News Archive

December 2000

One Year Anniversary - Bob has just celebrated 1 full year of playing with Blue Rodeo. November 3rd, 1999 was Bob's first Rodeo show and it happened at the Rosebud in Pittsburgh, PA. November 3rd, 2000 found the Rodeo back stateside at the Tralf in Buffalo where the celebration was fairly muted. Baked good and assorted beverages were served.

158 Shows - It was a very busy year for Blue Rodeo who played 158 shows between November 1999 and December 2000. This included an 80 date coast to coast tour of Canadian theaters and hockey arenas, a month in Australia, a fly tour of summer festivals, a return trup to Australia during the Olympics, and a wrap up tour of northern U.S. cities. Great fun was had by all.

November 2000

Into the Studio for Solo Record - Bob will return to the studio in December to begin work on the follow up to his highly overlooked debut record. He will be joined by some fine Canadians including a few of the Rodeos, Travis from the Sadies, Cam from Luther Wright and the Wrongs, and Maury from Starling.

Pre-Nov/Dec 2000

Wallflower's Gig - Ben Peeler, a pal of Bob's, got the gig as the 6th touring musician for the Wallflowers. Ben is quite happy with his new job on guitar and lap steel and says one of the highlights was opening for the Who for four nights at Madison Square Gardens! Way to go Ben!

Mojave 3 - Bob received an e-mail in Australia in September inviting him to sit in with English band Mojave 3. Two days after arriving home from Australia Bob and Mojave 3 played a sold out show at Toronto's Horseshoe. Bob was supposed to play just a few numbers but at soundcheck he was invited to play the whole set. He appeared to be having fun.

Studio Work - This fall ('99), Bob made it into the studio to record on new projects with Old Reliable (Edmonton), Boss Grunions (Toronto), Luther Wright and the Wrongs (Kingston), and the Northern Pikes (Alberta).

Australian Tour - Bob and Bazil (from the Rodeo) spent a week in September playing solo shows in Sydney and Melbourne (see reviews). According to Bob, the shows went "swimmingly" especially in Melbourne where the encores turned into free for all country sing-alongs with aussie fave Jeff Williams and Chris Wilson.

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