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310 | Dale Heslip (Blue Rodeo: Lost Together)

Posted on January 21, 2025March 8, 2025 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 310 | Dale Heslip (Blue Rodeo: Lost Together)

My Summer Lair Chapter #310: How Long Have You Been Lost With Blue Rodeo?

For over 40 years Blue Rodeo’s music has been the soundtrack to our lives.

And with Dale Heslip’s documentary Blue Rodeo: Lost Together we travel with the band through their inconceivable story.

At its core Blue Rodeo was sparked when Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor met in high school. As someone who has worked creatively with high school friends…that intense connection and that formative bond creates an extraordinary dynamic.

As you’ll see in this documentary it’s a friendship and a partnership with Jim and Greg as well as the rest of the guys in the band.

In this MSL conversation with Dale (the director) I point out there are a lot of laughs in the documentary.

After 40 years…after all the struggles and setbacks…after all the success and the songs the boys enjoy each other’s company and making each other laugh.

You gotta treasure that because that alchemy is so rare.

Towards the end of this My Summer Lair episode I quote Tegan & Sara from the documentary. They talk about “re-falling in love with Blue Rodeo” which neatly sums up the sentimental space the band occupies.

Re-falling in love with Blue Rodeo is a wonderful sentiment that accurately expresses the emotional—and often Canadian—connection they’ve canonized for over 40 years.

Dale enthusiastically agrees with me as well as Tegan & Sara.

Prepare to re-fall in love with Blue Rodeo.

“Seeing the documentary live in a room full of Blue Rodeo crazies would be a very cool thing to do. If you’re a fan of Blue Rodeo go to see it in the theater.” So says the doc’s director Dale Heslip to me.

If you can’t make it to limited release screenings Blue Rodeo: Lost Together is streaming on CBC Gem. #SetTheVCR of course.

Behold the Blue Rodeo: Lost Together trailer:

And if you have favourite Blue Rodeo songs or distinct Blue Rodeo emotions comments are below.

Blue Rodeo @ W • T • F

Host Sammy Younan

Recorded: Thursday, January 27, 2025 at 3:00 pm (EST)

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My Summer Lair, Podcast Tags:Blue Rodeo, CBC Gem, Dale Heslip, Directors, Documentaries, Music, Music Documentaries

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