Stuck In Thee Garage #196: October 20, 2017

Seems as though these days the rock n' roll deaths are hitting us faster and furiouser. Just when we come to grips with Grant Hart, Charles Bradley dies. Then Tom Petty. And then this week, Gord Downie passed away of complications from brain cancer. Downie's death hit me particularly hard because I've been a fan of him and the Tragically Hip since '89 when I first heard the single "Blow at High Dough" from their first full-length, Up to Here. Last year, the band announced Downie had cancer and went on a farewell tour of Canada, culminating in an emotional farewell show in the band's hometown of Kingston, Ontario last August. We knew it was coming, but his death was still a shock and utterly heartbreaking.

This week on Stuck In Thee Garage, I pay tribute to Downie in hour 2 with a combination of Hip, solo and rare tracks. He left an exceptional body of work for us to enjoy, including one final album he recorded with Kevin Drew of Broken Social Scene that will be out next week. R.I.P., Gord.

This playlist wears a Canadian tuxedo:

Hour 1
Artist - Song/Album
St. Vincent - Pills/Masseduction
Worriers - The Possibility/Survival Pop
Versing - Body Chamber/Nirvana
Superchunk - Break the Glass/Single
Deer Tick - Jumpstarting/Deer Tick, Vol. 2
Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile - Fear is a Forest/Lotta Sea Lice
EMA - Always Bleeds/Exile in the Outer Ring
Wet Trident - Eclectic Boogaloo/Double Exposure
Lubec - Many Worlds/Concentration
Lubec - Hard Potential/Cosmic Debt
Wolf Parade - Flies on the Sun/Cry Cry Cry
Infinity Girl - Anything/Somewhere Nice, Someday
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Falling Apart So Slow/The Echo of Pleasure
Great Grandpa - Grounded/Plastic Cough

Hour 2: Gord
The Tragically Hip - My Music at Work/Music@Work
Gord Downie and Andrew Cash - Hey Maria/Live at Kumbaya '93
Gord Downie - Haunt Them, Haunt Them, Haunt Them/Secret Path
Gordon Downie - Yer Possessed/Coke Machine Glow
The Tragically Hip with Sarah McLachlan - Emergency/Unreleased from Day for Night sessions
The Tragically Hip - Heaven is a Better Place Today/In Between Evolution
The Tragically Hip - It's a Good Life if You Don't Weaken/In Violet Light
Gord Downie and the Sadies - It Didn't Start to Break My Heart Until This Afternoon/And the Conquering Sun
Gordon Downie - Figment/Battle of the Nudes
The Tragically Hip - New Orleans is Sinking/killerwhaletank/Live in Los Angeles 5/3/91
The Tragically Hip - Cordelia/Road Apples
Gordon Downie - Canada Geese/Coke Machine Glow
The Tragically Hip - Boots or Hearts/Live in Kingston, Ontario 8/20/16
The Tragically Hip - Fiddler's Green/Road Apples