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.
Til I'm Myself Again
Blue Rodeo Lyrics
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My confidence went
One day it all disappeared
And I'm lying in a hotel room
Miles away
Voices next door in my ear
Daytime's a drag
Hope that I can get home soon
But the half-finished bottles of inspiration
Lie like ghosts in my room
I wanna go
I know I can't stay
But I don't want to run
Feeling this way
Til I am myself
Til I am myself
Til I am myself again
There's a seat on the corner
I keep every night
Wait til the evening begins
I feel like a stranger
From another world
But at least I'm living again
The lyrics in Blue Rodeo's "Til I Am Myself Again" evoke a sense of loneliness and desperation for finding one's identity. The first verse dwells on the loss of confidence and how it seems to have vanished out of the blue. The melancholic mood is further enhanced by the mention of lying in a hotel room miles away from home, with the voices next door ringing in the ear. The singer seems restless and unable to find inspiration, letting the half-finished bottles of alcohol become a haunting presence in the room.
The second verse captures the dreary routine of the singer's life, with daytime being a drag and nighttime being even worse. There is an unexplained sense of urgency to go home soon, yet the singer is unable to do so. The lyrics suggest an internal battle, a tug-of-war between wanting to escape this state of mind but not wanting to run away from it. The chorus rings out like a plea, an affirmation to keep going until the singer finds himself or herself again.
The bridge is a glimmer of hope, showing that the singer has found a small spot of solace in the world. The seat on the corner is a nightly ritual, a reminder that despite feeling like a stranger from another world, the singer is still alive and living.
Overall, "Til I Am Myself Again" is a poignant song that strikes a deep chord within the listener. The lyrics are raw and relatable, and the tune is emotive, making it a classic for the ages.
Line by Line Meaning
I want to know where
The singer is wondering where their confidence went
My confidence went
The singer's confidence has disappeared
One day it all disappeared
The singer lost their confidence suddenly
And I'm lying in a hotel room
The artist is currently in a hotel room
Miles away
The hotel room is located far from the artist's home
Voices next door in my ear
The singer can hear voices coming from the room next door
Daytime's a drag
The singer finds daytime boring or unpleasant
Nighttime's worse
The artist finds nighttime even more unpleasant than daytime
Hope that I can get home soon
The artist wants to return home soon
But the half-finished bottles of inspiration
There are bottles of alcohol in the room that the artist has been drinking
Lie like ghosts in my room
The bottles of alcohol are like ghosts in the room, haunting the singer
I wanna go
The artist wants to leave
I know I can't stay
The singer is aware that they can't stay in the hotel room forever
But I don't want to run
Despite wanting to leave, the singer doesn't want to run away from their problems
Feeling this way
The singer is feeling lost or uncertain
Til I am myself
The artist wants to feel like their true self again
Til I am myself
The artist wants to feel like their true self again
Til I am myself again
The singer wants to feel like their true self again, as they did before losing their confidence
There's a seat on the corner
The singer frequents a particular seat on the corner of a street
I keep every night
The artist goes to this seat every night
Wait til the evening begins
The artist waits until the evening to go to the seat
I feel like a stranger
The artist feels like they don't belong
From another world
The singer feels like they are from a different world than everyone else
But at least I'm living again
Despite feeling lost and like they don't belong, the artist is at least living again
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: GREG KEELOR, JIM CUDDY
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@richardprasad6139
Blue Rodeo is a Canadian treasure. To add to some of the personal meanings this song has for others, for me this speaks of battling depression, something that too many people struggle with.
The first verse, I've had days and nights that were struggles to get through, far from home, alone in hotel rooms, that feeling in the last line of the verse...The second verse, the first lines are about feeling lost, just sitting and watching life, feeling numb and detached, and the second part is about relationships, the pain of seeing them crumble because you weren't yourself - and I still carry such sorrow for the pain I caused someone special who tried to support me at my lowest...The third verse - my life was a house on fire, a disaster of my own making, and in my depression I felt people were indifferent, but really I had pushed them away...the second part of the verse, and the bridge to the chorus - this was what I told myself over and over again to try and pull myself out.
People get depressed and feel isolate, but suffering from depression is something diffferent...it really is losing control of your life and even if you know whay you need to do, you don't the means to right yourself...
Saw Blue Rodeo only once, when I was in university in Kingston, Ontario in the early 90s. Got stood up by my date for the concert, so I went alone...but they were phemonenal....I was walking up Princess Street later that night when I passed Jim Cuddy, he was just walking on his own, told him thanks for the show, and for his music.
Quality song-writing, true Canadian vintage..enjoying this now in the fall sunshine while sipping on Canadian vintage of a different kind - 12-year old Canadian Club whisky from a bottle from 1978, found in a flea market here in Korea...
@richardprasad6139
Blue Rodeo is a Canadian treasure. To add to some of the personal meanings this song has for others, for me this speaks of battling depression, something that too many people struggle with.
The first verse, I've had days and nights that were struggles to get through, far from home, alone in hotel rooms, that feeling in the last line of the verse...The second verse, the first lines are about feeling lost, just sitting and watching life, feeling numb and detached, and the second part is about relationships, the pain of seeing them crumble because you weren't yourself - and I still carry such sorrow for the pain I caused someone special who tried to support me at my lowest...The third verse - my life was a house on fire, a disaster of my own making, and in my depression I felt people were indifferent, but really I had pushed them away...the second part of the verse, and the bridge to the chorus - this was what I told myself over and over again to try and pull myself out.
People get depressed and feel isolate, but suffering from depression is something diffferent...it really is losing control of your life and even if you know whay you need to do, you don't the means to right yourself...
Saw Blue Rodeo only once, when I was in university in Kingston, Ontario in the early 90s. Got stood up by my date for the concert, so I went alone...but they were phemonenal....I was walking up Princess Street later that night when I passed Jim Cuddy, he was just walking on his own, told him thanks for the show, and for his music.
Quality song-writing, true Canadian vintage..enjoying this now in the fall sunshine while sipping on Canadian vintage of a different kind - 12-year old Canadian Club whisky from a bottle from 1978, found in a flea market here in Korea...
@rickprince3033
Great story, brother thank-you for sharing!
@chadwellington2524
man your interpretation of the song is relatable, music is something special
@lucynault1973
I prefer tequila shotters
@lucynault1973
All the best ever ever
@Allen-iz3tc
Gave me a life again that was gone 😊❤
@alykhanhirani6409
I grew up in England- I don’t know why I hadn’t heard of Blue Rodeo… I absolutely love their music..
@norpkrap
this song saved my life and it came along at a low point in my life the words hit home thanks be to you Greg and Jim seen these guys live so many times from bars >concert halls>fair grounds>twice on the round at the stratford festival theater on the avon never a dissapointment >they capture studio quality live amazing harmony ohhhh yes
@BernDiggityDog
Have ALWAYS LOVED THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Living in Detroit and having Windsor radio on the FM dial brought it and other Canadian treasures into my life, thankfully!!!
@JasonSchmidt-1979
Fantastic!