Musical career

Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor have been friends since high school; both attended North Toronto Collegiate Institute. It was not until after University, though, that they decided to form a band. Their first band was called the Hi-Fi's, with Cuddy and Keelor along with Jim Sublett on drums and Malcolm Schell playing bass. The band released a single in 1980 featuring "I Don't Know Why (You Love Me)" and on the B side "Look What You've Done". The record was not a big commercial success, though, and when they couldn't get a record deal in Toronto, they headed off to New York.

No breakthrough happened in New York, either. However, they did meet up with Bob Wiseman, who would later be their keyboardist in Blue Rodeo. They eventually moved back to Toronto, forming Blue Rodeo in 1984 including Basil Donovan on bass and Cleave Anderson on drums to back up Cuddy, Kealor and Wiseman.

While continuing to lead Blue Rodeo, Cuddy has recorded three solo albums with the Jim Cuddy Band, featuring musicians Bazil Donovan, Colin Cripps, Joel Anderson, Anne Lindsay and Gavin Brown. Guest performers include Kathleen Edwards, former Weeping Tile member Sarah Harmer, and Wilco's Jeff Tweedy.

Personal life

Cuddy is married to Canadian actress Rena Polley. They have three children: Devin (born 1987), Emma (born 1988), and Sam (born 1992).

His brother Loftus Cuddy was a Conservative candidate for the riding of Toronto-Danforth in the 2004 Canadian federal election.

Cuddy attended North Toronto Collegiate Institute for high school. He also went to Upper Canada College.

In the 2004 edition of Canada Reads, Cuddy advocated for Guy Vanderhaeghe's novel The Last Crossing, which won the competition. In the 2007 edition of Canada Reads, an "all-star" competition pitting the five winning advocates from previous years against each other, Cuddy returned to champion Timothy Taylor's novel Stanley Park. In 2013, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada along with Greg Keelor, "for their contributions to Canadian music and for their support of various charitable causes".

Discography

For discography of Blue Rodeo, see Blue Rodeo.

Albums

Title	Album details	Peak positions	Certifications
		CAN
All in Time	Release date: September 8, 1998 Label: WEA	38	CAN: Gold
The Light That Guides You Home	Release date: September 12, 2006 Label: WEA	18	CAN: Gold
Skyscraper Soul	Release date: September 27, 2011 Label: WEA	8

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions	Album
		CAN
1998	"Disappointment"	53	All in Time
	"Too Many Hands"	—
1999	"Trouble"	—
	"All in Time"	73
2006	"Pull Me Through"	—	The Light That Guides You Home
2007	"Married Again"	—
	"Maybe Sometime"	—
2011	"Everyone Watched the Wedding"	—	Skyscraper Soul
2012	"Regular Days"	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Notes

• A^ "Too Many Hands" peaked at number 13 on the Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks chart and number 34 on the RPM Country Tracks chart.

Guest singles

Year	Single	Artist	Album
2004	"Somewhere Else"	Jim Bryson	The North Side Benches
2008	"Songbird"	Melanie Doane	A Thousand Nights
2011	"Hard Luck Girl"	The Cooper Brothers	In from the Cold
2013	"Pancho and Lefty"	George Canyon	Classics II

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
1998	"Disappointment"	Ulf Buddensieck
	"Too Many Hands"
1999	"Trouble"
2004	"Somewhere Else"
2006	"Pull Me Through"
2007	"Married Again"
2008	"Songbird"
2011	"Everyone Watched the Wedding"

[ Source: Wikipedia ]