Tom Cochrane
, OC (born May 14, 1953) Canadian singer-songwriter and musician, best known for his hit songs "Life Is a Highway", "Lunatic Fringe", "White Hot", "Boy Inside the Man", "Big League" and "I Wish You Well". Cochrane fronted the Canadian rock band Red Rider and has won seven Juno Awards. He is a member of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, an Officer of the Order of Canada, an Honorary Colonel in the Canadian Air Force and has an Honorary Doctorate from Brandon University in Sept 2009 Tom will be inducted into the prestigious Canadian Walk Of Fame which will be telecast on Global Television Network September 14th
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Biography
Early life
Cochrane was born in
Lynn Lake,
Manitoba, to Violet and Tuck Cochrane, a bush pilot. The family relocated to
Acton,
Ontario, when Tom was four years old and later to
Etobicoke,
Ontario. He purchased his first guitar at age 11 by selling a toy train set. Cochrane attended
Martingrove Collegiate Institute in the late 1960s. In the early 1970s, he was performing in coffee houses across Canada. He eventually made his way to
Los Angeles where he found a job writing theme music for
My Pleasure Is My Business
, a
Xaviera Hollander movie. Unable to find steady income from music, Cochrane returned to
Toronto, where he drove a taxi cab and later took a job on a Caribbean cruise liner to help pay the bills.
Red Rider
After meeting at the famous
El Mocambo Tavern in Toronto, Cochrane joined the Canadian Rock Band
Red Rider in 1978 and served as their lead singer and main songwriter for more than ten years. Red Rider included
Ken Greer,
Jeff Jones, Peter Boynton and Rob Baker.
Bruce Allen managed the band from their debut until 1985. Cochrane recorded six studio albums with Red Rider plus a live album, a best of album and a box set. In 2002, Cochrane reunited with his former Red Rider bandmates Greer and Jones and continues to perform with them today. A complete listing of Red Rider's recordings is included below.
Solo career
Already a household name in Canada from his time with
Red Rider, Cochrane launched his solo career in 1991 with the release of the song "
Life is a Highway". The single became a global success and was followed by the release of his "
Mad Mad World" album, which would reach the six million mark in worldwide sales. The albums "Ragged Ass Road", "Songs of a Circling Spirit", "X-Ray Sierra" and "No Stranger" followed. Cochrane's massive body of music and energetic live shows have established him as one of Canada's most-treasured artists.
Today
An avid golfer, pilot and hockey buff, Cochrane lives in
Oakville,
Ontario and spends summers at his cottage/studio on the shores of
Georgian Bay in
Northern Ontario and winters part time at his home outside of
Austin,
Texas. Tom and his wife Kathleene have two daughters,
Cody Deane Cochrane and Evanne. Cochrane continues to tour and perform in Canada where he remains one of the country's most popular live acts.
Honours
Canadian Music Hall of Fame Induction:
Cochrane was inducted into the
Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2003 for outstanding contribution to the greater recognition of Canadian music. The ceremony took place April 5, 2003 at Casino du Lac-Meamy in Gatineau, Quebec. The following night, Cochrane was honoured for his induction in a speech by
Jeff Healey at the
Juno Awards at the Corel Centre (now
Scotiabank Place in Ottawa). Cochrane closed the show by performing a medley of his hits and was joined onstage by host
Shania Twain for the final song, "
Life Is A Highway".
Order of Canada:
In April 2008, Cochrane received the highest honour for a
Canadian Citizen when he was invested as an Officer of the
Order of Canada. Cochrane was honoured for a lifetime of charity work, his contribution to the arts and for being unabashedly Canadian.
Honorary Colonel:
In November 2007, Cochrane was formally invested as an Honorary Colonel (HCol) by the
Canadian Air Force's 409 "Nighthawks" Tactical Fighter Squadron. As part of his investiture weekend, Cochrane experienced his second flight in a CF-18.
Honorary Doctorate:
In May 2005, Cochrane received an Honorary Doctorate from
Brandon University in
Brandon,
Manitoba. In addition, musician
James Ehnes, journalist Henry Champ and actress
Shirley Douglas received Honorary Doctorates from the University at the Spring Convocation held May 28, 2005.
Canadian Music Industry Humanitarian Award:
In March 2005, Cochrane received the
Humanitarian Award at the Canadian Music Industry Assoication's (CMIA) gala dinner in Toronto during the annual
Canadian Music Week Festival.
