But more so, I thought about the irony of a beloved frontman with terminal brain cancer singing that line for the last time in front of his hometown crowd, because at that moment, for Gord, courage came at the best time. Thanks Gord. It couldn’t come at a worst time,” and how very true it was for me that night in Spokane. She mentioned nothing about my stupid stunt but instead asked, “Did they hurt you?” We married two years later.Īs I watched the Hip’s final show in 2016, I thought about that one line I sang with Gord, “Courage. She was the way Jenny always is, the way she has been since the day I met her: kind. Somehow she knew I had done this “for her,” but she was neither impressed nor unimpressed. While my friends and the girl I was trying to impress were together celebrating the band’s encore and the end of an epic day, I was drinking beer alone.Īfter the show, my friends found me. I found my way back to the Brass Rail and sat at a small round table. The three of them hustled me down a long hallway into the bowels of the building, and, just like in the movies, they used my head to open the loading dock doors and tossed me out into the alley, right beside the dumpster. I heard Gord say, “Whoa, that guy scared me.” The crowd cheered.īack stage a theatre guy in a blazer with one of those FBI things in his ear grabbed me by the scruff.
My head snapped back when a couple roadies yanked me from the mic and hustled me off stage into the wings. The band was playing “Courage” when I arrived at guitarist Paul Langlois’s mic and began singing harmony. Photo: Donald Weber / Getty Images The lead singer of the Tragically Hip, passed away on Tuesday (October 17) at the age of 53, leaving behind his four children, and their mother. With Gord Downie, Paul Langlois, Gord Sinclair, Bobby Baker. With the finesse of The Great One, I head-bobbed right and deked left and bounded right past him, four feet onto the stage and headed for the closest microphone. Long Time Running: Directed by Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier. With a smile I pointed to front row centre, as if saying, “Don’t mind me I’m just returning to my seat.” He bought it and directed his attention elsewhere. As I approached, one security guy eyed me and moved in my direction.
In front of the stage, all facing the audience, was the security detail. The band was killing it, and the crowd was on its feet. As of this writing, his cause of death has not been announced but it’s safe to assume that the brain tumor finally took him. Without saying a word to the group, I left my seat and made my way to the ground floor of the theatre. Gord Downie passed away October 17 th, surrounded by friends and family. I blame it on too much bourbon, the giddiness of adoring someone new, and just plain trying way too fucking hard. I can only say that this happened before I bought a guitar, before I had any aspirations of performing, and before I knew how distracting and scary this kind of behaviour can be for a performer. Today, as a performer, I really hate that I did what I’m about to tell you. During the Hip show, up in the second balcony of the Met, I got the half-baked idea that a sure fire way to impress her would be to sing with the band. I had fallen in love with Jenny that year, but being someone who always felt awkward around women, I could never summon the courage to relay that message. We arrived in Spokane early, hit the Brass Rail – a local bar – where we downed a few quick rounds of drinks and then headed for the venue. In our hands, we held tickets to the Tragically Hip. I and five other university friends (one of whom would become my wife) departed Lethbridge headed south for the US border. See detailed result below.Full disclosure: I may have been drinking. Gordon Downie next B'Day will be after 6 Months, 4 Days, Gordon Downie was born on Thursday and have been alive for 19,612 days, Gordon Downie was 53 Years, 8 Months, 11 Days old. The Tragically Hip, the Country of Miracles, The Sadies October 17, 2017, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Gord Downie’s income source is mostly from being a successful Writer. So, how much is Gord Downie worth at the age of 53 years of age. 2017) Gord Downie income His net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-2021. February 6, 1964, Amherstview, Ontario, Canada Who Is Gord Downie’s Wife His wife is Laura Leigh Usher (m.
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