I taught myself to play so I could be where people danced — Jim Cuddy’s Countrywide Soul

 My favourite line from all the songs I know is, ‘I taught myself to play so I could be where people danced’. It’s from the song Rena, dedicated to Jim Cuddy’s wife, the actress Rena Polley, and is from Blue Rodeo’s 2005 album Are You Ready. ‘I look in through

It’s Been Over 30 Years but, for Blue Rodeo, It Hasn’t Hit Them Yet

 Full interview with Jim Cuddy can be heard by clicking above. Photos by Renée Doiron Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor stand centre stage painted by a single spotlight. Surrounding them is another darkened concert hall, before them the adoration of another audience. 33 years down the road they are still