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Corin Raymond And The Sundowners – Paper Nickels

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You might’ve heard about Corin Raymond’s Canadian Tire money gimmick, which has captured the imagination of media in Canada and beyond: his live double album recorded over two nights at the Tranzac was entirely fan-funded using the colourful cash. (The Rogue Music Lab, where the album was mixed, accepted it at par.)

If you haven’t yet caught one of the Sundowners’ amazing shows, then this is the next best thing: the recordings capture Raymond’s storytelling and laughter as well as his generous intros to the many cover songs by various unsung Canadian songwriters. He presents the performances warts and all (with a pause to change a guitar string during a cover of Bob Hannan’s If I Were You Instead Of Me).

Fans will love the accompanying book, which chronicles the history of the project and includes stories, lyrics and chords. Raymond is right: content does not get more Canadian than this.

Top track: A Big Truck Brought It

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