The Sadies are a Canadian

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/ country and western band from

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. The band consists of Dallas Good, Travis Good, Sean Dean and Mike Belitsky. Dallas and Travis are the sons of Margaret and Bruce Good, and nephews of Brian and Larry Good, who are members of the Canadian

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group

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Background

The Sadies were formed in 1994. In 1998 the group released their first album, ''Precious Moments''. Several more albums followed, including ''In Concert Vol. 1'' in 2006. In addition to their own recordings, the Sadies often collaborate with other artists, such as Blue Rodeo,

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, Andre Williams (on the 1999 country-influenced ''Red Dirt'' and the 2012 release entitled "Night and Day"),

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(track "This Wheel’s on Fire" on the album ''Garth Hudson Presents a Canadian Celebration of The Band'') and have recorded, written and toured extensively as the backing band for singer

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. They have also toured and recorded with Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray as

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, as well as

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. They consider themselves honorary members of

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. The Sadies' music is featured in many films and television shows, for example,

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's '' 12 oz. Mouse''. An instrumental performed by the band can be heard in episode 5 of season 1, during a scene in which Rhoda the bartender is murdered. On 18 May 2010, The Sadies released '' Darker Circles'' CD/LP through Outside Music and Yep Roc Records. ''Darker Circles'' was a shortlisted nominee for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize and in 2012, won a Juno Award with Mike Roberts for best video. The Sadies are collectively members of the group

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, along with

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of Blue Rodeo and Rick White of Eric's Trip/Elevator. They also make multiple contributions to

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's 2010 album ''Garth Hudson Presents: A Canadian Celebration of The Band'', by performing " The Shape I'm In", and also by backing

, for "

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", and

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, for "Out of the Blue". All performances on that album featured Hudson on keyboards. The Sadies have performed with other members of the Good Family intermittently over the years using the name "The Good Family", and in 2013 released the album ''The Good Family Album'', as well as performing live under that name. The Sadies at BSOMF 2011-3

Among the band's last studio releases are ''Internal Sounds'', released on 17 September 2013 through

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; '' And the Conquering Sun'', their 2014 collaboration with Gord Downie on

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; and ''Northern Passages'', released in February 2017 on

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. Dallas Good died unexpectedly on February 17, 2022, at the age of 48. The cause was a recently-detected heart condition. ''Colder Streams'', the last Sadies album completed before his death, was released in July 2022, to critical acclaim.

Discography

Albums

Singles

*"Crater" (with

Gordon Downie Gordon Edgar Downie (February 6, 1964 – October 17, 2017) was a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, musician, writer and activist. He was the singer and lyricist for the Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip, which he fronted from its form ...

) (2014) * The Most Despicable Man Alive b/w Old Gunga Din (2020) Ernest Jenning Record Co.

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