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Pale Rider The Religious Theme Pale Rider is a 1985 American Western film produced and directed by Clint Eastwood, who also stars in the lead role. ... The title is a reference to Revelation 6:8 and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. ''And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.'' The image is not meant literally. Eastwood`s character rides a pale horse, and for the evil ones, his arrival does augur death. But to his followers, a group of miners terrorized by a mining tycoon, he brings life. He is not death, but its conqueror. The Preacher more than lives up to his namesake as he goes about helping the town fight back against Lahood and Stockburn. Preacher's comment after beating one of the villains is, "Well, the Lord certainly does work in mysterious ways." Lahood offers to build a church if The Preacher would join him. The scene is much like the Devil tempting Jesus in the desert. The Preacher replies, "You can't serve God and Mammon. Although the mysterious stranger eventually reveals himself to be a gunslinger, his presence compels the main characters to come to terms with the meaning of love, justice, community, and the fight against Evil. In this sense, his mission in LaHood is very moral indeed. He is a man of God who has come to spur others to define their values and stand up for them. Thanks for looking Richard

Neil Young: Dreamin’ Man Live at Massey Hall (January 19, 1971) In 1971, Neil Young returned to the city he had left behind five years earlier ... when he drove to Los Angeles and wound up a member of Buffalo Springfield ... and eventually joined Crosby, Stills & Nash.... There was supposed to be one performance only at Massey Hall that night, but it was sold out weeks in advance, so a second show was added. More than half the songs Young sang had not been recorded yet, and were new to the audience. The place was packed with fans who were already wise to Young's talent though maybe not as wise as they thought. At one point in the concert, Young moved to the piano and played the introductory bars to a song. The audience began to applaud, recognizing what they thought was to come. Young stopped. "You don't know this song," he said. "I've never played it in public before." That admonition aside, Young worked the audience effortlessly, no condescension, no calculation. He offered a few words of introduction to most songs, filling in details about the origins of the lyrics. He said most of the songs were new. For much of 1971, Young had been recuperating from a debilitating slipped disc in his back (he referred to this injury at the beginning of the "Helpless" take, saying "bending over is not so much fun" after dropping a pick). The year would be the first since 1965 not to see a new studio album featuring the prolific artist. The release of a live album was scheduled for March 1971. It may have featured material from just this show, or from several shows, including the one featured on the first Archives release, Live at the Fillmore East. According to Young, "This is the album that should have come out between After the Gold Rush and Harvest...David Briggs, my producer, was adamant that this should be the record, but I was very excited about the takes we got on Harvest, and wanted Harvest out. David disagreed. As I listen to this today, I can see why." Track Listing (all songs written by Neil Young) 1. On the Way Home 2. Tell Me Why 3. Old Man 4. Journey Through the Past 5. Helpless 6. Love in Mind 7. A Man Needs a Maid / Heart of Gold Suite 8. Cowgirl in the Sand 9. Don’t Let it Bring You Down 10. There’s a World 11. Bad Fog of Loneliness 12. The Needle and the Damage Done 13. Ohio 14. See the Sky About to Rain 15. Down by the River 16. Dance Dance Dance 17. I am a Child Thanks for looking Richard Credit Jack Batten, The Toronto Star

Righteous I have entitled this project Righteous because, according to John Wayne ... A man’s got to have a code, a creed to live by, no matter his job. ... Tom Mix, Gene Autry, The Lone Ranger, Hopalong Cassidy, Roy Rogers (and John Wayne) all had a code or creed that was aimed at youngsters that emphasized hard work, self-reliance, independence, honesty, resourcefulness, physical strength, dauntless courage and a good work ethic. Thanks for looking Richard

Blue Rodeo: Lost Together Strange and beautiful are the stars tonight That dance around your head And I want all the world to know... That your love's all I need All that I need And if we're lost Then we are lost together And if we're lost Then we are lost together Blue Rodeo owes much of its success to the songwriting partnership of Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor. The band’s co-founders, didn’t even play music together until most of their other friends had started their careers. Blue Rodeo’s roots can be traced to the late 1970s, when singer/songwriters Jim Cuddy and Greg Keeler (along with bassist Malcolm Schell and drummer Jimmy Sublett) formed a power pop band in Toronto called The Hi-Fi’s. The group issued one single on the Showtime label, but broke up in1981. Cuddy and Keeler spent the next three years in New York City in a group called Fly to France; this band recorded four demos, including the future Blue Rodeo hits Try and Outskirts. Returning home in 1984, they noticed how all the punks and new wavers had, as Cuddy put it, learned to play their instruments. Cuddy and Keeler recruited keyboard player Bobby Wiseman, bassist Basil Donovan and drummer Cleave Anderson for a new group they called Blue Rodeo. The band debuted under this name in 1985, and played regular shows in Toronto before expanding their concert base across the country. When we decided on a name in 1984, we were living in New York. We felt akin to that scene (performance art with country music) and we wanted to have a psychedelic cowboy name, Cuddy said. Adding to that name is a unique sound. We are a traditional country-rock band, he said. The core of the band is this notion of rock discovering country and adding improvisation. Greg and I have been writing partners since I got out of university in 1978, Cuddy said. We talked about having a band on the way back to Toronto and we’ve had a band in one form or another since then. It’s in my nature. Musicians are not always the most articulate people but music is our common language, Cuddy said. It’s always been very compelling for me to turn something into a song. It’s a very great satisfaction to me still after all this time to create a song that I think has a heart and some truth in it.

Gordon Lightfoot: Troubadour I have only seen one performance at Massey Hall. And it was Gordon Lightfoot. I still remember the night some 40 years later. More recently ... much more recently ... multiple JUNO Award winner, Grammy nominee, Canadian legend and the first-ever Massey Hall Honours Award recipient Gordon Lightfoot returned to Massey Hall with his band for back-to-back-to-back performances as the final artist to perform before the Massey Hall Revitalization Projec...t launched. Sunday’s farewell show of 2018 represented a culmination of some 166 performances by Gordon at Massey Hall. He was backed by longtime bass player Rick Haynes, drummer Barry Keane, keyboardist Mike Heffernan and newest recruit Carter Lancaster on lead guitar. There would be no artist more appropriate than Gordon Lightfoot to play Massey Hall as we close the building to begin the Revitalization of our beloved Hall, said Deane Cameron, President & CEO, Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall. Just like the building itself, Gordon Lightfoot is a Canadian legend, synonymous with Massey Hall. His incredible songs and voice have filled this Hall for decades and there is no doubt that he will continue to inspire audiences when we re-open in 2021.