Rheostatics – with love from their friends

Tonight on CFNY, Dave Bookman let the Rheostatics in on a little secret that Dave Ullrich of Zunior & The Inbreds has been keeping for the past few months.

Ullrich has been quietly gathering together musician who were inspired and helped by the spirit and work of Dave Bidini, Martin Tielli, Tim Vesely, and their drummers Dave Clark, Don Kerr, & Michael Phillip-Wojewoda. The bands worked on a short timeline to record a tribute album as personal thanks to the Rheos. The album – The Secret Sessions – was released this evening as part of the run up to what many fans consider to be the Rheostatics farewell show on March 30th at Massey Hall in Toronto.

Mike O’Neill joined up with Dave to reunite The Inbreds while Sarah Harmer and Luther Wright reformed Weeping Tile especially for this disc.

Tracks recorded especially for this Rheostatics tribute are as follows:

1. The Weakerthans – Bad Time To Be Poor from the album The Blue Hysteria
2. Stephen Stanley & Carla MacNeil – Take Me In Your Hand from the album Introducing Happiness
3. Weeping Tile with Chris Brown – Public Square from the album Greatest Hits
4. The Wooden Stars – Saskatchewan from the album Melville
5. The Inbreds – Dopefiends and Boozehounds from the album Whale Music
6. King Cobb Steelie – Seven Stars Remix a reworking of Night Of The Shooting Stars and Music Inspired By The Group Of 7
7. Barenaked Ladies with Tim Mech and Jason Plumb – Legal Age Life At The Variety Store from the album Whale Music
8. The Golden Seals – Loving Arms from the album Harmelodia
9. Cuff The Duke – Claire from the album Introducing Happiness
10. Kate Fenner and Tony Scherr – Stolen Car from the album Double Live
11. By Divine Right – Shaved Head from the album Whale Music
12. Dylan Hudecki – Satan Is The Whistler from the album Night Of The Shooting Stars
13. The Local Rabbits – Record Body Count from the album Melville

I was fortunate enough to play a very tiny bit part in this project. You’ll have to buy a copy of the DRM-FREE MP3 download to find out what it was. All proceeds from digital sales of this album will go to a charity designated by the Rheostatics. Go to Zunior to hear some of the tracks.

Now if we could only get the folks at Yahoo! Music Unlimited to add the Rheostatics to their catalogue…

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