EP 232 | Jim Cuddy (Blue Rodeo)

November 19, 2022

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Jim Cuddy joins us at the top of the second hour.

That’s today 6 PM Mtn.

Just about then Blue Rodeo will be backstage at the Northern Alberta Jube prepping for the second of two nights on that stage. There’s a nervous energy, that’s to be expected. While that never really goes away, remember that this is Blue Rodeo. Been touring since 1984. 16 or more studio albums, four live. A truckload of awards. So, backstage there’s a lot of laughs, storytelling, small acoustic jams, great food and wines, friends and family.

Blue Rodeo bring with them their latest album Many a Mile.

As always, Jim brings with him great stories

From the studio

From lockdown

From ”the road”

And from inside the band.

From their latest album Many a Mile, Jim says he and Greg Keelor have different views of the road.

Jim’s is I think about you. The Yin and Yang about leaving home to make music.

In Opening Act Greg writes about his love/hate relationship of the road.

And it all works.

That’s the very dynamic that keeps this band active and totally interesting.

Enjoy!!

EP 165 | Greg Keelor-Jim Cuddy Mashup

July 16, 2021

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It’s not often that we double back on a previous interview.

There has to be something interesting that makes them candidates.

What we have here are two separate interviews with the co-founders of Hall of Fame/Juno winning band Blue Rodeo, plus Greg Keelor and Jim Cuddy both have solo careers on the go.

I talked to Greg in March and Jim 3 weeks ago.

I decided to cut the two interviews together to see how the responses and stories matched.

Have a listen. It’s an interesting mashup.

Blue Rodeo plays the Calgary Stampede Saturday, July 17

And The Jim Cuddy Band play the Calgary Folk Festival Summer Serenades on Prince’s Island Park Friday, July 23

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EP 164 | Jim Cuddy-Good News

July 10, 2021

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Jim Cuddy was standing at the door of his Toronto house waiting for the cab that would take him to Saskatchewan and the 2020 Junos when the phone rang and he discovered it was canceled because of Covid.

Instead, he headed to his small country home and started writing. Then slowly gathered his Jim Cuddy Band – one at a time – and created tracks for his next solo album. His Blue Rodeo partner Greg Keeler then called and got things rolling on a new Blue Rodeo album. Greg would send his songs to Jim and the band. They would replace or add instruments, vocals, etc and send back. Greg did the same for Jim. Normally they’re all in the same room when they record. Jim says – you can’t tell the difference. “It was remarkable”

When I asked about Canada Day and the conflicting thoughts on that day about residential schools, indigenous rights, and other cultures, Jim gave a beautiful honest response.

Jim says the new Blue Rodeo album has a “zip in it’s step”(January) Greg wrote lots of tunes. Lots of energy.

And what Jim really liked was having the time to sculpt his songs. They felt more clearly defined. “No throw-away lyrics”

And yes he admits to changing.

And having time to watch the seasons change was wonderful – “I had to stop leaning forward and relax.”

Blue Rodeo plays the Calgary Stampede on July 18

Jim Cuddy Band plays the Calgary Folk Festival – Summer Serenades – on Prince’s Island Park on July 23^rd.

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Mulligan Stew Dec 20th-Christmas Special part 2 & Jim Cuddy Interview

December 20, 2014

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Blue Rodeo with their newly announced holiday album A Merrie Christmas to You.
Although the album includes a couple of well-known Christmas tunes — “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” and “O Come All Ye Faithful” — the rest are a slightly more modern. There are covers of Joni Mitchell, Big Star, Paul Simon, Gordon Lightfoot, the Band and more. There are also two Blue Rodeo originals: Jim Cuddy’s brand-new “Home to You This Christmas” and a re-recording of Greg Keelor’s “Glad to Be Alive.”
The album was recorded in a week at their very own Woodshed Studio in Toronto. Each song was captured live.
“The songs are as much about the season as they are about the actual day,” Cuddy said in a statement about the selection of material. “The criteria for choosing material were to find songs that we could actually sing and make our own.”
The cover art comes from an illustration by Keelor’s great-uncle, who made greeting cards back in the ’20s. The tracklist is below, and the name of the artist who wrote each song is in parentheses.

