Live At The Roxy offers a timeless experience of this sensational night as never before released. The Tragically Hip fans brought this release to fruition after countless requests for the deep cut versions of some of the band’s most celebrated songs. Together we took things to another level.” Listening back 30 years later and I’m transported to that hot, sweaty, and very special night. The captivating adlibbing throughout the entirety of the record creates the experience for the listener and as Sinclair describes: “A great show is something you just have to experience to understand.

With all tracks completely remastered in 2021 by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound in Nashville, the album features the fan favourite “Killer Whale Tank” version of “New Orleans Is Sinking.” The nine-minute track is characterized by mid-song story from the late frontman Gord Downie about a job cleaning an aquarium and inadvertently causing friction between the two whales held in the tank, fact or fiction, fans listen in wonderment. Live At The Roxy is the second standalone live record for the band and it’s been 25 years since their first, Live Between Us, released in 1997.

The new tunes worked great live and by the time we got to LA we were firing on all pistons.” We had spent a year on the road before recording Road Apples and got right back in the saddle when we finished.

Reminiscing on the night and what made this show particularly special for the band, bassist Gord Sinclair recalls: “I remember the Roxy show like it was yesterday.

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