Brothers & Sisters, Are You Ready?

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Includes many of the concert anthems that make Big Sugar famous for their live shows. "All Hell For A Basement", "Red Rover", "Nicotina" and the ultimate version of "O Canada".

Brothers and Sisters, Are You Ready? is the fifth album by Big Sugar, It was released concurrently with a separate album containing French language versions of the same songs, Brothers and Sisters, Êtes Vous Ready?. The album was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 2002 Juno Awards

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1.	Red Rover 04:57	buy track
2.	Nashville Grass 03:49	buy track
3.	She Left Ashes 04:04	buy track
4.	Nicotina (She's All That) 04:02	buy track
5.	So Not Over 03:33	buy track
6.	Butterball 04:06	buy track
7.	Bump On The Head 04:12	buy track
8.	Lost And Found 03:55	buy track
9.	Bad Old Days 03:36	buy track
10.	We Could Live 04:10	buy track
11.	Pretty Bird 03:12	buy track
12.	All Hell For A Basement 04:00	buy track
13.	O Canada 02:17	buy track

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Includes many of the concert anthems that make Big Sugar famous for their live shows. "All Hell For A Basement", "Red Rover", "Nicotina" and the ultimate version of "O Canada".

Brothers and Sisters, Are You Ready? is the fifth album by Big Sugar, It was released concurrently with a separate album containing French language versions of the same songs, Brothers and Sisters, Êtes Vous Ready?. The album was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 2002 Juno Awards

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released July 3, 2001

Produced by Gordie Johnson

Engineers: Darius Szczepaniak, Dan Kurtz
Additional Recording by: Big Ben Richardson, Scott Lake
Recorded at: The Bakery and Phase One Audio Group, Toronto, Canada Mixed at: Phase One Audio Group, Toronto, Canada

Mastered by: Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, New York

Art Direction: Gordie Johnson and Smart Media, Toronto, Canada

Photography: James “Bizi” Dittiger (live photo) / Margaret Malandruccolo (portrait)

Music performed by:
Gordie Johnson: vocals, guitar, bass
Garry Lowe: bass, vocals
Kelly “Mr. Chill” Hoppe: keyboards, sax, harmonica, vocals
Al Cross: King of the drums Mojah: rhythm guitar, vocals
All dubwise extension by AlKaline

Additional vocals by Molly Johnson, Whitey Don, Patrick Ballantyne Additional Horns: Rich I-Sax, Maxi-Bone, Joe Public
Additional Keyboards: Eric Yealland
DJ on “We Could Live”: Mick Sleeper

Dedicated to the memory of Danny Gallagher. Extra Long Life.

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Big Sugar Austin, Texas

Big Sugar have been a staple on the airwaves and highways since the 90's with a unique combination of Jamaican rhythms, blues tonality and heavy rock aggression. Songs like 'Diggin A Hole', 'If I Had My Way', 'Turn The Lights On' and 'Roads Ahead' with their roots/rock/reggae style featuring Gordie Johnson’s signature guitar playing have built a loyal following. ... more

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Apr 24

The Waverly Hotel

Cumberland, BC
Apr 25

Blue Grotto

Kamloops, BC
Apr 26

Melissa's MisSteak

Banff, AB
Apr 27

Capitol Music Club

Saskatoon, SK
Aug 2

Pigeon Lake Music Festival

Edmonton, AB

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