On June 16, 2009, it was announced that Cochrane would receive a star on
Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto. The induction ceremony will be held on September 12, 2009.
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Charity
Cochrane has been a longtime supporter of
World Vision and has traveled to Africa several times. He has also served as the Honorary Chairman of the SuperWalk for
Parkinsons and has been a proud supporter of
WSPA,
War Child,
Amnesty International, and the
Make Poverty History campaign.
Canada For Asia
: On January 13, 2005, Cochrane and his wife, Kathleene spearheaded a benefit concert in support of
tsunami relief in Asia. 150 Canadian stars appeared including
Anne Murray,
Bryan Adams,
Blue Rodeo,
The Tragically Hip,
Oscar Peterson,
Celine Dion,
Rush and
Barenaked Ladies. The concert, which was produced and televised by
CBC TV, raised over $4 million in pledges.
Live 8 Concert
: On July 2, 2005, Cochrane kicked off the Canadian edition of the
Live 8 benefit concerts in
Barrie,
Ontario performing his hits "Life Is A Highway" and "No Regrets". The Live 8 concerts took place in the
G8 states and in
South Africa to pressure world leaders to drop the debt of the world's poorest nations, increase and improve aid, and negotiate fair trade rules in the interest of the poorest countries.
Discography
Albums
Hang On To Your Resistance-Cochrane
(studio album): Tom Cochrane's debut album
Hang on to Your Resistance
was released in 1974 on Daffodil Records in Canada. The album was released using only his last name, Cochrane. Capital Records reissued the album in 1987. Cochrane produced the album which featured the singles "You're Driving Me Crazy" and "Charlie Was A Dancer".
Don't Fight It-Red Rider
(studio album): The first studio album Cochrane recorded as a member of
Red Rider was titled
Don't Fight It
. The album was released by Capital Records in 1979 and included the band's debut hit "White Hot", written about poet
Arthur Rimbaud and his travels through
Africa. The album also included the single "Don't Fight It" and the fan favorite "Avenue A". "Don't Fight It" sold more than 100,000 copies in Canada and earned Cochrane and Red Rider their first Gold album certification award and was later certified Platinum. The album was produced by Michael James Jackson, who would later produce the rock band
Kiss.
As Far As Siam-Red Rider
(studio album):
Red Rider's second album
As Far as Siam
was released in June 1981 and included "Lunatic Fringe". The song was inspired by a book about
humanitarian Raoul Wallenberg and is about the rise of
anti-Semitism in the 1970s. Lunatic Fringe became Cochrane's biggest hit with Red Rider and remains in heavy rotation on Classic Rock radio stations throughout the U.S. and Canada. The song was featured in the movie
Vision Quest
and in the TV shows
Miami Vice
and
Bounty Hunter
. "As Far As Siam" also included the single "What Have You Got To Do (To Get Off Tonight)". The album would achieve Platinum sales certification for selling more than 100,000 copies in Canada. It was recorded at
Sunset Sound studios in Los Angeles and was produced by Richard Landis & Michael James Jackson.
Neruda-Red Rider
(studio album):
Red Rider's critically acclaimed third album
Neruda
was released in 1983 and included the singles "Human Race", "Power" and "Crack In The Sky" plus the song "Napoleon Sheds His Skin". The opening songs from "Neruda", the instrumental track "Light In The Tunnel" and "Power", have been used to open Cochrane's concerts on several tours. "Neruda" became Cochrane's 3rd straight Platinum album in Canada with Red Rider selling more than 100,000 copies. The album was recorded at Metalworks Studios in Toronto with
David Tickle producing 8 of the album's 10 songs.
Breaking Curfew-Red Rider
(studio album):
Red Rider's fourth studio album
Breaking Curfew
was released in 1984 and included the hit song "Young Thing, Wild Dreams (Rock Me)". The title track "Breaking Curfew" was also released as a single. "Breaking Curfew" became the fourth straight Gold album for Cochrane with Red Rider. The album was produced by Cochrane and
David Tickle at Metalworks studios in Toronto and Startling Studios in England.
