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15 January 2006

Greetings:

Happy New Year one and all. Hopefully this new year will bring the
peace we are all seeking.

This just in from Nicholas Jennings, author of Before the Gold Rush -
Flashbacks to the Dawn of the Canadian Sound, an excellent historical
reference to the early 'life and times' of Bruce Cockburn, the
beginnings of his partnership with Bernie Finklestein/True North
Records and many other noteable Canadian musicians. It's truly 'worth
a read' and though out of print can (I just searched before writing
this) be found in limited quantity through the link to amazon.com at
http://www.cockburnproject.net. However, this press release is about
something equally exciting:

NEWS RELEASE
www.cbc.ca

SHAKIN' ALL OVER—CANADIAN POP MUSIC IN THE 1960S
ON CBC TELEVISION, MONDAY, JAN. 30 AT 8 P.M.

The flower-power decade gave the world a wealth of great music, from
England's mods to America's psychedelic rockers. But the hippie era
also gave us cool sounds from the Great White North. It started with
the folk music of Ian & Sylvia and the rhythm 'n' blues of Ronnie
Hawkins and quickly evolved into a sonic revolution, as literally
hundreds of bands and singer-songwriters from coast to coast began
making noise. SHAKIN' ALL OVER captures all of those freewheeling
sounds, from such legendary stars as Joni Mitchell, The Guess Who,
Neil Young, Anne Murray and The Band to cult heroes like David Wiffen,
The Collectors and Mashmakhan. The two-hour special airs on CBC
Television, Monday, Jan. 30 at 8 p.m.

SHAKIN' ALL OVER takes viewers on a trip back in time to Vancouver's
4th Avenue, Winnipeg's community centres, Montreal's dance halls and
the clubs and coffeehouses that sprang up along Toronto's Yorkville
and Yonge Street. There, in the absence of a music industry, a brave
new sound began to emerge. The special is full of candid interviews
with more than 60 iconic figures like Gordon Lightfoot, Buffy
Sainte-Marie and Bruce Cockburn, who offer illuminating stories about
each other. And, the show features an abundance of rare performance
clips from the period, from Early Morning Rain to Oh What a Feeling.

But SHAKIN' ALL OVER also features some of Canada's brightest younger
stars, including Blue Rodeo, Barenaked Ladies and Sarah Harmer, who
pay tribute to the period. Hawksley Workman tells of being inspired by
Ian Tyson, who wrote his first song, Four Strong Winds, after hearing
"this punk named Dylan." Matthew Good fondly remembers cranking the
volume on Steppenwolf's Magic Carpet Ride. And Sloan's Jay Ferguson
draws a connection between the Canadian bands of the '60s and current
garage-rock favourites. Said Ferguson: "If you listen to records by
The Ugly Ducklings or The Great Scots, they could almost be a hit in
this day, because it's so contemporary with the revival of that sound
by The White Stripes and The Hives."

Along with vintage archival footage from a variety of sources,
including the CBC, SHAKIN' ALL OVER mines contemporary material to
present recent covers of classic Canadian songs, including Diana
Krall's spellbinding performance of Joni Mitchell's A Case of You and
Margo Timmins' and Tom Cochrane's stunning rendition of The Guess
Who's American Woman. This is a music lover's dream: a TV show with
non-stop performances, including more than 60 classic songs.

SHAKIN' ALL OVER is based on the book Before the Gold Rush -
Flashbacks to the Dawn of the Canadian Sound by Nicholas Jennings.
Directed by Gary McGroarty, and produced by Nick Orchard, Randolph
Eustace-Walden and Pierre L. Touchette. Executive producer is Luc
Châtelain. Produced by Soapbox Productions and Amérimage-Spectra.

Support photography is available at www.cbc.ca/imagegallery
For further information, contact:
Helicia Glucksman, Media Profile
Toronto (416) 504-8464, helicia@...

In other news, Bernie Finkelstein, Bruce's long-time manager and
friend is up for a JUNO award in April. Our favorite record company
founder will be honored at this year's JUNO awards ceremony in April.
More about it at:
www.truenorthrecords.com/fullstory.php?news_id=99

We have lots of new entries at The Cockburn Project in the setlists
section thanks to our readership who've been contributing lots of
information about the gigs in Bruce's most recent tour. Thanks to
these contributions, The Cockburn Project continues to grow as a
resource for readers eager to learn more about Bruce's music.

A recent search shows that Bruce will be seen on Canadian TV on
Bravo!Canada Tuesday, January 17th. Read about it here, or check your
local listings if you reside in Canada:
http://www.bravo.ca/television/rehearsalhall/feature.asp

Bruce is going into the recording phase of a new album beginning
January 30th, according to an interview Daniel Keebler, who is the
editor/creator of Gavin's Woodpile, did with Bernie Finkelstein,
Bruce's manager. You can read the interview at:
http://www.brucecockburn.org/media.htm.

That's it for this issue of The Cockburn News. I look forward to
hearing from any or all of you. Much of what we're able to 'pass on'
comes from our readership.

Peace,
Suzanne Myers
editor@...
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