Biography

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EMAIL: gitgoner@aol.com
ONLINE:
- www.criscuddy.com/EPK
- www.criscuddy.com
- www.cdbaby.com/Artist/CRISCUDDY
- www.cdbaby.com/maxmouseandthegorillas
- www.artistdirect.com/artist/cris-cuddy/3277470

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CRIS CUDDY : DREAM ON


Following his current success with Claire Lynch's recording of his song "Gone Again" on her Grammy nominated "North by South", plus songs recorded by artists as diverse as IBMA Winner Jim Hurst “Long and Lonesome Old Freight Train”, IBMA Winners The Spinney Bros. “Sally’s Waltz”, Juno Award Winners Prairie Oyster “Tom Cat” and “Long and Lonesome..” and legendary mentor Mickey Newbury's segue of “What if Frankie Doesn’t Like It”, Cris Cuddy is proud to present a new album “Dream On” in the Folk Americana genre.
His own recordings have also drawn praise such as "Cris Cuddy is never boring. He switches tempos and styles and keeps it all interesting from start to finish” (The Lonesome Road Review)

1. DIAMOND SHINE – 3:43
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• The fading memory of a love lost is pictured here in beautiful heart-breaking fashion.

2. THE NIGHT THE LIGHTS BLEW OUT (In St John’s Newfoundland) - 3:16
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St. John’s went dark the night the brilliant Ron Hynes left us.

3. SHE’S NOT COMING BACK(P.Cullen/Cuddy) - 3:39
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A lovely take on a sad situation.

4. DREAM ON BABY (Dream On) - 2:47
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Tammy Wynette’s singing, and her brave struggle to be heard inspired this song.

5. I’M ON MY WAY TO TRINIDAD(Dennis Delorme/Cuddy) 2:04
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Dennis and Zeke Mazurek were a tremendous hillbilly duo before he became known for his steel guitar wizardry..we dreamed this up one snowy night on a bus for home.

6. SILVER MACLEAN - 4:13
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It’s said that gold fever is a madness like all greed.

7. FACES IN THE FIRE (Dennis O’Toole/Cris Cuddy) - 3:01
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My poet pal’s words sparked this version (for Abi “Jake” Nathan).

8. SAME OLD GAME - 3:31
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Some things never change.

9. YESTERDAY’S LADY (Tom McCreight/Cris Cuddy) - 3:03
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When times are good we seldom feel the winds of change.

10. ANNA (Dennis O’Toole) - 3:47
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A beautiful, sad ballad of love and war.

11. BLUE ON BLUE - 3:22
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Those who suffer the most tend to learn lessons others miss.

12. HILLBILLY DAYS - 5:19
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Inspired by Tom Hardy’s performance and the movie Lawless.



THE BAND:
Cris Cuddy - guitar, vocals, harmonica
Dennis Pendrith - string bass
Josh Fewings - drums
Benj Rowland - accordion, mandolin, banjo, harmony vocals
Pat Temple - electric guitar, shaker, bass

Recorded by Pat Temple at TempleTones
Mixing and Mastering by Andy Pryde
Produced by Pat Temple and Cris Cuddy
Cover Painting by Charles Meanwell
Band Photo by Elayne Windsor
Cover Design: Jackie Wimbush/JaxArt

Thanks for : the musicianship of Dennis, Pat, Benj and Josh (The Mayhemingways), the sonic skills of Andy and Pat, the artistry of Charles, Elayne and Jackie, the songwriting of Pete, Tom, Dennis D. and Dennis O’, Bruce Dowd, my pals CCAU, and JP, Jim and Buzz/The Great Gorillas, always.

Cris Cuddy Biography
Cuddy's previous three mellower acoustic CD's have seen his songs featured on the Grammy nominated "North by South" cd by IBMA winner Claire Lynch, and others recorded by artists as diverse as Americana and Bluegrass Artists like IBMA Winning Guitarist Jim Hurst (ex-Claire Lynch sidekick) who ripped it up with his firey version of “Long and Lonesome Old Freight Train”, IBMA Winners The Spinney Bros. who chose the moving “Sally’s Waltz”, in addition to Juno Award Winners Prairie Oyster who aced “Tom Cat” and “Long and Lonesome..”, and songwriting great and mentor Mickey Newbury who used Cris’ “What if Frankie Doesn’t Like It” (and yes, it's about Old Blue Eyes) as a segue on his masterful “Long Road Home”. And there are more in the works..

“As Usual The Unusual” this cd veers through tributes to the brilliant “Sonny's Dream” composer Ron Hynes “The Night the Lights Blew Out in St. John's Newfoundland” and another to the great Tammy Wynette for her brave struggle to be heard against the odds, in the title track “Dream on Baby Dream On”, then on to lovely and sad in “She's Not Coming Back” and the infectious “I'm on my way to Trinidad” written with pal and award-winning Prairie Oyster steel guitarist Dennis Delorme (also dubbed “the Jimi Hendrix of the steel” when he was a member of Max Mouse and the Gorillas before his Oyster days), the psychedelic poetry of “Faces in the Fire”, the rollicking “The Same Old Game”, the memory-laden “Yesterday's Lady”, the feverish gallop of “Silver Maclean”, the sad wartime truth of “Anna”, all leading up to the reflective time-capsule in “Hillbilly Days” and on to the heart-breaking ballad “Blue on Blue”.

“Tortured-with-a-twist-honkey-soul-twang”
Glenn O’Brien in Andy Warhol’s Interview Magazine

“Van Morrison meets Elvis Costello”
Brian Ahern Grammy Winning producer of Emmylou Harris etc.

DJ’s & CD Reviewers Say :

"If there’s one thing everyone should agree upon, Cris Cuddy’s CD is never boring. It’s indie music, a mixture of blues, rockabilly, and a little Mexican and calypso and other styles you may not describe. He switches tempos and styles and keeps it all interesting from start to finish”
Larry Stephens, The Lonesome Road Review

“The Best Kept Secret” could actually apply to Cris Cuddy
Kerry Doole/New Canadian Music

TOP 5 wonderful songwriting & the man knows how to sing them
JackGarrison //WFIT

“ A kaleidoscope of styles........a panorama of subjects ”
Arthur Wood, FOLKWAX Reviews Editor

“I don’t know where it came from..it’s so good I don’t care”
David Pilot, Rockzilla

“The kind of delicious sprawl Ryan Adams might have created if only…”
Americana UK

“Top 5 Best of the Year” … Fresh Air, CBC