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5 unusual facts about Skydiggers


Latent Recordings

In recent years, the label has again become active in releasing work by other artists as well, including Jim Bryson, Ivy Mairi, Finlayson/Maize, Lee Harvey Osmond and Huron.

Skydiggers

In 2013, the band released No. 1 Northern, an album of cover versions of songs by Canadian songwriters, including Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot, Ron Sexsmith, Gene MacLellan, Linda McRae, Charlie Angus and Andrew Cash.

Since the band's sound had largely been defined by Maize and Cash's vocal harmonies, the band revised their sound somewhat for 1997's Desmond's Hip City, released on DROG Records.

The band was originally formed by singer Andy Maize and lead guitarist Josh Finlayson as a duo called West Montrose, and later added rhythm guitarist Peter Cash, drummer Wayne Stokes and bassist Ron Macey to their lineup after becoming regular performers at Acoustic Meltdown, a weekly concert series at Toronto's Spadina Hotel organized by Cash's brother, singer-songwriter Andrew Cash.

Skydiggers/Cash Brothers

The bands have had a long and extensive shared history — Peter Cash is a former member of Skydiggers, and Andrew Cash was a frequent collaborator with the band in their early years of performing.


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Andrew Cash

Around the same time as Ursula's demise, however, his brother Peter Cash also decided to leave his band, Skydiggers.

Craig Cardiff

Throughout his career, Cardiff has played with and opened for Glen Phillips, Lucy Kaplansky, Dan Bern, Natalia Zukerman, Andy Stochansky, Sarah Harmer, Kathleen Edwards, Blue Rodeo, Gordon Downie, Hawksley Workman, Sarah Slean, Skydiggers, 54-40 and more.

FRE Records

In 1999, the Skydiggers recorded a new version of Restless, titled Still Restless: The Lost Tapes, since they still could not obtain their original master tapes from the label.


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