We did it! :) Helpless beat out all the other songs in the online poll for Great Canadian Tune.
The following article was printed in the Thurs. May 28 edition of the Toronto Star. (It hasn't even been posted online yet, so I kindly asked Bob to re-type it for me below. He's quicker than I am on the keyboard, but I proofread it. :) )
Btw, June 6 is a Saturday so that should make it a bit easier for the most people as possible to attend. I'm going to try to attend myself (unless "real life" interferes). :)
I think we should be proud of our combined efforts. I really think our votes made a positive impact on this happy outsome.
I actually won't be attending the tribute concert at Massey Hall on June 10. My finances have been hit hard with my recent purchases of FITR and the Archives. In any event, I was at the real thing on January 19, 1971. :) (As I may have mentioned once or twice on-list before. ;) )
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Young wannabes to do "Helpless"
(Neil Young gets double props from Luminato in June.)
Neil Young's "Helpless" topped the Luminato festival's nationwide online poll as "The Great Canadian Tune," with 3,701 votes from a total of 19,217. As part of its guitar festival, Luminato is inviting the public to perform "Helpless" in unison at Yonge-Dundas Square in an official attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the world's largest guitar ensemble. That's on June 6 at 4 p.m. with registration at 2 p.m.
Luminato has also released the lineup of songs and performers for the Canadian Songbook event June 10 at Massey Hall that will re-create Young's famous 1971 concert at the venue: "On the Way Homer," Bill Frisell Trio; "Tell Me Why,"Tony Scherr (with Bill Frisell); "Old Man," Holly Cole; "Journey Through the Past," Steven Page; "Helpless," Danny Michel; "Love in Mind," Cowboy Junkies; "A Man Needs a Maid," Stevie Jackson; "Heart of Gold," Colin James; "Cowgirl in the Sand," Kathryn Rose, Emilie-Claire Barlow and Melanie Doane; "Don't Let It Bring You Down," Cowboy Junkies; "There's a World," Issa; "Bad Fog of Loneliness," Roxanne Potvin; "The Needle and the Damage Done," Chocolate Genius Inc.; "Ohio," Carole Pope; "See the Sky About to Rain," Jason Collet; "Down By the River," Harry Manx; "Dance, Dance, Dance," Colin Linden; "I Am a Child," Sarah Slean.
Luminato runs June 5 to 14.
-- Star staff
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Sharry (Up in T.O. keepin' jive alive)
