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Canada’s Best Music – 5 Songs At A Time – Part 28
Heavy on the classic stuff again. Canada did have a thriving cottage industry in music during the 70’s and 80’s. There is also another trivia answer in here somewhere.
1. Five Man Electrical Band
“I’m a Stranger Here”
Another song from the group that brought us “Signs”.
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2. Idle Eyes
“Tokyo Rose”
Another 80’s group that enjoyed moderate success in Canada, especially with this tune. They won a Juno for most promising new group in 1985.
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3. Indio
“Big Hard Sun”
The trivia question. Eddie Vedder covered this tune from Canadian singer-songwriter Indio. Indio (Gordon Peterson) released 1 album in his career titled “Big Harvest” in 1989. This was a hit in Canada and became worldwide after Eddie covered it.–
4. Crash Vegas
Pocahontas
Kind of a depressing song from a very good band. This song was released in 1994.
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5. Ron Hynes
“Sonny’s Dream“
Canadian folk singer Ron Hynes hit gold in 1976 with the Sonny’s Dream. The song has become a standard and has been recorded by a multitude of artists around the world, The version here is a live duet with Alan Doyle of the group Great Big Sea.