Tom Cochrane & Red Rider-Tom Cochrane & Red Rider
(studio album): This self-titled 1986 album was Cochrane's fifth studio album with
Red Rider and the first using his name as part of the band's name. The
Tom Cochrane & Red Rider
album achieved Platinum sales status in Canada for sales of more than 100,000 copies. It included the hit singles "Boy Inside The Man", The Untouchable One", "Ocean Blues" and "One More Time". The album earned Cochrane two
Juno Awards for Composer of the Year and Group of the Year. The album was produced by Cochrane and Patrick Moran at Rockfield Studios in
Wales and Cedartree Studios in
Kitchener.
Over 60 Minutes with Red Rider
(best of album): Released in 1987, this 17-song compilation album was Cochrane's first "best of" package featuring music from the first five
Red Rider albums.
Over 60 Minutes with Red Rider
achieved a Platinum sales award for sales of over 100,000 copies in Canada.
Victory Day-Tom Cochrane & Red Rider
(studio album): Released in 1988,
Victory Day
was Cochrane's sixth and final studio album with
Red Rider. The album included three major hits: "Big League" (#4 RPM Canadian Charts), "Good Times" (#2 RPM Canadian Charts) and the title track "Victory Day". Cochrane wrote the hit song "Big League" about a young hockey player who was killed in a car accident. The album was produced by
Don Gehman in
Woodland Hills,
Burbank,
Vancouver,
Toronto and
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.
Victory Day
sold more than 200,000 copies in Canada and became Cochrane's first Double Platinum album with Red Rider. The album garnered Cochrane and Red Rider 3
Juno Award nominations.
The Symphony Sessions-Tom Cochrane & Red Rider
(live album): Recorded live in concert with the
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra on March 17-18, 1989 in
Edmonton,
Alberta.
The Symphony Sessions
featured many of Cochrane's hits with
Red Rider plus a performance of
Leonard Cohen's "
Bird on the Wire". The concert featured a 56-piece orchestra, including six players who had performed with
Procol Harum at the band's legendary 1971 performance with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. This would be Cochrane's last album with Red Rider before starting a solo career. The album achieved Platinum sales status in Canada, selling more than 100,000 copies.
Mad Mad World-Tom Cochrane
(solo album): Tom Cochrane's first solo album
Mad Mad World
was released in February 1992. The first single from the album, "
Life Is a Highway", became a global smash in late 1991 and hit #1 in Canada. The album earned Cochrane four
Juno Awards including Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year. In addition, Cochrane won two
SOCAN awards and an
ASCAP award.
Mad Mad World
achieved a Diamond sales award in Canada for selling more than 1 million copies in Cochrane's native country. The album also included the hits "No Regrets" (#3 RPM Canadian Charts), "Sinking Like A Sunset" (#2 RPM Canadian Charts), "Washed Away" (#7 RPM Canadian Charts), "Bigger Man" and the title track "Mad Mad World". The album was produced by Joe Hardy and was recorded in
Memphis and at three different Ontario studios: Metalworks in
Mississauga, Hungry Hollow Studio in
Georgetown and at Tom's cabin in
Oakville.
Ashes to Diamonds-Tom Cochrane
(box set): Released in 1993, this 3-disc box set includes rare songs, live performances, acoustic versions and all of Cochrane's biggest hits with
Red Rider and from his solo career. This box set is no longer available for sale and is considered a collector's piece for music fans.
Ragged Ass Road-Tom Cochrane
(solo album): Released in October 1995,
Ragged Ass Road
was named for a road in
Yellowknife,
Northwest Territories and included "I Wish You Well", which became the first Canadian song to debut at #1 on the RPM Canadian Singles Charts. In addition, the album included 3 other Top 20 hits in Canada: "Wildest Dreams" (#5 RPM Canadian Charts), "Dreamer's Dream" (#4 RPM Canadian Charts) and "Crawl" (#11 RPM Canadian Charts).
Ragged Ass Road
earned Cochrane two Juno nominations and achieved Platinum sales status in Canada for sales of more than 100,000 copies. The album was produced by Cochrane and John Webster at Metalworks Studios and Ragged Ass Road Studios.
Songs of a Circling Spirit-Tom Cochrane
(acoustic solo album): Released in 1997,
Songs of a Circling Spirit
was a live CD and multi-media package featuring acoustic versions of Cochrane's most-treasured songs and the hit single "Good Man Feeling Bad". The album was recorded during Cochrane's "Ragged Ass Road" tour.
