Met Downie in 1990 when his band, Skydiggers, opened for The Tragically Hip forĪ few shows – co-wrote song and played guitar on Away Is Mine, as he hadĭone on almost all of Downie’s solo albums. Them, it just felt like it was a nice contrast.” Also, he adds, including theseĪcoustic versions gives listeners “insight into Gord’s writing process.” Process I asked for the acoustic mixes, just really to have them as a keepsakeįor myself,” Finlayson says, “ once we listened to them and lived with Just trust what’s coming through and get it down.”Īway Is Mine is unusual in that it contains both acousticĪnd electric versions of each of the ten songs. Time was Astral Weeks, which I think was recorded in fiveĭays,” Patrick Downie says, “so it was always a goal of his to be able to work This approach may not have been so much a result of Downie’s illness as it was Planning, recording Away Is Mine took just four days. Prepared,” Finlayson says, though he adds that this actually was typical for the Studio, Finlayson says they did have to take Downie’s condition intoĬonsideration – “His illness affected his short-term memory, in particular” –īut they found ways to mitigate this. This template of writing some songs together,” he says. Tuning that Gord used a lot, we discussed the idea of using this tuning as “The whole premise of the record was based on this open C Health at the time, Finlayson recalls that creating the songs for Away Is On us, and we just wanted to make sure as many people got the chance to hear Was because Downie’s family and friends “really wanted this record to come outĪt a time when it would get heard, because we know the impact and effect it had Gap between this album’s recording and its release, Patrick Downie says this done Now, with the time that’s passed, I think itįeels very rewarding to be sharing this gift that Gord left the world.” Releasing Away Is Mine, Finlayson says, “serves asĪ real opportunity to grieve Gord. Musical collaborator Josh Finlayson (who worked on Away Is Mine) discussed Now, that recording session will be released as a doubleĪlbum, Away Is Mine, on October 16 (via Arts & Crafts).Ĭonference call from Canada, Downie’s younger brother Patrick Downie and his longtime
Diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor, Downie passed away just Went into the studio in July 2017, he knew he was likely recording his finalīatch of songs. One of the most iconic Canadian musicians of the last 30 years. The Tragically Hip and as a solo artist, singer-songwriter Gord Downie became
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