In case there was any doubt that Blue Rodeo's Greg Keelor and Jim Cuddy have been writing together a long time, look no further than the Toronto band's new double album, The Things We Left Behind, in stores now.
Turns out the two songsmiths, who met in high school and later formed one of Canada's most respected alt-country-pop bands 25 years ago, both wrote songs independently about the same couple on the new disc: Keelor's Venus Is Rising and Cuddy's One Light Left In Heaven.
But the best part is their different reactions to the news that that information is included on their latest biography.
"It's in the notes? That's unbelievable!" said Keelor, seated beside Cuddy in their Toronto management offices which also houses their longtime studio, The Woodshed.
"I think that's probably not that unique," added Cuddy, more calmly. "That because we operate in a similar circle of friends. If something happens to our friends we're affected by it. ... it's not unnatural to be writing a song about it. But understand that we presented the songs to the people involved to say, 'Is this OK?' "
"If something happens to our friend we're affected by it. ... it's not unnatural to be writing a song about it."