X-Ray Sierra-Tom Cochrane
(solo studio album): Released in February 1999,
X-Ray Sierra
was a critically-acclaimed solo album by Cochrane that featured the hits "I Wonder", "Willie Dixon Said", "Heartbreak Girl" and "Stonecutters Arms". Cochrane received a Best Male Vocalist Juno nomination for
X-Ray Sierra
. The album was recorded at Metalworks Studios in Toronto and Hipposonic Studios in Vancouver and was produced by Cochrane and John Webster.
Trapeze-Tom Cochrane & Red Rider
(greatest hits): Released by Capital Records in 2002, this 2-disc set included all of Cochrane biggest hits with Red Rider and from his solo career. Two new songs were included in the set: "Pictures from the Edge" and "Just Like Ali", which Cochrane dedicated to his late father and
Muhammad Ali.
No Stranger-Tom Cochrane
(solo studio album): Cochrane's first album for
Universal Music Canada was released in October 2006.
No Stranger
included songs of passage "Didn't Mean", "The Party's Not Over", "Northern Star", "Out of My Head" and a version of
Norman Greenbaum's "
Spirit in the Sky". Former Red Rider bandmates
Ken Greer and
Jeff Jones performed on the album. Recording took place at Metalworks and Layastone. Cochrane produced the album and mixed it at his studio in northern Ontario.
No Stranger
received a
Juno Award nomination for Canadian Adult Alternative Album of the Year.
Singles
Release date
| Title
| Chart peak
| Album
|
Canada RPM 100
| US Hot 100
| US Main- stream Rock
|
1973
| "You're Driving Me Crazy (Faith Healers)"
| 71
|
|
| Hang on to Your Resistance-Cochrane
|
1974
| "Charlie Was a Dancer"
|
|
|
|
1980
| "White Hot"
| 20
| 48
|
| Don't Fight It-Red Rider
|
1980
| "Don't Fight It"
| 75
| 103
|
|
1981
| "What Have You Got To Do"
| 42
|
|
| As Far as Siam-Red Rider
|
1981
| "Lunatic Fringe"
|
|
| 11
|
1983
| "Human Race"
| 29
|
| 11
| Neruda-Red Rider
|
1983
| "Power (Strength In Numbers)"
|
|
| 13
|
1983
| "Crack the Sky (Breakaway)"
|
|
| 39
|
1984
| "Young Thing, Wild Dreams (Rock Me)"
| 44
| 71
| 13
| Breaking Curfew-Red Rider
|
1984
| "Breaking Curfew"
| 93
|
|
|
1986
| "Boy Inside The Man"
| 25
|
| 17
| Tom Cochrane & Red Rider-Tom Cochrane & Red Rider
|
1986
| "The Untouchable One"
| 70
|
| 48
|
1987
| "One More Time (Some Old Habits)"
| 85
|
|
|
1987
| "Ocean Blues (Emotion Blue)"
| 88
|
|
|
1988
| "Big League"
| 4
|
| 9
| Victory Day-Tom Cochrane & Red Rider
|
1989
| "Good Times"
| 2
|
|
|
1989
| "Victory Day"
| 32
|
|
|
1989
| "Different Drummer"
| 67
|
|
|
1989
| "White Hot" (Live)
| 50
|
|
| The Symphony Sessions-Tom Cochrane & Red Rider
|
1991
| "Life Is A Highway"
| 1
| 6
| 6
| Mad Mad World-Tom Cochrane
|
1991
| "No Regrets"
| 3
|
| 7
|
1992
| "Sinking Like a Sunset"
| 2
|
|
|
1992
| "Mad Mad World"
| 25
|
|
|
1992
| "Washed Away"
| 7
|
| 88
|
1992
| "Bigger Man"
| 45
|
|
|
1995
| "I Wish You Well"
| 1
| 101
|
| Ragged Ass Road
|
1995
| "Wildest Dreams"
| 5
|
|
|
1996
| "Dreamer's Dream"
| 4
|
|
|
1996
| "Crawl"
| 11
|
|
|
1997
| "Lunatic Fringe"
| 70
|
|
| Songs of a Circling Spirit
|
1997
| "Good Man Feeling Bad"
