The band consists of original members Cuddy (guitar/vocals), Keelor (guitar/vocals) and Donovan (bass) plus newer additions Glenn Milchem (drums), and Bob Egan (multi-instrumentalist). Former members include Anderson (drummer), Wiseman (keyboardist), Kim Deschamps (multi-instrumentalist), Mark French (drummer), and Jamie Gray (keyboardist) and Bob Packwood (keyboards).
Blue Rodeo is one of the most successful and well known contemporary Canadian bands, having released 11 studio albums, one live album, a greatest hits collection and a DVD which have sold more than 3 million copies worldwide. In addition, both Cuddy and Keelor have released solo albums. Blue Rodeo members have collaborated extensively with other notable Canadian artists, including Jann Arden, Cowboy Junkies, Burton Cummings, Kathleen Edwards, Great Big Sea, Sarah McLachlan, The Sadies, Ron Sexsmith, Skydiggers, and The Tragically Hip. Blue Rodeo have won many Canadian music awards, including seven Juno Awards (Canada's Grammy) and principal songwriters Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor have been honoured with seven SOCAN awards.
The band released (November 2008) Blue Road a special 20th Anniversary Live 'bootleg' DVD which features an insightful documentary by Chris Mills and an acoustic CD of their 2008 February 29th Toronto Massey Hall concert. The DVD disc features some acoustic covers, including Neil Young's "Are You Ready For The Country", Randy Travis's "Diggin' Up Bones" and Ian & Sylvia Tyson's "Four Strong Winds." In addition, there's a new bonus studio track on the audio CD by Cuddy and Keelor called "Losing You", which is also performed Live on the DVD.
It was formally announced on June 16th, 2009, that Blue Rodeo will be inducted onto Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto in September, 2009.
On November 10th, 2009, Blue Rodeo released its twelfth studio album, The Things We Left Behind, which is a double CD featuring 16 original compositions by Greg Keelor and Jim Cuddy. The release was produced by the band with engineering and mixing assistance from Darryl Neudorf (Neko Case, Jim Cuddy, Kevin Kane, Sarah McLachlan, The Sadies), and the first single to crack the airwaves is "Arizona Dust".
It was officially announced on December 12, 2011 that Blue Rodeo will be inducted into The Canadian Music Hall of Fame, with the formal presentation to occur on April 1st, 2012 at the Canadian Juno Awards.
Blue Rodeo released its 13th studio album on October 29th, 2013 entitled In Our Nature.
Canadian Governor General David Johnston announced on Dec. 30, 2013 that Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor will be celebrated as Officers of the Order of Canada, one of the country`s highest honours, in a ceremony to be scheduled later in 2014.
In the Fall of 2014, Blue Rodeo released their first seasonal holiday collection entitled, A Merrie Christmas To You, which is blessed with their favourite Christmas classics. The collection features beautiful songs by The Band, Big Star, Merle Haggard, Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon, and two moving originals entitled "Glad To Be Alive" and "Home To You This Christmas".
Blue Rodeo released its latest studio album on October 28, 2016 entitled 1000 Arms, which was produced by Tim Vesely and the band. The Warner Music Canada release features eleven new songs penned by Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor, and the first single is entitled "Superstar".
For photo galleries, tour dates and other information on Blue Rodeo you can visit their official website, www.BlueRodeo.com.
Already Gone
Blue Rodeo Lyrics
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Another night just staring at the wall.
Last night's conversation knocked me off my feet
Guess today I'll fall
I wish that we could find the words to look the other way
Be careful of the things we do and watch the things we say
And maybe then we'd get somewhere we'd never been before
But what's the use in fighting when you know you've lost the war.
Walk the streets in New Orleans, shirt soaked to my skin
Through the mess of yesterday's parade.
Thousand times a day I think of calling you again
Come to my senses instead.
And every time we walk away we lose a little time
Pretending to each other now that everything is fine.
I know whatever lies I use to get myself to sleep
I wake up to the promises I know we couldn't keep.
Say you don't see what's wrong
Every night lasting oh so long,
And I know, I do, you're already gone.
I wonder should I get up, would but what's the point?
Oh once something's gone it's gone for good.
Maybe I could look away back to where we used to be,
One more time I wish I could.
Oh, never mind the reasons that tore us all apart
We've both done things I know we can't defend.
