Jim Cuddy
, who was born December 2, 1955 in Toronto, is a Canadian singer-songwriter primarily associated with the band Blue Rodeo. He has also produced two solo albums with the Jim Cuddy Band, which features musicians Bazil Donovan, Colin Cripps, Joel Anderson, Anne Lindsay and Gavin Brown. Guest performers include Cripps' wife Kathleen Edwards, former Weeping Tile member Sarah Harmer, and Wilco's Jeff Tweedy. Conceptual inspiration and photographs for both solo cd's by New York artist/photographer Sally Davies.
Jim was asked to be associated with the Canadian Music Creators Coalition (CMCC), a group that supports music downloading and peer-to-peer file sharing. He declined, and is in fact, critical of the coalition.
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Personal life
Jim is married to Canadian actress
Rena Polley. They have three children: Devin (born 1987), Emma (born 1988), and Sam (born 1992).
His brother
Loftus Cuddy was a
Conservative candidate for the riding of
Toronto-Danforth in the
2004 Canadian federal election. Jim did not endorse his brother's candidacy because he felt the Conservatives were too right-wing.
Jim Cuddy attended
North Toronto Collegiate Institute for high school.
In the 2004 edition of
Canada Reads
, Cuddy advocated for
Guy Vanderhaeghe's novel
The Last Crossing
, which won the competition. In the 2007 edition of
Canada Reads
, an "all-star" competition pitting the five winning advocates from previous years against each other, Cuddy returned to champion
Timothy Taylor's novel
Stanley Park
.
Discography
Albums
For albums of Blue Rodeo see Blue Rodeo
Year
| Album
| CAN
| CRIA
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1998
| All in Time
| 38
| Gold
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2006
| The Light That Guides You Home
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| Gold
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Singles
For singles of Blue Rodeo see Blue Rodeo
Year
| Title
| Chart Positions
| Album
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CAN
| CAN AC
| CAN Country
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1998
| "Disappointment"
| 53
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| All in Time
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"Too Many Hands"
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| 13
| 34
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1999
| "Trouble"
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"All in Time"
| 73
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2006
| "Pull Me Through"
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| The Light That Guides You Home
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2007
| "Married Again" (with Kathleen Edwards)
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| 36
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"Maybe Sometime"
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2008
| "Songbird" (with Melanie Doane)
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| A Thousand Nights
(Melanie Doane album)
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