Red Rider

in the top 10.

At number five, which was a number two hit, possibly number one, but it was a band called Red Rider featuring Tom Cochrane.

Oh, gotcha.

Oh, good times we had.

Okay, we'll step aside.

Lunatic Fringe, Red Ryder, Via, TK Sooner, our DJ today.

I got to say, I've liked this playlist, man.

Yeah, and I don't know if anybody's kind of caught on that there is a little bit of a thematic angle to it as well.

It was, uh-

Red Rider.

Oh, that's another good one, but it wasn't in there.

Was not in there.

What a mix.

Yeah, I went with the Red Riders first album.

I was like, nah, you know what? I don't think she's ready for it.

I don't think she's ready.

happens a lot.

When I saw Rush in 84, they booed off Tom Cochran and Red Ryder three songs in.

Oh,

we're

chanting Russian the whole time.

Lunatic French.

Michael James Jackson worked with Red Ryder.

I

And anyways, but it was just sort of along that theme, this golf thing and music.

I remember having a great discussion with Tom Cochran when he was still in Red Rider about their new album.

And he saw I was wearing a golf shirt.

Hey, you know, it was something along the lines of, hey, I see you.

We're dipping back into the mythical May 26th, 1986 Ken Greer demo sessions to hear an early unreleased gem called Waltz for Juliette.

Now, when the band headed down to Toronto to work with Red Ryder guitarist Ken Greer in the spring of 1986, they weren't just testing out high-octane rockabilly like Nuclear Barbecue or raw bluesy club stompers.

They were also showcasing an incredible, gentle versatility that most fans wouldn't hear on an official studio release until years later.

Waltz for Juliet is a soft, melodic, acoustic ballad that stands completely apart from the electric barroom crunch of their early sets.

Now, back in the spring of 86, before they had an official record or a nationwide radio following, the band was tearing up southern Ontario club stages with a wild blues infused garage energy.

When they went into Toronto to record with Red Riders' Ken Greer, they captured a handful of songs that showed just how fierce and unpredictable their early bar band sound really was.

Leatherman is a swaggering, fast-paced rocker driven by razor-sharp guitar cuts.

a driving rhythm section, and a young gore downy channeling raw classic R&B frontman energy.