| 46
|
|
|
1999
| "I Wonder"
| 86
|
|
| X-Ray Sierra
|
1999
| "Willie Dixon Said"
| 30
|
|
|
1999
| "Stonecutter's Arms"
|
|
|
|
1999
| "Heartbreak Girl"
|
|
|
|
2002
| "Just Like Ali"
|
|
|
| Trapeze
(with Red Rider)
|
2002
| "Pictures From The Edge"
|
|
|
|
2005
| "Christmas All The Time"
|
|
|
| Christmas Single
|
2006
| "Didn't Mean"
|
|
|
| No Stranger
|
2006
| "The Party's Not Over"
|
|
|
|
2007
| "Out Of My Head"
|
|
|
|
2007
| "Northern Star"
|
|
|
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Albums
:
- 1974 - Hang on to Your Resistance
(by: Cochrane)
- 1979 - Don't Fight It
(Red Rider)
- 1981 - As Far as Siam
(Red Rider)
- 1983 - Neruda
(Red Rider)
- 1984 - Breaking Curfew
(Red Rider)
- 1986 - Tom Cochrane & Red Rider
(w Red Rider)
- 1987 - Over 60 Minutes with Red Rider
(w Red Rider)
- 1988 - Victory Day
(w Red Rider)
- 1989 - The Symphony Sessions
(w Red Rider)
- 1992 - Mad Mad World
(solo)
- 1993 - Ashes to Diamonds
(box set)
- 1995 - Ragged Ass Road
(solo)
- 1997 - Songs of a Circling Spirit
(solo)
- 1998 - X-Ray Sierra
(solo)
- 2002 - Trapeze
(best of)
- 2006 - No Stranger
(solo)
Awards
Juno Awards
:
- 2003 - Canadian Music Hall of Fame Inductee
- 1992 - Songwriter of the Year
- 1992 - Male Vocalist of the Year
- 1992 - Single of the Year ("Life Is A Highway")
- 1992 - Album of the Year (Mad Mad World
)
- 1987 - Composer of the Year
- 1987 - Group of the Year (Tom Cochrane & Red Rider)
Junos Nominations
:
- 2008 - Adult Alternative Album of the Year (No Stranger
)
- 2000 - Best Male Artist
- 1996 - Male Vocalist of the Year
- 1996 - Album of the Year (Ragged Ass Road
)
- 1993 - Songwriter of the Year
- 1993 - Best Selling Album [Foreign or Domestic] (Mad Mad World
)
- 1993 - Canadian Entertainer of the Year
- 1992 - Producer of the Year ("All the King's Men")
- 1990 - Group of the Year (Tom Cochrane & Red Rider)
- 1990 - Album of the Year (Tom Cochrane & Red Rider - Victory Day
)
- 1990 - Canadian Entertainer of the Year (Tom Cochrane & Red Rider)
- 1989 - Group of the Year (Tom Cochrane & Red Rider)
- 1989 - Canadian Entertainer of the Year (Tom Cochrane & Red Rider)
- 1987 - Composer of the Year
- 1987 - Canadian Entertainer of the Year (Tom Cochrane & Red Rider)
Grammy Nomination
ASCAP Awards
- 1993 - Pop music award (Life Is A Highway)
- 2007 - airplay award (Life Is A Highway)
SOCAN Awards
- 2008 - Country Award (Life Is A Highway - Raskal Flatts version)
- 2003 - National Achievement Award
- 2003 - Classic Award ("Life Is A Highway")
- 1997 - Pop Music Award ("Dreamer's Dream" and "Wildest Dreams")
- 1996 - Pop Music Award ("I Wish You Well")
- 1993 - Pop Music Award ("No Regrets")
- 1992 - Pop Music Award ("Life Is A Highway")
Television and Movies
- "Lunatic Fringe"- Mathew Modine film Vision Quest
- "Lunatic Fringe"- Smugglers Blues episode of Miami Vice feat. Glenn Frey
- "Human Race"- Miami Vice
- "Not So Far Away"- Keanu Reeves film Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
- "Vacation (In My Mind)"- Baywatch
.
- "Friendly Advice"- Used in a bar scene in Melrose Place
.
