Blue Rodeo performs at Artpark on June 26, their sixth time playing at the outdoor amphitheater since 2007. Opening the show will be Canadian Blues Rocker Colin James.Canadian music will be well represented June 26 when Blue Rodeo and Colin James take over Artpark’s outdoor amphitheater stage next Tuesday, June 26, for Tuesdays In the Park.
Formed in Toronto in 1984, Blue Rodeo has been a crowd pleaser for many years with such hits as Try, Diamond Mine, ‘Til I Am Myself Again, Hasn’t Hit Me Yet, Bad Timing, After the Rain, What Am I Doing Here, Lost Together, Rain Down On Me and many more!
To date, Blue Rodeo has released 15 studio albums, the latest being 2016’s 1000 Arms, released October 28.
The current line-up consists of Jim Cuddy (vocals, guitar ), Bazil Donovan (bass), Greg Keelor (vocals, guitar), Glenn Milchem (drums), Mike Boguski (piano, organ) and Colin Cripps (guitar, backing vocals). Cuddy, Keelor and Donovan have been the core members of Blue Rodeo since its formation.
Next week’s show will be the Canadian Music Hall of Famers’ sixth appearance at Artpark.
Opening the show will be Canadian blues rocker Colin James who will be making his Artpark debut. James has been putting out music and performing all over the world since 1988. Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, James got his break opening for Stevie Ray Vaughan in Regina in 1984 when the scheduled opening act didn’t show. He only had a few hours’ notice to put together a set of blues standards with members from the local Regina band “Flying Colours”.
Vaughan invited Colin to perform with him during the encore, and then join his tour as a permanent opening act. He and his band The Hoodoo Men opened for Vaughan for several tour dates in the United States. According to legend, Vaughan himself suggested the stage name “Colin James”, because when announced over arena P.A. systems, “Munn” sounded like “Mud” (his full name is Colin James Munn).
The six-time Juno Award winner and 17-time Maple Blues Awards winner has 15 studio albums under his belt, the latest being Blue Highways (2016). Such hits include Just Came Back, Sudden Stop, Five long Years, Voodoo Thing, Why’d You Lie, Chicks and Cars and the Third World War and many more.
Over the years James has recorded with such artists as Richard Marx, Long John Baldry, The Chieftains and many others.
Be sure to catch this great Canadian double bill on June 26 for Tuesdays In the Park. Tickets are still available.
Gates open at 5pm, show starts at 6:30pm. Tickets are $12 advance and $17 week of the show. Tickets and info found here.
Who else is coming for Artpark’s Tuesdays In the Park? Check it out:
June 26 Blue Rodeo With Colin James
July 3 Steve Miller Band with Peter Frampton
July 10 Barenaked Ladies with Better Than Ezra & KT Tunstall
July 17 Tedeschi Trucks Band Wheels Of Soul 2018
July 24 Gov’t Mule With Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real
July 31 Brit Floyd: Eclipse World Tour
August 7 Jeff Beck with special guest Ann Wilson of Heart
August 14 Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue With Galactic, Preservation Hall Jazz Band and more
August 21 The Spinners with Dave Schulz & C.O. Jones
August 28 Boy George & Culture Club, The B-52s and Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey
