Multiple Juno award-winner Ron Sexsmith makes a stop in Meaford on his cross-Canada tour giving Meaford residents an opportunity to see one of Canada’s best, live and on stage at Meaford Hall. Showtime is 8pm on Saturday February 11, tickets are just $40.
For his 11th album, Long Player Late Bloomer, the award-winning troubadour has paired himself with a fellow Canadian, the producer of bone-crunching classics by Metallica, Mötley Crüe and The Cult — the genuinely named Bob Rock.
“Know any good producers?” Sexsmith asked Rock jokingly. “He told me he was a fan, but I hear that sometimes and I’m skeptical.”
The reassuring news for Ron’s loyal fan-base is that Bob Rock’s production does full and eloquent justice to another wonderful collection of Sexsmith songs. And the great news for everyone else is that every one of them sounds like a hit song you turn up when it pops up on the radio.
“To some people, Ron Sexsmith is a rock star. Actually to rock stars, Ron Sexsmith is a rock star.”
Fresh off the heels of new album release, St.Catharines native Ron Sexsmith is at the pinnacle of his hugely successful career and regarded by many as one of Canada’s finest singer/songwriters. Sexsmith maps the human heart with surgical skill and great compassion. He offers us hard-earned pieces of wisdom, all set to strong melodies and sung unaffectedly, with emotional eloquence and genuine heart and soul.
These are his creative signatures and they have earned him immense respect from his peers, critics and a devoted international audience. The Toronto Star noted that “Ron Sexsmith has produced a body of quality work that’s unequalled in contemporary Canadian music in originality and musical daring.”
It is no stretch to extend that statement into the international arena, as a vast number of Ron’s peers would agree. Such musical luminaries as Paul McCartney, Elvis Costello, Diana Krall, Sheryl Crow, Bono, Sir Elton John, kd lang and Gord Downie are all major admirers of his work.
Of Sexsmith’s new album Long Player Late Bloomer, “Not a lot of people have Ron’s gift: the ability to see a tiny snapshot of a feeling, then expand upon it and deliver a beautiful song. The songs are like Polaroids.”
Tickets ($40) are selling fast for Ron Sexsmith on February 11, get yours now by going online www.meafordhall.ca or calling the Box Office 1.877.538.0463. $5 tickets are available for this performance to high school students through the eyeGO to the Arts program. Please ask the Box Office for details.
