If you thought Tom Cochrane's reign over the nation's rock scene was sinking like a sunset, you're living on the lunatic fringe.
The veteran singer-songwriter who wrote the ode to junior hockey in Big League, who eulogized The Boy Inside The Man, who poured us a drink Down At The Stonecutter's Arms, who got White Hot about a Bird On A Wire on Ragged Ass Road is coming back to Prince George with No Regrets because The Party's Not Over.
Cochrane will be at CN Centre on March 6 for a special occasion he's celebrating all across the country.
"On stage with his reunited Red Rider bandmates Kenny Greer and Jeff Jones, Cochrane will perform Mad Mad World in its entirety with additional fan favourites in the set," said concert organizers.
Mad Mad World, for those who missed the ruckus in 1991, was the volcanic rock album that blew the lid off the music scene back in those days. It rivaled Metallica's seminal Black album and Bryan Adams's ubiquitous Waking Up The Neighbours for the soundtrack of summer, that year. In the dance clubs of the world, where Jesus Jones and Primal Scream held court, there were a couple of rock songs that held their own ground. One was the Nirvana classic Smells Like Teen Spirit and the other was Cochrane's Life Is A Highway which would often get two spins for everyone else's one.
"Mad Mad World remains among the top-selling albums in Canadian music history, achieving rare diamond-certified status on the strengths of such hit singles as the title track, No Regrets, Washed Away, Sinking Like A Sunset, and, of course, Life Is A Highway, which reigned at No. 1 for six weeks in Canada, reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, and went on to become recognized the world over," said the organizers.
The opening act for this retro romp is a country artist that is sizzling with Bow Chicka Wow Wow.
That's one of her songs, and it was up for a Canadian Country Music Award in the Songwriter Of The Year category along with her co-writer Chad Kroeger of Nickleback.
She is Meghan Patrick, and she has already worked directly with the likes of Vince Gill, Gord Bamford, Chantal Kreviazuk and many more, in addition to all the stars who have invited her along for major concert events. Now Tom Cochrane has done so, too.
Tickets to see Patrick, Red Rider and Cochrane go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. at the CN Centre Box Office or online via Ticketmaster.
