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Friday, November 14, 2008 at 8 PM
Massey Hall
$49.50 - $39.50
Call 416-872-4255 or online at
www.roythomson.com
or visit the Roy Thomson Hall Box Office
As a producer, Daniel Lanois has taken
the careers of many of our favourite artists to stratospheric levels.
As a singer-songwriter, his work is both timeless and futuristic,
organic and haunting. Joining Lanois on stage at Massey Hall will
be Brian Blade (drums) and from Mother Superior, Marcus Blake (bass)
and Jim Wilson (guitar). Rock ‘n’ roll, fuelled by current sonic
inspirations, a little story telling and some vintage Lanois, will
be the essence of this very special performance.
Daniel started his production career working in his own studio with
his brother
Bob Lanois in the basement of their mother's Ancaster, Ontario home.
The most notable artist to record in their basement studio was Simply
Saucer. Later Daniel would create a studio in an old house he purchased
known as Grant Avenue Studios in Hamilton, Ontario. He worked with
a number of local bands, most notably Martha and the Muffins (for
whom his sister Jocelyne played bass), Ray Materick, as well as
the Canadian children's singer Raffi. After working collaboratively
with Brian Eno on some of Eno's own projects, his career was given
a huge boost when Eno invited him to co-produce U2's album The
Unforgettable Fire. Along with Eno, he went on to produce U2's
The Joshua Tree, the 1987 Grammy Winner for Album of the
Year. Bono of U2 recommended Lanois to Bob Dylan in the late 1980s;
in 1989 Lanois produced Dylan's Oh Mercy, widely considered
one of Dylan's greatest later albums. Eight years later Dylan and
Lanois worked together on Time Out of Mind, Dylan's
first studio album of original material since 1993, which won a
Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1997.
In 1993, Lanois participated in the Another Roadside Attraction
tour in Canada, and collaborated with The Tragically Hip, Crash
Vegas, Hothouse Flowers and Midnight Oil on the one-off single "Land"
to protest forest clear cutting in British Columbia. Wrecking
Ball, his 1995 collaboration with Emmylou Harris, received almost
unanimous critical praise (many critics placed the album on their
year-end "best albums of the year" lists), and revived the aging
country artist's career, bringing her to the attention of much younger
rock audiences; it would go on to win a 1996 Grammy for Best
Contemporary Folk Album. As well as being a producer, singer
and songwriter, Lanois plays the guitar, pedal steel and drums.
His wide range of talents are put to use on many of the albums he
produces, where he often leaves his atmospheric and emotionally
resonant signature sound. In 2005 he was inducted into Canada's
Walk of Fame. He worked on Dashboard Confessional's 2006 album,
Dusk and Summer, but the producing duties were later taken over
by Don Gilmore. Both Emmylou Harris and Dave Matthews have been
known to regularly cover his songs during their live performances.
Lanois premiered a documentary entitled "Here Is What Is" at the
Toronto Film Festival on September 9th, 2007. The film, co-produced
by Adam Vollick, includes footage of the actual recording of the
album bearing the same name. The film also shows Lanois' usual collaboators
such as Emmylou Harris, Billy Bob Thornton, U2, Brian Eno and Brian
Blade. There are also guest appearances by Garth Hudson and Brady
Blade Sr. Subsequent concert performances showcasing the new material
were held in Toronto on the 10th and 11th, with Brian Blade on drums.
The CD Here Is What Is was released in the spring of 2008; Lanois
had previously made it available as a high-quality web download,
via his new Red Floor Records label.
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