What's the use in tracing it all back to the start
There's something missing in the end.
I wish that we could find the words to look the other way
Be careful of the things we do and everything we say
And maybe then we'd get somewhere we'd never been beforeBut what's the use in fighting when you know you've lost the war.
Say you don't see what's wrong
Every night lasting oh so long,
And I know, I do, you're already gone.
Oh I know, I do, you're already gone.
The lyrics to Blue Rodeo's Already Gone paint a picture of a relationship on the verge of collapse. The singer wakes up on a Monday morning feeling numb and unable to speak. He's been staring at the wall all night, unable to come up with the right words to fix the problems in his relationship. The conversation from the night before knocked him off his feet, and he knows that he is going to fall again today. The singer wishes that the couple could find the right words to look the other way, to be careful with the things they say and do. But ultimately, it's too late - they've lost the war and the other person is already gone.
The second verse finds the singer walking through the streets of New Orleans with his shirt soaked through. He's thinking about calling the other person, but he knows that he needs to come to his senses instead. Every time they walk away from each other, they lose a little more time pretending that everything is fine. The singer admits that he lies to himself to get to sleep but wakes up to the reality that they couldn't keep their promises.
In the final verse, the singer wonders if there's any point in getting up, and he wishes that he could look away back to where things used to be. He admits that they've both done things that they can't defend and that there's something missing in the end. Again, he wishes that they could find the right words to make things better, but he knows that they've lost the war.
Overall, the lyrics to Already Gone paint a bleak picture of a relationship in trouble. Both people are struggling to find the right words, and the singer realizes that it might be too late to salvage the situation.
Line by Line Meaning
Oh, Monday morning waking up still too numb to speak
I woke up feeling unable to speak due to the numbness that I felt.
Another night just staring at the wall.
I spent another night staring at the wall without doing anything productive.
Last night's conversation knocked me off my feet
The conversation I had last night left me completely shocked and unprepared.
Guess today I'll fall
I expect to face bad news or negativity today.
I wish that we could find the words to look the other way
I hope we could ignore our problems and focus on positive aspects of life.
Be careful of the things we do and watch the things we say
We should be mindful of our actions and words to avoid hurting each other.
And maybe then we'd get somewhere we'd never been before
If we try to change our ways and attitudes, we may experience new things.
But what's the use in fighting when you know you've lost the war.
Is there any point in continuing a losing battle and causing ourselves more stress?
Walk the streets in New Orleans, shirt soaked to my skin
I walked around New Orleans so much that my clothes were soaked with sweat.
Through the mess of yesterday's parade.
I walked through yesterday's parade and ended up all sweaty.
Thousand times a day I think of calling you again
I can't stop thinking about calling you every day.
Come to my senses instead.
Rather than calling you, I have to come to my senses and handle things wisely.
And every time we walk away we lose a little time
If we're not resolving our issues, we're just wasting time when we walk away from each other.
Pretending to each other now that everything is fine.
We're both pretending that we're okay and everything is fine when we know it's not.
I know whatever lies I use to get myself to sleep
I know I'm telling myself lies just to fall asleep at night.
I wake up to the promises I know we couldn't keep.
The promises we made to each other in the past are ones we know we can't keep.
Say you don't see what's wrong
You say you don't see the problems in our relationship.
Every night lasting oh so long,
Every night feels very long to me because we're not working on our issues.
And I know, I do, you're already gone.
I know that you're already gone, and our relationship is over.
Oh once something's gone it's gone for good.
When something has ended, it cannot be brought back, and it's gone forever.
Maybe I could look away back to where we used to be,
I wish we could just go back to how things used to be before our relationship went bad.
One more time I wish I could.
I just wish I could turn back time and try to make things right again.
Oh, never mind the reasons that tore us all apart
It's not important to focus on the reasons that led to our break up.
We've both done things I know we can't defend.
We both did things that we shouldn't be proud of, and we won't defend them.
What's the use in tracing it all back to the start
What's the point in revisiting the beginning when our relationship has already ended?
There's something missing in the end.
Our relationship was lacking something meaningful, and it's over now.
Oh I know, I do, you're already gone.
I know that our relationship is over, and you're gone.
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Written by: GREG KEELOR, JIM CUDDY
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