Good, Pinsent, & Keelor Unveil Album Details

More news this week of yet another interesting collaboration involving a member of the The Sadies. Travis Good from the band has teamed up with his band-mate from The Unintended, Greg Keelor (also getting known for his work in up-and-coming Canadian band Blue Rodeo, aka your mom and dad's favorite band) to compose music for lyrics and poetry written by golden voiced Canadian acting legend Gordon Pinsent. Who saw that coming? Filmmaker Mike Bolland, that's who. After working with Pinsent in 2010 on a bio-pic about the actor's life, and becoming acquainted with some of his poetry, Bolland used his connection to Good (their wives are friends) to bring the actor and musician together. Keelor became involved because he and Good are buds, and you can read an essay by Keelor here about the full genesis of the project. The finished product of the Good, Pinsent and Keelor collaboration is an album called Down and Out In Upalong, creatively billed to Good, Pinsent, & Keelor -- I might have gone with a more accurate title like "King Babar & the Long Hairs," but whatever. Good and Keelor share vocal duties on the melodic numbers, and Pinsent steps to the mic on the spoken word pieces. The three are backed by Sadies drummer Mike Belitsky, Blue Rodeo keyboardist Michael Boguski, and trumpeter Bryden Baird. Down and Out in Upalong is due out April 10th on Rhino Records