WEA/Sire/Discovery/Antone's
Number of CDs: 1
Type: Studio
Song Listing
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About The Album
"Take the homespun bluesy elements of The Band, twist it around the streamlined approach of Elvis Costello, add the duel vocals of Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor, and you can understand why this group is making a big noise in Toronto." Tom Harrison - Vancouver Province
In a musical world where comparisons are the best calling card, the above quote comes as close as you'll get for a band that defies description - a band like BLUE RODEO is not a country band. Their music is a unique blend of contemporary sounds that include rock, pop, jazz and country performed with a streetwise sensibility.
As a band, BLUE RODEO emerged on the Toronto scene in October 1984, although years of experience had gone into each of its members prior to that time. Principals Greg Keelor and Jim Cuddy (both singers, songwriters and guitarists) have been performing together since 1977 when they formed the HiFi's, a high energy pop band which Keelor describes as "garage Mersey Beat". The HiFi's decided to try their hand at the New York City club scene. Keelor and Cuddy, the only original members of the group to actually make the move, recruited a new band and changed their name to Fly To France.
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Album Credits
All Songs © 1986, 1987 Blue Rodeo Productions.
Cover photograph from Left to Right - Bazil, Cleave, Greg, Jim and Bobby.
PRODUCED BY TERRY BROWN
Songs Arranged by: Blue Rodeo >Engineered by: Mike Jones
Assisted by: Paul Shubat
Recorded and Mixed at: McClear Place Studios
Recorded on: Mitsubishi X-850-32 Track Digital
Mastered by: Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk, NY, NY.
A+R Coordination: Bob Roper
Artist Direction: John Caton/The Artist Consulting Team
Booking Agent: Trick or Treat - 905-831-9191
Thank You: Ring Music, Horseshoe Tavern Staff (X-Ray, Kenny and Kruk),
Cameron, Andy Ryan, Patricia, Larry, Dwayne, Tom, Ric, Fiona, Howard and Maria,
Jeff and Roger at Wellesley, McWaters VanLint Films, Bob Kennedy, Loftus, Tony
Robertson, J.B. Cronyn, Ali and Larbi Medina, Elaine and Mannie, Mimi, Idée
Gallery, Stephen Stohn, Peter Lloyd, Gerry Exchweiler and Tim Lyons at
Mitsubishi Pro Audio Group, Tonni Nielsen and David B. Merrick at the Office and
everybody at WEA including Joann and Roxanne.
Welcome to the world Devin James Cuddy
Born January 8, 1987
Photography by: William Deacon
Cover by: Dale Heslip/Champagne
Grooming by: Mary Ellen Howe
All songs by Keelor/Cuddy. All songs published by Thunderhawk Music (SOCAN).