Wheat Kings

And he's from another tragically hip tribute band, which is playing, I think, this weekend, actually, on the 24th in Cochrane in Alberta, a smaller town in Alberta.

And the kid's name is he's from a tragically hip tribute band called the Wheat Kings.

And he just had his kid.

The kid's name is Robbie Milgaard.

He's the son of David Milgaard, who is the wrongly convicted, did 23 years in prison subject of the song Wheat Kings.

Like just a powerful, powerful story.

David Milgaard, who's since passed away just a few years back, I think.

own band,

education, almost.

Yeah, you know, Wheat King's 50 Mission Cap, there's all a story behind it.

What is it, Fireworks, I think it's called? It's about Bobby Orr.

There's just so much Canadiana in their songs, and I just think it's fantastic.

So, um, those would be the two that I, I've gotta give mentions to no matter what.

Uh, I will, I will identify Wheat Kings as my-

Mm-hmm

... my all-time favorite Hip track.

That could be a whole show.

That's, you know, fighting words in Canada, right? I mean, just Wheat Kings alone, I think you probably have to defend the hip.

And then that doesn't include Blow It High Dough, Ahead by a Century, all those wonderful songs.

Bob Cajun, really good.

But, uh, uh, w- with all of the Hip tribute acts, Kyle, is, uh, do you, is there like a, a, um, a meeting, uh, every month [laughs] or like is there a club that you join?

Yeah, the, uh, the third Tuesday of every month we all get together and, uh [laughs] open up with Wheat Kings and then start our meeting and yeah.

[laughs] And then finish it off with Bobcaygeon, and away you go.

Yeah, ab- absolutely, yeah.

We got to hear about the 50 Mission Cap.

Uh, w- you know, the, w- we find out about all of the places in this great country, and it was all experienced through the eyes of five members of a, of a rock band, and then brought to light so that, yes, at the first point, you know, the, the, it, there, there may have been just a few hundred or le- you know, less than a thousand people that had any clue, any inkling what the, you know, what the song was about or what the reference was.

But as soon as the word spread, all of a sudden it was like, you know, Wheat Kings.

It, it, it's like nobody kn- nobody knows what Wheat Kings are unless you're in the heart of the Grain Belt in, in Canada, right?