Bob Egan, Blue Rodeo and Beyond

About this episode

Bob Egan discusses his musical journey, including his time with Blue Rodeo and Wilco, and shares personal anecdotes from his career.

Former Blue Rodeo/Wilco’s Bob Egan talks about forsaking corporate riches to jump on Wilco’s tour bus at age 38 (on the advice of Johnny Cash and at the request of Jeff Tweedy), touring Norway with Bazil Donovan before joining Blue Rodeo for 17 years, bonding with Gord Downie while playing on the Tragically Hip’s Juno-award winning Bobcaygeon, his upclose and personal interactions with Keith Richards Sheryl Crow Gary Oldman William Shatner, playing on Austin City Limits with both Billy Bragg and Blue Rodeo, playing 2003’s SARSstock in front of half a million fans, and Jim Cuddy’s lessons on fan dedication along with the importance of Blue Rodeo playing absolutely EVERYWHERE! For all things Bob Egan, please go to https://www.bobegan.com/ TORONTO LEGENDS is hosted by Andrew Applebaum at andrew.applebaum@gmail.com All episodes available at https://www.torontolegends.ca/episodes/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Andrew Applebaum

Guest: Bob Egan

Topics covered

• music
• touring
• personal stories
• Canadian culture
• band dynamics

Keywords

• Bob Egan
• Blue Rodeo
• Wilco
• music tour
• Canadian music
• SARSstock
• Gord Downie

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Blue Rodeo, Wilco, Tragically Hip

Books & works: Bobcaygeon

Places: Norway, Austin City Limits

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