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Vancouver was treated to Hawksley Workman on Thursday October 28. Workman has spent the past year producing his latest album, his eleventh, 'Old Cheetah,' and touring with his other "supergroup" project, The Mounties, which he formed with Ryan Dahle (Limblifter), Steve Bays (Hot Hot Heat).
The Mounties played the Commodore Ballroom last year, this year fans were pleased to see him reunited Mr. Lonely (on piano), Brad Kilpatrick (on drums), and Derrick Brady (bass), all of whom have played with Hawksley for at least fifteen years.
Workman is a multi-talented, homegrown Canadian rockstar who has produced albums with many Sarah Slean, Serena Ryder, Jeremy Fisher, Great Big Sea, Hey Rosetta!, Tegan and Sara and Justin Rutledge.
"Multi-talented" in Workman's case is not an overstatement: among other things he plays guitar, piano, drums, and bass.
Hailing from Ontario, Workman calls Vancouver his second home— so if you missed him this time around, don't worry. He'll be back.
Evening Setlist:
- Tonight Romanticize
- Instant Nostalgia
- Teenage Cats
- Baby Mosquito
- Ifracombe
- Bullets
- Clever Not Beautiful
- Dirty and True
- Paper Shoes
- Old Bloody Orange
- Mountains/Seashore
- General January
- Sarah Jane
- All the Trees
- Starting to Snow
- Make up Your Mind
- Winterbird
- Broken Yet
Encore:
- Safe and Sound
- Smoke Baby
- Tokyo Summer (The Mounties)
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