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Soundtrack for the film "Going Down the Road." Source: Ruhlmann, William. "A Burning Light and All the Rest." Goldmine. April 3, 1992.
Moves to Burritt's Rapids, ON.
May. Toronto, ON. Performance with three other Toronto-based musicians?
May. Release of album Bruce Cockburn. Source: Ruhlmann, William. "A Burning Light and All the Rest." Goldmine. April 3, 1992.
May 27, 1970. Ottawa, ON. Penned "Golden Serpent Blues" (lyrics came to him in a dream). Source: Liner notes from High Winds White Sky.
June. Ottawa, ON. Penned "High Winds White Sky." Source: Liner notes from High Winds White Sky.
June. Burritt's Rapids, ON. Penned "One Day I Walk." Sources: Liner notes from High Winds White Sky and Circles in the Stream.
August 15, 1970. Chilliwack, British Columbia. Penned "Shining Mountain." Source: Liner notes from High Winds White Sky.
November 18, 1970. Toronto, ON. Penned "You Point to the Sky." Source: Liner notes from High Winds White Sky.
November through April (1971). Toronto, ON. Recorded album High Winds White Sky. Source: Liner notes from High Winds White Sky.
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U.S. Release of first album (Bruce Cockburn) on Epic records erroneously titled True North. Source: Ruhlmann, William. "A Burning Light and All the Rest." Goldmine. April 3, 1992.
Release of album High Winds White Sky.
Release of single "It's Going Down Slow"/"Morning Hymn."
Juno Award for Canadian Folk Singer of the Year. Source: Finklestein, Bernie. 1981 Tour Press Release.
BMI Award for "Going Down the Road" soundtrack. Sources: Finklestein, Bernie. 1981 Tour Press Release; Ruhlmann, William. "A Burning Light and All the Rest." Goldmine. April 3, 1992.
July 9, 1971. Performance at the Mariposa Folk Festival. Source: Personal notes of Gavin Mudd.
Mid-September through mid-December. Toronto, ON. Recorded album Sunwheel Dance. Source: Liner notes from Sunwheel Dance.
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Juno Award for Canadian Folk Singer of the Year. Sources: Finklestein, Bernie. 1981 Tour Press Release; Ruhlmann, William. "A Burning Light and All the Rest." Goldmine. April 3, 1992.
Soundtrack for film Ernest Brown: Pioneer Photographer.
Release of album Sunwheel Dance.
February 9, 1972. Ottawa, ON. Penned "You Don't Have to Play the Horses." Source: Liner notes from Night Vision.
Spring. Jasper and Valleyview, AB. Penned "When the Sun Goes Nova." Source: Liner notes from Night Vision.
Spring. Chilliwack, British Columbia. Penned "The Blues Got the World..." Source: Liner notes from Night Vision.
June 14, 1972. Edmonton, AB. Penned "God Bless the Children." Sources: Liner notes from Night Vision and Circles in the Stream.
July. Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Performance with Bragg, Larkin, Brown. Research for Ernest Brown documentary score.
October 22, 1972. Toronto, ON. Penned "Deja Vu." Source: Liner notes from Night Vision.
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Bruce acquires Gibson ES-335 and Gibson ES-345 guitars. Source: Schwartz, Jim. "Bruce Cockburn: Canadian Fingerstylist, Pop Troubador." Guitar Player. December 1980. pp. 38-42.
Juno Award for Canadian Folk Singer of the Year. Sources: Finklestein, Bernie. 1981 Tour Press Release; Ruhlmann, William. "A Burning Light and All the Rest." Goldmine. April 3, 1992.
Release of album Night Vision.
In the studio with David Wiffen.
January 19, 1973. Toronto, ON. Penned "Mama Just Wants to Barrelhouse All Night Long." Sources: Liner notes from Night Vision, Circles in the Stream, and Resume.
February through May. Toronto, ON. Recorded album Night Vision. Source: Liner notes from Night Vision.
June 16, 1973. London, UK. Penned "Stained Glass." Source: Liner notes from Salt, Sun and Time.
July 6, 1973. Sheffield, UK. Penned "Never So Free." Sources: Liner notes from Salt, Sun and Time and Circles in the Stream.
July 25, 1973. Stockholm, Sweden. Penned "All the Diamonds." Sources: Source: Liner notes from Salt, Sun and Time and Circles in the Stream.
December 1, 1973. Toronto, ON. Penned "Don't Have to Tell You Why." Source: Liner notes from Sun, Salt and Time.
December 25, 1973. Cumberland, ON. Penned "Christmas Song." Source: Liner notes from Salt, Sun and Time.
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Bruce acquires a Larrivée single cut-away steel string guitar. Source: Schwartz, Jim. "Bruce Cockburn: Canadian Fingerstylist, Pop Troubador." Guitar Player. December 1980. pp. 38-42.
Cleveland. Performance at the Agora Ballroom. Source Scott Pursley reports that only a handful of people show up.
Played the Philadelphia Folk Festival. Source: Ruhlmann, William. "A Burning Light and All the Rest." Goldmine. April 3, 1992.
Juno Award for Best Album Graphics (Night Vision). Source: Finklestein, Bernie. 1981 Tour Press Release.
Toronto, ON. Guest appearance on Murray McLauchlan's album Sweeping the Spotlight Away. Source: Liner notes from Murray McLauchlan's Sweeping the Spotlight Away.
Release of album Salt, Sun and Time.
January 28, 1974. Penned "Burn." Source: Liner notes from Joy Will Find A Way.
May through August. Toronto, ON. Recorded album Salt, Sun and Time. Source: Liner notes from Salt, Sun and Time.