The RAW interview is posted here for your listening pleasure

A Merrie Christmas to You:
1. Jesus Christ (Big Star)
2. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane)
3. If We Make It Through December (Merle Haggard)
4. River (Joni Mitchell)
5. O Come All Ye Faithful (traditional)
6. Getting Ready for Christmas Day (Paul Simon)
7. Glad to Be Alive
8. Home to You This Christmas
9. Song for a Winter’s Night (Gordon Lightfoot)
10. Christmas Must Be Tonight (The Band)

PLAYLIST:

The Christmas Stew Part Two	Dec 20 2014	Your Christmas Elf: TDM
Everyday will be like a Holiday	William Bell	A Classic Soul Christmas
Rockin around the Christmas Tree	Dion	Holiday Lounge
Calling to Say	Serena Ryder	If your memory serves you well
Good King Wenceslas	The Skydiggers	Angels
The Christmas Stew Part Two	playlist www.mulliganstew.ca	Coming UP Crowbar and Blue Rodeo
Go tell it on the Mountain	Blind Boys of Alabama/Tom Wait	Last Month of the Year
The Christmas Stew Part Two	playlist www.mulliganstew.ca	tonights guest Jim Cuddy Blue Rodeo
Run Run Rudolph	Crowbar	Single
stay with me	Charles Brown	Charles Brown’s cool Christmas blues
Break	the christmas stew part two	In 30 minutes Jim Cuddy guests
Jesus Christ	Blue Rodeo	A Merrie Christmas to You
Santa Clause Santa Claus	James Brown	Cool Yule
Christmas Lights	Coldplay	Now Christmas 5
Maybe this Christmas	Ron Sexsmith	A Winters Night
Host TD Mulligan	Coming Up Jim Cuddy/Blue Rodeo	Merry Christmas Everyone
Christmas Tears	Eric Clapton	A very special Christmas Live
Christmas Fais Do Do	Marcia Ball	Alligator Records Genuine House Rockin Christmas
Host TD Mulligan	playlist www.mulliganstew.ca	Next Whitney Houston
Joy to the World	Whitney Houston	One Wish
Break	Coming up Next Jim Cuddy Blue Rodeo	A Merrie Christmas to You
Jim Cuddy The Interview	Blue Rodeo	A Merrie Christmas to You
O Come All Ye Faithful	Blue Rodeo	A Merrie Christmas to You
Jim Cuddy The Interview
River	Blue Rodeo	A Merrie Christmas to You
Jim Cuddy The Interview
Home to you this Christmas	Blue Rodeo	A Merrie Christmas to You
Jim Cuddy The Interview
Christmas must be tonight	Blue Rodeo	A Merrie Christmas to You
Merry Christmas from the Family	Robert Earl Keen
The Christmas Stew Part Two	your christmas elf: TDMulligan	playlist www.mulliganstew.ca
Santa’s messing with the Kid	Eddie Campbell	Jingle Blues
Please come home for Christmas	Charles Brown	Cool Yule Old School
Christmas must be tonight	Bahamas	The warm December
Host TD Mulligan	the christmas stew part two	playlist www.mulliganstew.ca
Best Christmas Ever	Julian Moon	Single
Merry Christmas Baby	Elvis	White Christmas
in the morning	The Trews/Serena Ryder	Christmas single
Santa Claus is coming to town	Booker T and the MGs	A Classic Soul Christmas
Merry Christmas..Happy Holiday	Its 7Pm..everybody on board The Loove Train

