![]() ![]() He has been writing about bands and musicians for more than 35 years. Newton grew up in Chilliwack and was once a cub reporter for the Progress newspaper in the Fraser Valley town. READ MORE: In the wake of Gord Downie’s death, The Hip Show must go on, from November 2017.But like I say, he cared deeply about his craft. He met all my questions – even the lame ones – with enthusiasm and insight you could always tell that he really, really cared about his craft, and took the discussion of his art seriously. It didn’t hurt that Downie was always such a great interview. Looking back, Newton prefaces in the book, “it feels like an honour to have had that connection to the Hip at the height of its success. On his well-catalogued blog,, Newton posts audio excerpts of interviews he’s done with Downie and many other musicians over the years. The author interviewed Downie five times over the years, mostly in the 1990s as The Tragically Hip climbed the charts with increasingly popular albums and became, as Newton writes, “Canada’s best-ever band (look away, diehard Rush fans).” READ MORE: Goodbye, Gord: You rocked my world for 30 years, and I thank you, from October 2017.The hard-cover “coffee table” book charts Downie’s long trip with the Hip, from “Straight Outta Kingston” in the 1980s to the final chapter, “Courage (For Gord Downie),” when the band said goodbye to its many fans during a final tour of Canada that concluded in Kingston, its hometown. Steve Newton’s book, simply titled Gord Downie (Indigo Press/Sterling), is a photo-packed look back at the popular Tragically Hip singer, who died last October after battling a form of brain cancer diagnosed 18 months earlier. A new book about Canadian rocker Gord Downie has been authored by a longtime North Deltan and music journalist. ![]()
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