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21 March 2005

Greetings:

Yes, two messages in one week...!

First of all: apologies. Here's the full information on the
reissues coming out May 5th. The information here is 'in the queue'
for inclusion on the website,and I jumped the gun thinking it was
already there because I thought I 'saw'it. Where did I 'see' it? It
was in the newsletter I sent out in January! The reissued albums
and the new inclusions are as follows:

Sunwheel Dance – Deluxe Edition Reissue
special bonus songs "Morning Hymm" and "My Lady, My Lord"

Circles in the Stream – Deluxe Edition Reissue-
no special bonus tracks, this is the Live at Massey Hall recording.

Big Circumstance – Deluxe Edition Reissue –
contains an accoustic version of "If A Tree Falls"

Moving on...Nancy Bouwma, frequent contributor to The Cockburn
Project sent this review of Colin Linden's CD Release concert at The
Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto, Canada March 19th, which gives new
meaning to the expression,"expect the unexpected"...

We attended Colin Linden's CD release of his best record so
far "Southern Jumbo" (highly recommended) at the legendary Horseshoe
Tavern. As soon as you walk in you notice that the walls are
plastered with pictures of past performers like The Rolling Stones,
Tragically Hip, BB King and a great shot of Bruce Cockburn and
Bernie Finklestein in much younger days. We were admiring the shot
and then went into fantasy mode; wouldn't it be something if Bruce
showed up tonight too, it would make for another memorable night for
sure.

We staked out our spot at the front of the stage, sitting down was
not an option for this show, we knew we would be dancing the night
away. During a trip downstairs to check our coats I heard slide
dobro music coming from a musician warm-up room, I wondered who it
could be.... I tapped on the door and it was Doc Mclean, one of
Colin's old blues buddies from the south. We chatted for awhile and
he informed me that there would be many special guests on stage this
evening. I asked if Bruce was among them and all he said is that he
didn't want to spoil any surprises.

OK, the anticipation is now on a higher level. We knew Colin's show
would be amazing because we had been to the initial release party at
The Rainbow in Ottawa the week-end before this. Doc Mclean was a
great opener, very smooth player with a voice that took you to
warmer climates. Then Colin took the stage along with Richard Bell,
Gary Craig, John Dymond and a young horn and sax player (can't
remember their names unfortunately) Colin's new songs are rich in
rhythm, you can't help but move and you can't help but feel good.
This tends to make everyone around you feel the same way. We met
the nicest bunch of guys, each of them knew the music well and were
as excited to be there as we all were. The first guest to the stage
was Paul Reddick of the Sidemen, Colin has produced for Paul in the
past and Paul appears on Colin's new CD on harp and vocals.

Then I spotted him, Bruce was there in the wings tuning up and
preparing to come onto the stage. When I pointed this out to the
young guy beside me, he could hardly contain his excitement. The
place went nuts when Bruce took his place stage right. I love the
effect this atmosphere seems to have on him, he's always smiling and
laughs easily at all the "BROOOOCE" calls from the audience. He and
Colin share something special between them and it's there for all of
us to see. The band quickly switched to "Bambi and the Deerhunters"
mode. This is playing whatever strikes them with wild abandon, solos
are handed off freely and with great length to each of the talented
musicians. They played some Bambi classics: Sittin in my LaLa, Feel
Good Music and Colin always covers Waiting for a Miracle with Bruce
singing back-up. Bruce played along on some of Colin's new songs
and then left the stage.

This made room for some new guests, Tom Wilson and Stephen Fearing
joined Colin and played some Blackie and the Rodeo Kings tunes.
I've gotten to know these guys somewhat from going to so many shows,
it's always a party when they are around. Bruce was called up on
stage for the last couple of songs, the last song was Feel Good
Music and boy did we! We hung around to talk to Colin afterwards, it
was 2:30 by this time but we were too excited to be tired! I asked
Colin if it was OK to go back stage to say goodnight to Tom and he
said sure. Tom had already left, but Bruce was there packing up his
stuff so I did get to say hello and shook his hand. He was still
smiling away and looks in good health and spirits. Another night to
for us all to remember.

And for your further reading pleasure, there's a great interview
with Bruce, sent in by another 'frequent contributor' from the March
edition of Progressive:

http://www.progressive.org/march05/intv0305.html

That's it for this issue!

Peace,
Suzanne Myers
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