October 17, 2017(2017-10-17) (aged 53) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation(s)
Musician
singer
lyricist
Instrument(s)
Vocals
guitar
harmonica
drums
Years active
1983–2017
Website
thehip.com
Musical artist
Gordon Edgar DownieCM (February 6, 1964 – October 17, 2017) was a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, musician, writer, and activist. He was the singer and lyricist for the Canadian rock band the Tragically Hip, which he fronted from its formation in 1984 until his death in 2017. He is revered by many as an inspiring and influential artist in Canada's music history.[1]
Downie released eight solo albums, three posthumously: Coke Machine Glow (2001), Battle of the Nudes (2003), The Grand Bounce (2010), And the Conquering Sun (2014), Secret Path (2016), Introduce Yerself (2017), Away Is Mine (2020), and Lustre Parfait (2023).[2] His first to hit number one was Introduce Yerself, shortly after his death. His family and managers said future releases are planned, including solo material and unreleased work with the Hip.
^"Canadians mourn singer Gord Downie". BBC News. October 18, 2017.
^"Gord Downie- Albums". Retrieved October 18, 2017.
Battle of the Nudes are credited as GordDownie and the Country of Miracles. In addition to his solo works, Downie collaborated with several fellow Canadian...
consisting of vocalist GordDownie, guitarist Paul Langlois, guitarist Rob Baker (known as Bobby Baker until 1994), bassist Gord Sinclair, and drummer...
Lustre Parfait is a studio album by GordDownie and Bob Rock, released on May 5, 2023, through Arts & Crafts Productions. The second posthumous album...
image file] "Leafs mourn ‘huge inspiration’ Downie". Toronto Star, October 18, 2017. "The late GordDownie helped us remember Bill Barilko". Toronto Sun...
has toured extensively as a part of Feist's band. He played bass for GordDownie's Secret Path album and subsequent tour. Spearin's debut solo album, The...
Yellowknife, backing up GordDownie. This collaboration continued, and the members of The Dinner Is Ruined recorded as part of Gordon Downie's backup band on his...
Hip, and the last album to be released before the death of lead singer GordDownie, as well as their last to be composed of new material. It was released...
by GordDownie and the final album released during his lifetime. The album was accompanied by a graphic novel of the same name, written by Downie, illustrated...
2007-08-01. "The late GordDownie helped us remember Bill Barilko". Toronto Sun, October 18, 2017. "Leafs mourn ‘huge inspiration’ Downie". Toronto Star, October...
In Michael Barclay's 2018 book The Never-Ending Present: The Story of GordDownie and the Tragically Hip, the band's reticence to play the song live is...
Mike Downie is a Canadian documentary filmmaker. The older brother of late Tragically Hip frontman GordDownie, he is best known for his work with the...
album Man Machine Poem (2016) with Drew; and co-produced and mixed GordDownie's album Secret Path (2016). In 2016, he mixed the Sam Roberts Band album...
2016, following an announcement the previous day regarding singer GordDownie's brain cancer diagnosis. A portion of the proceeds of the tour were donated...
songwriter GordDownie, released posthumously on October 27, 2017, ten days after his death. A double album consisting of 23 songs which Downie has described...
often collaborate with other artists, such as Blue Rodeo, Jon Langford, GordDownie, Andre Williams (on the 1999 country-influenced Red Dirt and the 2012...
launch of the Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies. In 2016, the GordDownie-Chanie Wenjack Fund was established to help with reconciliation between...
with an E. On October 18, 2017, the day Tragically Hip lead singer GordDownie's death was announced, "Ahead by a Century" was the single most played...
Ontario in honour of musician and writer GordDownie. The Poet Laureate of Ontario Act (In Memory of GordDownie), 2019 was introduced in December 2017...
Bounce is the third solo album by GordDownie, the lead singer of The Tragically Hip. It was released on 8 June 2010. Downie's backing band, "The Country of...
Away Is Mine is the seventh solo studio album by GordDownie. It was released posthumously on October 16, 2020, and recorded over four days in July 2017...
May 21, 2021. The band's first release since the death of lead singer GordDownie in 2017, the EP consists of six previously unreleased tracks connected...
the months after Mr. Downie's cancer was announced, music writers described him as his nation's unofficial poet laureate "GordDownie, Tragically Hip frontman...
Coke Machine Glow is the first solo album released by GordDownie, the singer for The Tragically Hip. It was released in 2001. Early copies of the album...
various locations including Maui, Vancouver and Toronto. In concert GordDownie joked that the title of the album is actually a typo, and should read...
were written by The Tragically Hip. GordDownie – lead vocals Rob Baker – lead guitar Paul Langlois – rhythm guitar Gord Sinclair – bass guitar, backing vocals...
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