[klaatumail] Re: Klaatu and Tom Cochrane
- From: "paul jackson" <klaatu1701@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:50:37 -0500
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From: "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <klaatumail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 2:34 PM
Subject: [klaatumail] Re: Klaatu and Tom Cochrane
> At Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:51:25 Dave wrote:
>>
>> > my Klaatu question is how many songs did Klaatu back up Cochrane on,
>> and which ones were they?
>>
>> One song. "Sail On" - available on a promo 45 seen here:
>> http://www.klaatu.org/graphics/CAN-1216-1072-Aside-Promo.jpg
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> Weird that this has come up. Another fan just offered me $175 USD for my
> copy of this single. Alas, I sold it to Paul Jackson earlier this year
> (for a much more reasonable amount of money!)
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> Woloschuk claims no recollection of the session; but I did an interview
> with Cochrane back in 1999 for my music Encyclopedia and he claims it was
> all three of them. The recording seems to be the proof -- the harmonies
> are VERY "California Jam" -- a trait that would intimate JW's involvement.
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> And the reason Klaatu was only on ONE track was that it was Cochrane's
> last song recorded for Daffodil -- it was a radio single to see if there
> was life left in Tom's attempt to be a singer-songwriter. Daffodil's Frank
> Davies let him out his deal after two solo albums and a fistful of failed
> singles. Cochrane ended up driving a cab from 1976 through 1979 to make
> ends meet.
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> He would later have his revenge fronting Red Rider and then, of course,
> writing the 5 million selling song "Life Is A Highway" (TWICE! Once as a
> solo release, and again when Rascal Flatts covered it for the Disney/Pixar
> film "Cars")
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> Tom's bassist for Red Rider is Jeff Jones...also an alumni of Bullseye
> Records.
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