s of airplay with the Small Town Bringdown video, and they are launching an expanded club tour fronted, of course, by vocalist Gordon Downie, who penned this immortal line, taken from Im A Werewolf, Baby:I lose control, I just cant stop,You look so good like a big pork chop. (Greg Barr)
e different sort of reaction when the band plays U.S. clubs. I used to look at U.S. audiences differently. I think I was giving them too much credit for some odd reason. I used to freak myself out, he said. But a crowd is a crowd. A Friday night in a bar is the same anywhere. (Greg Barr)
Something happens to Gord Downie when the lights go up. The lead singer of The Tragically Hip leaves his mild-mannered persona behind and turns into this shaking, twitching and grimacing apparition, possessed by the soul of the late Jim Morrison. Or something like that. (Greg Barr)
contorts his body into crazed contortions. Often the band will keep a backbeat going while Downie delivers a kinetic rap, on whatever subject seems to mix into a particular song.A bar-owner in Brockville fired the Tragically Hip in the early days because he figured Downie was on drugs. (Greg Barr)
and make some money. None of us really knew anything, he says. I just always liked music, and felt my pride was on the line. I still feel like the guy who just weaselled his way into some band with the attitude of like, I dont know how to sing, but I like to sing. (Greg Barr)
