Alrighty guys sorry for the delay. With their fourth pick, Dr. Funke's 100% Natural Good Time Family Band Solution is proud to select, in the category of
Band with the option to move to Canada, The Tragically Hip.
I'll get youtube and stuff up later. Just didn't want to hold the draft back any longer.
Finally got some time to put this up, so here she goes:
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The Tragically Hip is a Canadian rock band from Kingston, Ontario, consisting of Gordon Downie (lead vocals and occasional acoustic guitar), Paul Langlois (guitar), Rob Baker (guitar), Gord Sinclair (bass) and Johnny Fay (drums). The band is one of the most popular and influential bands in Canada, and in 2005 was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.
Although the band is immensely popular in Canada, they have never found mainstream success in the United States. Their most-seen appearance in the United States was on March 25, 1995, when they appeared on Saturday Night Live (performing Grace, Too and Nautical Disaster) with fellow Canadian and friend Dan Aykroyd guest starring, and with John Goodman hosting. In 1999, The Hip were also one of the featured bands at Woodstock '99 held in Rome, New York. When touring in Canada they typically play to sold-out arenas; when touring in the United States they play smaller venues and clubs, or festivals where they aren't the headliner. Performances abroad are usually attended by Canadian expatriates. The band permit recordings of their performances, so an active trading community thrives. The tone and content of much of their music is a paean to the Canadian experience and touches on such themes as small-town life, geography, Canadian history and ice hockey. The historical, geographical and individual references in many of the lyrics are a source of much internet discussion.
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Little Bones:
Nautical Disaster, one of my all time favorites:
Courage:
Fully Completely:
Fiddler's Green:
The Darkest One:
38 Years Old, with Don Cherry and the Trailer Park Boys
And the best Hip song ever...Wheat Kings: