Jake: YYZ

I was pleasantly surprised at the depth of the Rush rabbit hole I went down while editing/mixing Jake's story. I, for example, had no idea that they had recorded most of their biggest hits at Le Studio in Morin Heights (just a short drive up the road from here in Montreal). In fact the videos for Tom Sawyer and Limelight both feature the Laurentians quite prominently. There is no official video for YYZ though this live concert from Rio in (I think) 2002 is definitely a trip (not every day you see a crowd of 10s of thousands of people singing along to an instrumental). Jake did a fantastic job of telling some of the story of YYZ but did you know it lost out on the 1982 Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental to Behind My Camel by The Police? (And that Sting refused to play on Behind My Camel?) The more you know... If you want to hear the original studio version, you really ought to to check it out here either before or after you hear Jake tell his story! Be sure you follow The Volume Knob on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook or at our website volumeknob.net. The newsletter will be especially interesting over the next few weeks if you're interested in getting details about the launch of Season 2 in the new year. If you have a story that you think might be interesting for Season 2 please feel free to send an email to [email protected]! Happy Holidays! I'll see you in the new year.