{"id":158119,"date":"2018-03-25T03:20:06","date_gmt":"2018-03-25T07:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=158119"},"modified":"2018-03-25T03:20:06","modified_gmt":"2018-03-25T07:20:06","slug":"gord-downies-brothers-say-more-projects-are-coming-from-the-singer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/03\/25\/gord-downies-brothers-say-more-projects-are-coming-from-the-singer\/","title":{"rendered":"Gord Downie’s brothers say more projects are coming from the singer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gord Downie’s most recent album \u201cIntroduce Yerself\u201d was often considered his final project, but his brothers insist there’s much more to come. (Photo<\/a>: Gord Downie\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

VANCOUVER \u2014 Gord Downie’s most recent album \u201cIntroduce Yerself\u201d was often considered his final project, but his brothers insist there’s much more to come.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat wasn’t the end,\u201d Patrick Downie told reporters after accepting two Juno Awards for the 2017 album alongside his brother Mike.<\/p>\n

\u201c(Gord) did a lot of music in his final time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The brothers stood alongside each other at the Junos gala dinner in the absence of the Tragically Hip frontman, who died last October of an incurable form of brain cancer.<\/p>\n

\u201cIntroduce Yerself\u201d picked up the adult alternative album award while Downie shared a songwriter award with Kevin Drew for the project as well.<\/p>\n

The album consists of songs described as \u201clove letters\u201d to people who touched Downie’s life, from an ex-girlfriend to members of the Indigenous community.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere’s a lot of material that he was doing all along, a lot of material he created after he found out he was going to die,\u201d Patrick added.<\/p>\n

\u201cSongwriting was his vehicle. He just went to work. He was not going to leave this world until he had spoken his language.\u201d<\/p>\n

The brothers didn’t say when Downie’s other projects would be released.<\/p>\n

Mike added that his brother’s \u201cwork ethic was unbeatable.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGord never stopped working. Two operations, chemo, he never stopped,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the last two years he somehow had this idea of what he wanted to accomplish and he just went right down the list.\u201d<\/p>\n

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