Second Set
12: Courage (Acoustic)
13: Flamenco (Acoustic)
14: Scared (Acoustic)
15: Save the Planet
16: Poets
17: The Last Reclue
18: Thugs
19: Bobcaygeon
20: Grace Too
21: Frozen In My Tracks
22: Fireworks
23: New Orleans Is Sinking

Encore
24: Now The Struggle Has A Name
25: Blow At High Dough

2009-11-20 – Copenhagen, Denmark (Lille Vega)
2009-11-23 – Eindhoven, Netherlands (Effenaar)
2009-11-25 – Groningen, Netherlands (De Oosterpoort)
2009-11-26 – Utrecht, Netherlands (Tivoli)
2009-11-27 – Amsterdam, Netherlands (Paradiso)
2009-11-29 – Brussels, Belgium (Ancienne Belgique)
2009-11-30 – London, England (HMV Forum)
2009-12-02 – Manchester, England (Academy 3 Manchester)
2009-12-03 – Glasgow, Scotland (The Garage)
2009-12-04 – Dublin, Ireland (The Village)

Second Set
12: Thompson Girl (Acoustic)
13: Coffee Girl (Acoustic)
14: Ahead By A Century
15: Nautical Disaster
16: Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park
17: In View
18: The Exact Feeling
19: Springtime In Vienna
20: Morning Moon
21: Grace, Too
22: Frozen In My Tracks
23: My Music At Work

Encore
24: The Dark Cancuck
25: Locked In The Trunk Of A Car

A big wine fan, the Tragically Hip’s bassist Gord Sinclair talks to us about the many similarities in wine and music as arts and industries. Gord tells us how his music got him into wine; about being offered a wine label for The Hip; and we get a wine and food pairing for my favorite Tragically Hip song. We discuss how music writers are a lot like wine writers and Gord gives us the back story on a couple of the Hip’s biggest hits. Read some more and watch the video…

He’s a big wine fan, part of one of Canada’s greatest rock bands, and a Kingston resident; we couldn’t think of anybody better to interview about wine, music and art. If I hadn’t known who he was, noticed the shelves full of awards, Geminis and medals from the Queen in his basement studio, I wouldn’t have guessed that somebody so down to earth is such a big deal in the music industry; a real class act.

We brought over a few bottles of great wine and picked Gord’s brain on how music and wine are similar as arts. What was going to be a fairly brief interview turned into an evening of drinking wine and getting far more insights on wine and music than we had expected. Wine and music both seem to reflect the polarized production of the industrial, high volume, designed-to-top-charts-and-please-everyone arts, through to the personal, small-scale, boutique, representations of the land and winemaker or musician. We learn how Gord first got into wine, how the Tragically Hip were offered their own wine label and how similar wine critics are to music critics, comparing Rolling Stone or Spin magazine to the Wine Spectator or Robert Parker.

Completely unwine-related, Gord gave us the real stories on the curious, highly enchanting lyrics from a couple of our favorite Hip songs and we even went as far as to get a wine, food and music pairing for my favorite Tragically Hip song…Long Time Running. For the record, a sunny summer afternoon song such as that is best matched with a bottle of crisp cold Louis Jadot Bourgone Chardonnay and citrusy pan-seared scallops.

A very large thanks goes out to Gord for taking the time to drink some delicious wine with us and to chit chat about music and wine. It was a fun night and we certainly hope to repeat in the future. Enjoy the video and try the wines yourself!

Andrew Rastapkevicius

NPR.org, June 8, 2009 – For two decades, The Tragically Hip has built a reputation for smart, moody, folk-tinged rock music, in the process winning a huge grassroots audience in its native Canada. The band has long followed the adage, “Write what you know,” lacing its tales of everyday life with striking images of Canada’s environs and culture.

Both are abundant in “The Last Recluse,” a gorgeous ballad from The Tragically Hip’s latest album, We Are the Same. Referencing the graceful and cantankerous bird bearing the country’s name, as well as the sculpture gracing the Canadian $20 bill (Bill Reid’s “The Spirit of Haida Gwaii, the Black Canoe”), the group imbues what could be a stock tale of crumbling romance with lovely, poetic ambiguity.

Singer Gordon Downie has a voice unburnished by any kind of gravelly gruffness; instead, its clean, pure attack strikes a balance between dryness and sweetness. As guitars, keyboard, mandolin and accordion converge, he fires off questions that may never be resolved: “Who are you? The last recluse?” “The last Canada goose?” “What will I do without you?” The song closes with a layered, wordless chorus of voices, while Downie exits with a series of exclamations — “Who are you?” — that feel like mournful, unanswered bird calls ringing across the water.

Name: TTH: 2009-06-06 – Lewiston, NY
Size: 863.50 MB
Category: SHN/FLAC: Concerts
Uploaded by: chrisk

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2009-06-06
The Tragically Hip
ArtPark – Main Stage
Lewiston, NY

Recorded with Church Audio CA-11 Cardioids > Church Audio CA-9100 Preamp > Tascam DR-1
Recorded by Chris Kirkpatrick
Mics at soundboard, 6′

Lineage: DR-1 > iMac > Amadeaus (amplify and resample) > Fission (track splitting) > xACT (FLAC)

First Set:
01: The Last Recluse
02: In View
03: Coffee Girl
04: Twist My Arm
05: Morning Moon
06: It Can’t Be Nashville Every Night
07: New Orleans Is Sinking
08: Bobcaygeon
09: Queen Of The Furrows
10: At The Hundredth Meridian
11: Love Is A First
12: Tiger The Lion

Second Set:
13: The Bear (Acoustic)
14: Fireworks (Acoustic)
15: Wheat Kings (Acoustic)
16: The Depression Suite
17: Springtime In Vienna
18: Fully Completely
19: Yawning Or Snarling
20: Inevitability Of Death
21: Now The Struggle Has A Name
22: Nautical Disaster
23: Little Bones

Encore:
24: Frozen In My Tracks
25: Blow At High Dough

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(Thanks to Shane Kroeker for the post idea…)

Second Set:
13: The Bear (Acoustic)
14: Fireworks (Acoustic)
15: Wheat Kings (Acoustic)
16: The Depression Suite
17: Springtime In Vienna
18: Fully Completely
19: Yawning Or Snarling
20: Inevitability Of Death
21: Now The Struggle Has A Name
22: Nautical Disaster
23: Little Bones

Encore:
24: Frozen In My Tracks
25: Blow At High Dough

Second Set
12: Boots Or Hearts (Acoustic)
13: Flamenco (Acoustic)
14: Scared (Acoustic)
15: Save The Planet
16: Poets
17: The Last Recluse
18: Pigeon Camera
19: Courage
20: Grace, Too
21: Queen Of The Furrows
22: Fireworks
23: My Music At Work

Encore
24: Now The Struggle Has A Name
25: New Orleans Is Sinking