Education
Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor have been friends since high school. Both attended North Toronto Collegiate Institute.
Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor have been friends since high school. Both attended North Toronto Collegiate Institute.
lieutenant was not until after University, though, that they decided to form a band. Their first band was called the Hi-Fi"s, with Cuddy and Keelor along with Jim Sublett on drums and Malcolm Schell playing bass. The band released a single in 1980 featuring "I Don"t Know Why (You Love Maine)" and on the B side "Look What You"ve Done".
The record was not a big commercial success, though, and when they couldn"t get a record deal in Toronto, they headed off to New New York
Number breakthrough happened in New York, either. However, they did meet up with Bob Wiseman, who would later be their keyboardist in Blue Rodeo.
They eventually moved back to Toronto, forming Blue Rodeo in 1984 including Basil Donovan on bass and Cleave Anderson on drums to back up Cuddy, Kealor and Wiseman. While continuing to lead Blue Rodeo, Cuddy has recorded three solo albums with the Jim Cuddy Band, featuring musicians Bazil Donovan, Colin Cripps, Joel Anderson, Anne Lindsay and Gavin Brown.
Guest performers include Kathleen Edwards, former Weeping Tile member Sarah Harmer, and Wilco"s Jeff Tweedy.