For 40 years, Blue Rodeo has been making music that’s been the soundtrack to Canada. Formed by singer/songwriters/guitarists/longtime friends Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1984, the band has released 16 studio albums and toured across the Great White North countless times.
For so many Canadians, including me, seeing the Keelor/Cuddy credit beside a song is our country’s answer to Lennon/McCartney, dynamic duos who brought the best out of each other. And like John and Paul, Greg and Jim have also done it on their own; but the beauty of the music they make together is something special.
Blue Rodeo: Lost Together, directed by longtime band friend and creative associate Dale Heslip, is a new 88-minute documentary that serves as the origin story of Jim and Greg’s friendship while exploring the band’s creation and its successes and challenges over four-plus decades. For someone like me, who was a teenager through most of the 1990s, Blue Rodeo was part of the soundtrack of my life. Listening to Lost Together, Five Days In July, and Nowhere To Here takes me back to the most formative of moments: intense romances, basement jam sessions, and lots and lots of Blue Rodeo concerts, including a few where my friends and I were welcomed backstage to hang out with the band.
I was lucky enough to chat with Dale Heslip and Blue Rodeo’s Jim Cuddy about Blue Rodeo: Lost Together, which has its theatrical premiere at Toronto’s Hot Docs this Friday and Saturday and then screens across Canada at various Cineplex Odeon theatres Sunday and Monday. We discuss how the film came together, the impact of Toronto on the band, and much much.
Blue Rodeo: Lost Together Screenings
Hot Docs Cinema
Tickets
February 1, 2025 – 8:00 pm (Sold Out)
Post Screening Q+A:
Special Guest Host Erica Ehm interviews Dale Heslip, Jim Cuddy, Greg Keelor
February 2, 2025 – 4:30pm
**Additional New Screening Added**
February 22, 2025 – 12:00 pm
Cineplex Cinemas February 2 + 3
Tickets
Toronto -Cineplex Odeon Eglinton Town Centre Cinemas
Vaughan – Cineplex Cinemas Vaughan
Ajax -Cineplex Odeon Ajax Cinemas
Burlington -SilverCity Burlington Cinemas
Barrie – Galaxy Cinemas Barrie
Guelph -Galaxy Cinemas Guelph
London -SilverCity London Cinemas
Sudbury -SilverCity Sudbury Cinemas
Ottawa -Cineplex Odeon South Keys Cinemas
Thunder Bay -SilverCity Thunder Bay Cinemas
Halifax -Cineplex Cinemas Park Lane
Winnipeg -Cineplex Odeon McGillivray Cinemas and VIP
Saskatoon – Scotiabank Theatre Saskatoon and VIP
Calgary – Scotiabank Theatre Chinook
Vancouver – Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas
Thanks to Jim Cuddy and Dale Heslip for their time and to everyone at GAT PR for making the interview happen.
