Join us for an unforgettable evening with multiple award-winning artist Colin Linden on his current RIDE ON tour. As a touring musician for 50 years, this tour marks the beginning of Colin's second half century of touring!
Sunday, June 1, 8 PM. Cover $40
Reservations: 403.269.5581 or
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Colin Linden is a genuine renaissance man of roots and blues music. He’s a singer and songwriter of great skill, an in-demand and prolific record producer (Bruce Cockburn, Tom Wilson, Colin James), a sideman to the stars as guitarist for the likes of Bruce Cockburn, Emmylou Harris, and Robert Plant and Alison Krauss and, for the past four decades, a member of the highly successful trio Blackie and the Rodeo Kings.
Colin’s songs have been covered by The Band, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Keb’ Mo’, and Colin James, and his well-stocked trophy case includes seven Junos, multiple Maple Blues Awards, and a Toronto Arts Award. He was nominated for a Grammy Award for the star-studded A Tribute To Howlin’ Wolf CD and was involved in the ground-breaking O Brother Where Art Thou phenomenon. At last count, the total of recordings on which he has played approaches 400, while over 100 albums bear the “Produced by Colin Linden” credit.
Linden has a well-deserved reputation as a slide guitar virtuoso of real originality, and his riveting slide work can be heard both on albums with others, and on his own sizeable solo catalogue. For Colin Linden, it is all about the blues and the best music.
“Roots music and blues do speak to a lot of people right now,” acknowledges Colin. “Much of the healing and release you get from listening to this music, the power and form of expression, has shown itself to be so vital in these times. It feels timeless because it’s such a raw nerve.”
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