- "Ragged Ass Road"- Due South
- "Life is a Highway"- used in the film Cheaper By The Dozen
- "Life is a Highway"- Disney/Pixar "Cars"
- "Life Is a Highway"- American Idol several occasions
- "Life Is a Highway"- Canadian Idol
- "Life Is a Highway"- Nashville Star
- "Big League"- Canadian Idol
- "Life Is a Highwy"- Clash of the Choirs
- "Life Is a Highway"- 2008 "Employee Transfer" episode of The Office
Additional Career Highlights
- In 1985, Cochrane participating in the recording of the Northern Lights song "Tears Are Not Enough" with proceeds to Ethiopian famine relief.
- In 1987, Cochrane produced the Grapes of Wrath's second album "Treehouse". It became their breakthrough album and included the hit song "Peace of Mind".
- In 1992, Cochrane sang the Canadian national anthem before game 2 of the 1992 World Series at Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta when The Toronto Blue Jays beat The Atlanta Braves 5-4 on their way to winning their first World Series.
- In the fall of 1989 Tom made his first of many trips to Africa with the faith based NGO organization World Vision
- In the 90's, Cochrane performed at the Kumbaya Festivals in Toronto. The annual concerts were AIDS/HIV fundraisers organized by singer/songwriter Molly Johnson.
- On September 4, 1995, Cochrane's "I Wish You Well" became the first Canadian song to debut at #1 on the RPM Canadian Pop Charts.
- in 1999, Country singer Chris Ledoux released a version of Cochrane's "Life Is A Highway".
- In June 1999, Cochrane was involved in a light plane crash in Montreal, after his plane's engine stalled just after take-off. No one was injured.
- In November 2002, Cochrane performed his song "Just Like Ali" before the legendary Muhammad Ali during a halftime event at a Toronto Argonauts CFL game at Skydome in Toronto.
- In December 2003, Cochrane traveled to Kabul as the key musical guest for a CBC special called, Rick Mercer's Christmas in Kabul
.
- In 2005, Cochrane released the Holiday song "Christmas All The Time".
- On January 13, 2005, Cochrane and his wife Kathleene spearheaded the "Canada For Asia" benefit concert in support of tsunami relief in Asia. The concert, which was produced and televised by CBC TV, raised over $4 million in pledges.
- On July 2, 2005, Cochrane kicked off the Canadian edition of the Live 8 benefit concerts in Barrie, Ontario, performing his hits "Life Is A Highway" and "No Regrets". The Live 8 concerts took place in the G8 states and in South Africa to pressure world leaders to drop the debt of the world's poorest nations, increase and improve aid, and negotiate fair trade rules in the interest of the poorest countries.
- In 2006, Rascal Flatts recorded Cochrane's "Life Is A Highway" for the animated Disney motion picture "Cars". The song became a major hit on both the Pop and Country charts in the U.S. and Canada.
- Cochrane joined Rascal Flatts onstage to perform "Life Is A Highway" before a sold-out crowd at Rexall Place in Edmonton on February 24, 2007.
- "Life Is A Highway" was also performed on "America's Got Talent" by Jason Pritchett in the Semi-Final round in July 2007.
- In 2007, Score Golf Magazine ranked Cochrane as Canada's best celebrity musician golfer. His close friends Gil Moore of Triumph and Alex Lifeson of Rush were ranked #2 and #4 respectively.
- In December 2007, Cochrane inducted Canadian Superstar Gordon Lightfoot into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Toronto. Cochrane performed Lightfoot's "Early Morning Rain" during the tribute.
- In February 2008, Cochrane and John Mellencamp toured Canada together performing at major arenas as part of a 12-date double-bill.
- At the 2008 Juno Awards, Cochrane inducted Triumph into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. Cochrane's longtime friend Gil Moore is a member of the recently reunited Canadian rock band.
- In July 2008, Cochrane performed a free concert at the Glen Abbey Golf Club in Toronto during the 2008 RBC Canadian Open PGA Tournament.
- In 2008, Cochrane recorded "Old Man" for the Neil Young tribute album "Borrowed Tunes II".
- In October 2008, Cochrane performed his song "Big League" at the Vancouver Canucks home opener in honour of Luc Bourdon, a promising young defenseman killed in a motorcycle accident in June 2008.
- On September 11th and 12th 2009, during Film Festival week in Toronto, Cochrane will be inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame and receive a star on the sidewalk in Toronto's theatre district.
See also
- Canadian rock
- Music of Canada
- List of bands from Canada
- List of diamond-certified albums in Canada
References
- The Stars Align at the 12th Annual Canada's Walk of Fame