Artist	Song
Ron Sexsmith	Lebanon, Tennessee (Ron Sexsmith, 1995)
Ron Sexsmith	Galbraith Street (Ron Sexsmith, 1995)
Ron Sexsmith	There's A Rhythm (Ron Sexsmith, 1995)
Ron Sexsmith	Secret Heart (Ron Sexsmith, 1995)
Ron Sexsmith	Thinking Out Loud (Other Songs, 1997)
Ron Sexsmith	April After All (Other Songs, 1997)
Ron Sexsmith	It Never Fails (Other Songs, 1997)
Ron Sexsmith	Thinly Veiled Disguise (Other Songs, 1997)
Ron Sexsmith	In A Flash (Whereabouts, 1999)
Ron Sexsmith	Right About Now (Whereabouts, 1999)
Ron Sexsmith	Tell Me Again (Blue Boy, 2001)
Ron Sexsmith	Thirsty Love (Blue Boy, 2001)
Ron Sexsmith	Foolproof (Blue Boy, 2001)
Ron Sexsmith	Gold In Them Hills (Cobblestone Runway, 2002)
Ron Sexsmith	The Less I Know (Cobblestone Runway, 2002)
Ron Sexsmith	Too Late (Rarities, 2003)
Ron Sexsmith	Tomorrow In Her Eyes (Retriever, 2005)
Ron Sexsmith	For The Driver (Retriever, 2005)
Ron Sexsmith	You've Been Waiting (Destination Unknown, 2005)
Ron Sexsmith	I've Been Away (Destination Unknown, 2005)
Ron Sexsmith	Listen (Destination Unknown, 2005)
Ron Sexsmith	Raindrops In My Coffee (Destination Unknown, 2005)
Ron Sexsmith	Tree-Lined Street (Destination Unknown, 2005)
Ron Sexsmith	Reason For Our Love (Time Being, 2006)
Ron Sexsmith	Ship Of Fools (Time Being, 2006)

Comment:

When you immerse yourself in a genre, as I have been for days trying to put together my jazz sagas of the 60s & 70s, you get a bit ... drained. My next mix was to be my 70s outing, but it needs a wee bit more work, and I need to "Step Away from the Mix!" in order to get my head around finishing it. In the meantime, for a bit of a breather, I put together this -- a tribute to my favourite (save, perhaps, Cohen) Canadian songwriter -- for a little aural respite.


"The earnest work of boyish Canadian singer/songwriter Ron Sexsmith won acclaim not from only critics but from fellow performers like Paul McCartney, Elvis Costello, and John Hiatt -- some of the same artists, ironically enough, who initially inspired Sexsmith himself to become a musician. Born in 1964 and raised in the Niagara Falls area, he started his first band at the age of 14, and within a few years earned his first regular gig at an area club. Influenced by Pete Seeger, he began making the rounds on the folk circuit, but soon decided to focus his attentions on becoming a songwriter. After moving to the Toronto area, Sexsmith formed the Uncool and began issuing his own material in 1985 with the cassette Out of the Duff, followed a year later by There's a Way. He continued performing while maintaining a day job as a courier but did not release anything more until 1991's Grand Opera Lane, recorded by Blue Rodeo's Bob Wiseman. The collection of songs helped earn Sexsmith a songwriting contract and eventually a recording deal with Interscope Records; teamed with producer Mitchell Froom, he released his self-titled debut in 1995. A follow-up, Other Songs, appeared two years later. In 1999, Sexsmith returned with Whereabouts, again produced by Froom. Three years later, Sexsmith inked a deal with Nettwerk and released Cobblestone Runway in October 2002. His seventh album, Retriever, followed two years later. In 2005, Sexsmith shifted creative gears with Destination Unknown, a primarily acoustic album recorded in collaboration with longtime bandmate Don Kerr. Time Being arrived in 2006." -- All Music Guide

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