Gord Downie Track on New Rheostatics Great Lakes Album
Tonight I attended a live listening party for the new Rheostatics album. It took place at the Paradise Theatre and I saw a number of FOTMs from Kevin Hearn to Dave Bidini to Fergus Hambleton to Michael Phillip Wojewoda. I was sitting with Tyler Campbell, Jim Romanko and Darrin Cappe.
One song was the band, with Alex Lifeson, improvising over top a spoken word piece by Gord Downie. The story by Gord stuck with me, and I just found it in its entirety. It's from the Waterkeeper Gala Toronto 2015. You can hear it at this link:
As I get older, my relationship with the Great Lakes depends. I live near Lake Ontario, I kayak on Lake Ontario, I bike alongside Lake Ontario, and I camp by Lake Huron.
It was beautiful hearing this Rheostatics Great Lakes project. And it was lovely hearing Gord again.