(But) we're going to get it fixed and we got the guy to do it, to start, to help."Ībout two months later, Downie released the multimedia solo project "Secret Path," which recounted the life of 12-year-old Chanie Wenjack, who died in 1966 after running away from a residential school in northern Ontario. It's maybe worse than it's ever been, so it's not on the improve. "He cares about the people way up North, that we were trained our entire lives to ignore, trained our entire lives to hear not a word of what's going on up there. "We're in good hands, folks, real good hands," Downie said in reference to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Gord Downie leads The Tragically Hip through a concert in Vancouver, Sunday, July 24, 2016. The Canadian Press/Jonathan Hayward In the aftermath of the shocking May 2016 announcement that Downie had been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer the band said it would mount a tour - which many assumed would be the Hip's last. The last chapter of his career found Downie using his time in the spotlight to focus more attention on the issues facing Indigenous communities in Canada. So my function in anything I do is to help bring people closer in." That stuff doesn't interest me and I don't even know if I could write that if I tried because I don't really feel it.
"Nor have I written any pro-Canada lyrics, any kind of jingoistic, nationalistic cant. "I haven't written too many political lyrics," he said in an interview with The Canadian Press in 2014. Tears roll down Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's face as he speaks about Tragically Hip singer Gord Downie before caucus on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa on Wednesday, October 18, 2017. While the Hip was frequently described as quintessentially Canadian, Downie had dismissed the suggestion that he set out to celebrate his homeland in song No one."ĭownie, one of Canada's most revered singer-songwriters, penned a steady stream of 1990s rock radio staples including "New Orleans Is Sinking," "Blow at High Dough," "Courage (For Hugh MacLennan)," "Ahead By a Century" and "Bobcaygeon." While Hip albums released in the 2000s didn't produce nearly as many hits, the band hung on to its unofficial status as Canada's favourite rock band. No one worked harder on every part of their life than Gord. At home, he worked just as tirelessly at being a good father, son, brother, husband and friend. "As a musician, he lived 'the life' for over 30 years, lucky to do most of it with his high school buddies. "Gord said he had lived many lives," said the statement, which was attributed to the Downie family. Downie spent the last chapter of his life raising funds for brain cancer research and advocating for the rights of Canada's Indigenous Peoples.
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