28 - Andy and Josh: West Montrose, Side A

“We never set out to reinvent the wheel, but maybe to be another spoke in the wheel” —Andy Maize“Everything’s a bluegrass tune to me” —Josh FinlaysonMusic can make friends.  And that's how this friendship started.In the shadow of the Hi Fi's, Handsome Ned and Cowboy Junkies, at a time when traditional country music was the soundtrack of Toronto's Queen Street West, a musical partnership was crafted.  And these forty years ago, a new band was formed.West Montrose would become Skydiggers. Skydiggers would become the stuff of legend. When Josh Finlayson and Andy Maize first made music, the songs on West Montrose were the songs they played - the songs where they found that their voices merged.Songs that became something bigger when they sang them together.Now with Maize and Finlayson celebrating 40 years as musical partners, the album West Montrose is an opportunity for Skydiggers to revisit the songs that became their foundation. In this episode, Josh and Andy discuss Side A of West Montrose - the album, and that moment in time that changed it all.West Montrose is available everywhere on June 5, 2026. Listen here. Stream, download, and follow SkydiggersEmployee of the Myth is brought to you by Skydiggers ProductionsFeaturing: Andy Maize and Josh FinlaysonProducer & co-host: Joel StewartHost and Editor: Jane Gowan (Music Buddy)Audio Engineer: Tim Vesely