Mulligan Stew Nov 9th

November 8, 2013

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This week on the Stew…

Emmy Lou Harris

Rolling Stone Johnny Rivers. Greatest Hits.
Fire on the Bayou. The Meters. The greatest Mardi
Gras concert.Ever
Brand New Day. Sting. All this time.
Give it back to you. Bare Naked Ladies. Grinning Streak.
You can never hold
Back Spring. Ton Waits. Orphans
Deacon Blues Steely Dan. A decade of
Blinded by the light. Bruce Springsteen. Live in Dublin
Diggin on James Brown. Tower of Power. Best of james Brown
Calling out to you. Tedeschi Trucks band Made up Mind.
Angel Eyes. EmmyLou Harris. Light of the stable.
Never too late Blue Rodeo. In our Nature.
We exist. Arcade Fire. Reflector.
Wooly Bully. Ry Cooder &Corridos Live at great Am.
Famosos. Music Hall.
Hard Times Blues. Eric Clapton. Clapton.
Got to serve somebody Mavis Staples. Tangled up in blues.
Host. Takes a break. For quick nap.
Lemon Squeezer. Fleetwood Mac. Shrine 69.
Somebody got a hold. Etta James. Best of.
Hold on. Alabama Shakes Boys & Girls.
Death have Mercy. Harry Manx and
Kevin Breitt. In Good we Trust.
Comfortably Numb (live). Van Morrison and
Roger Waters. At the Movies.
All you need is Love. The Beatles Beatles 67-70.
Long Distance Call (live) Muddy Waters etc. Fathers and Sons.

Mulligan Stew August 25th

August 24, 2012

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If you went to the Bonnie Raitt closer concert at Edmonton Folk Fest this year, you would have noticed her keyboard player Mike Finnegan.
Bonnie gave him his own spotlight and he sang like a mockingbird.
I’ve been playing Mike for years now and am so happy he’s still around and finally getting the break he earned years ago,
And THATS why he starts off Saturdays Stew.
On Vinyl my friends.
Lyle Lovett sings a Holiday song – well, it mentions the Holidays. Girl with the Holiday Smile which begins
“I met a hooker at the grocery store”
Brand new Van Morrison music Born to Sing
Tom Waits

New Whitehorse. Radiator Blues
New Scenic Route, Royal Wood
Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) shows up with a down and dirty version of Peter Greens Oh Well on the Tribute to Fleetwood Mac. I’m happy to see that the producers we aware there were two different Fleetwood Macs. The first was by far the best.

LIVE tracks from
U2
Bruce Cockburn
Allman Brothers
Blue Rodeo
Tom Petty
Otis redding
Jackson Browne and David Lindley. This is a very powerful LP. Recorded on a tour of Spain in 2006. The band consisted of some of Spains greatest players.
Check out the remarkable version of Late for the Sky.
Etta James – doing Jimmy Reeds Baby what you want me to do.
Show closes with one of the best singles ever recorded…Mongo SantaMaria Watermelon Man.
TURN IT UP

Artist	Song	Album
Mike Finnegan	Baby, I found out	Mike Finnegan
U2	Angel of Harlem (live)	Rattle and Hum
Bruce Cockburn/Kathryn Moses	Barrelhouse all night long	Waiting for a Miracle (Singles)
Roomful of Blues	Loan me helping hand	Blues’ll make you happy too
Allman Bros	Statesboro Blues (live)	Live at Stoneybrook
Lyle Lovett	Girl with the Holiday Smile	Release Me
Van Morrison	Pagan heart	Born to Sing. No Plan B
Blue Rodeo	Trust Yourself (live)	Just like a vacation
Tom Petty/Heartbreakers	Breakdown (live)	Live Anthology
Whitehorse	Radiator Blues	Fate of the World
Paul Simon	Graceland	25^th Anniversary
Scenic Route to Alaska	Time	All these years
Royal Wood	I want your love	We were born to Glory
David Bowie	Growing Up	Pinups (re-issue)
James Brown	Get on up (Sex Machine)	Best of Vol 2
Otis Redding	Respect (live)	Otis Blue
Ry Cooder	Crazy bout an automobile	Borderline
Jackson Browne/David Lindley	Late for the Sky (live)	Love is strange
Billy Gibbons	Oh Well	Tribute to Fleetwood Mac
Tom Waits	Satisfied	Bad as Me
Etta James	Baby what u want me 2 do	Chess 50^th Ann
Mongo Santamaria	Watermelon Man	Mojo