Jim Cuddy

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Jim Cuddy on the Spencerville Fair stage in 2005

Jim Cuddy (officially James G. Cuddy, born December 2, 1955 in Toronto , Ontario ) is a Canadian singer-songwriter who was best known for the alternative country rock band Blue Rodeo . Over the years he has also released four solo albums with the Jim Cuddy Band until 2018.

Life

Cuddy grew up in a relocating family in Montreal and Brantford , Ontario and partly in the USA. He later attended North Toronto Collegiate Institute High School. He studied at Upper Canada College , where he received a BA in English Language and Literature.

With his high school friend Greg Keelor , he formed a first band called Hi Fis as a teenager . The two musicians and songwriters were after a three year (1981-1984) joint attempt to be successful as musicians in New York City, back in Toronto with Blue Rodeo from 1986 a well-known alternative country rock band. At the celebration of the Juno Awards 2009, the Roots Rock Band was recognized with the induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame .

In addition to intensive studio and concert activities with Blue Rodeo , Cuddy released his first solo album, All in Time , in 1998 , recorded at the Toronto Chemical Sound recording studio. The album featured Blue Rodeo bassist Bazil Donovan and keyboardist James Gray. Like the following solo albums, All in Time contained pieces written exclusively by Cuddy. A duet with Jeff Tweedy from Wilco , ( I'll Make Believe It's You ) as well as guest appearances by friends, celebrity singer-songwriter colleagues Sarah Harmer and Michelle McAdorey were included. Two more albums under his own name with the Jim Cuddy Band also came into the Canadian album charts.

In 2016, Blue Rodeo's 18th album was released , which, like the previous works, only contained sings written jointly by Keelor ​​and Cuddy.

After a long break, Cuddy released a solo album with Constellation in January 2018 , which reached the top of the Canadian album charts a month later.

Cuddy is married to the actress Rena Polley, who is mainly present on Canadian television . Together they have three grown children, two sons and a daughter.

Albums

title Album data Charts Awards
CA
All in time
  • Date: September 8, 1998
  • Label: WEA
38
  • CA : gold
The Light That Guides You Home
  • Date: September 12, 2006
  • Label: WEA
 18th
  • CA: gold
Skyscraper Soul
  • Date September 27, 2011
  • Label: WEA
 8th
Constellation
  • Date January 26, 2018
  • Label: 5 Corners Productions
 1
Countrywide Soul
  • Date May 31, 2019
  • Label: Warner Music Canada
 6th

Singles

year single Charts title
CA
1998 Disappointment 53 All in time
Too many hands -
1999 Trouble -
All in time 73
2006 Pull me through - The Light That Guides You Home
2007 Married Again (with Kathleen Edwards ) -
Maybe sometime -
2011 Everyone watched the wedding - Skyscraper Soul
2012 Regular Days -
"-" indicates releases that did not make it into the top 100.
Remarks
  1. ↑ Too Many Hands reached number 13 on the Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks Charts and number 34 on the RPM Country Tracks Charts.

Music videos

year title Director
1998 Disappointment Ulf Buddensieck
Too many hands
1999 Trouble
2004 Somewhere Else (with Jim Bryson )
2006 Pull me through
2007 Married Again (with Kathleen Edwards )
2008 Songbird (with Melanie Doane )
2011 Everyone watched the wedding

Web links

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  1. ↑ a b biography IMDb
  2. ↑ Jim Cuddy ( English, French ) In: Encyclopedia of Music in Canada . published by The Canadian Encyclopedia .
  3. ↑ National Juno Awards prove it.
  4. ↑ Blue Rodeo makes Canadian Music Hall of Fame . Retrieved September 17, 2012
  5. ↑ Aaron Badgley: Review on AllMusic
  6. ↑ a b musiccanada.com
  7. ↑ a b Canadian Music Charts (with archive)
personal data
SURNAME Cuddy, Jim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cuddy, James G. (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian singer-songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd December 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto , Canada