June 18, 1974. Penned "Hand Dancing." Source: Liner notes from Joy Will Find A Way.
September 6, 1974. Penned "Joy Will Find a Way." Sources: Liner notes from Joy Will Find A Way and Circles in the Stream.
October 22, 1974. Ottawa Ontario. Performance at the Opera of the National Arts Centre.
November 25, 1974. Penned "A Long-Time-Love Song." Source: Liner notes from Joy Will Find A Way.
December 13, 1974. Penned "A Life Story." Source: Liner notes from Joy Will Find A Way.
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Toronto, ON. Performance at Massey Hall. Set list. Source: Personal notes of Robert Caldwell.
Release of album Joy Will Find a Way.
Release of single "Burn"/"Music for a Lunar Eclipse."
January 23, 1975. Penned "Starwheel" (with wife Kitty Cockburn). Sources: Liner notes from Joy Will Find A Way and Circles in the Stream.
February 2, 1975. Penned "January in the Halifax Airport Lounge." Source: Liner notes from Joy Will Find A Way.
February 23, 1975. Penned "Lament for the Last Days." Source: Liner notes from Joy Will Find A Way.
April 5, 1975. Burritt's Rapids, ON. Penned "Festival of Friends." Source: Liner notes from In the Falling Dark.
May or July. Penned "Arrows of Light." Sources: Liner notes from Joy Will Find A Way and Circles in the Stream. Note: The liner notes for Joy... indicate the date as May; on Circles..., the date is July.
July through August. Toronto, ON. Recorded album Joy Will Find a Way. Source: Liner notes from Joy Will Find A Way.
November 17, 1975. Burritt's Rapids, ON. Penned "Gavin's Woodpile." Source: Liner notes from In the Falling Dark.
December 14, 1975. Toronto, ON. Penned "Little Seahorse." Source: Liner notes from In the Falling Dark.
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Edmonton, AB. Performance at University of Alberta, Student Union Building. Set list. Source: Personal notes of Robert Caldwell.
Philadelphia, PA. Islands in a Black Sky (PBS).
Juno Award for Best Album Graphics (Joy Will Find A Way). Source: Finklestein, Bernie. 1981 Tour Press Release.
Release of album In the Falling Dark.
February 29, 1976. Calgary, AB. Penned "I'm Gonna Fly Someday." Source: Liner notes from In the Falling Dark.
March 9, 1976. Ottawa, ON. Penned "In the Falling Dark." Source: Liner notes from In the Falling Dark.
May 12, 1976. Burritt's Rapids, ON. Penned "Lord of the Starfields." Sources: Liner notes from In the Falling Dark and Circles in the Stream.
June 28, 1976. Ottawa, ON. Penned "Laughter." Sources: Liner notes from Further Adventures of... and Resume.
July 10, 1976. Ottawa, ON. Penned "Vagabondage" (with Marcel Moussette). Source: Liner notes from In the Falling Dark.
July 21, 1976. Burritt's Rapids, ON. Penned "Silver Wheels." Sources: Liner notes from In the Falling Dark, Resume and Live.
July 26, 1976. Burritt's Rapids, ON. Penned "Red Brother, Red Sister." Source: Liner notes from Circles in the Stream.
September through November. Toronto, ON. Recorded album In the Falling Dark. Source: Liner notes from In the Falling Dark. Also recorded songs "Red Brother, Red Sister" and "Dweller by a Dark Stream" which appear on the album Mummy Dust. Source: Liner notes from Mummy Dust.
December 9, 1976. Burritt's Rapids, ON. Penned "Can I Go With You." Sources: Liner notes from Further Adventures of... and Resume.
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Tour of Japan (with Murray McLauchlan). Source: Ruhlmann, William. "A Burning Light and All the Rest." Goldmine. April 3, 1992.
Toronto, ON. Toronto Folk Festival. Set list. Source: Personal notes of Robert Caldwell.
Release of album Circles in the Stream.
ca. 1977-79 in New York Penned "Incandescent Blue." Source: Liner notes from Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws. Date not specified on album.
January 30, 1977. Burritt's Rapids, ON. Penned "Free to Be." Source: Liner notes from Circles in the Stream.
Spring. 30 city tour of Canada. First tour with a band (Bill Usher, Robert Boucher, Pat Godfrey).
March 8, 1977. Quebec, Quebec. Penned "Homme Brulant." Source: Liner notes from Circles in the Stream.
April. New York, NY. Performance at Alice Tully Hall.
April 7 & 8 1977. Toronto, Convocation Hall??? Conflicts with the following citation.
April 8 & 9, 1977. Toronto, ON. Performance at Massey Hall. Recorded and released as "Circles in the Stream." Source: Liner notes from Circles in the Stream.
May 8, 1977. Edmonton, AB. Performance at the University of Alberta.
July. Morioka, Japan. Penned "Nazen Ji." Source: Liner notes from Further Adventures of....
July 1, 1977. Tokyo, Japan. Toshi Center. Performance with Murray McLauchlan. Source: Personal notes of Gavin Mudd.
July 9, 1977. Tokyo, Japan. Performance with Murray McLauchlan. Source: Personal notes of Gavin Mudd.
September 18, 1977. Fort Saint John, British Columbia. Penned "Bright Sky." Source: Liner notes from Further Adventures of....
November 6, 1977. Burritt's Rapids, ON. Penned "Feast of Fools." Source: Liner notes from Further Adventures of....
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Release of album Further Adventures of....
Cambridge, MA. Performance at the Passim Theatre. Set list. May have been broadcast on AM radio. Source: Personal notes of Robert Caldwell.
Appearance on 90 Minutes Live (CBC TV) with Peter Gzowski.
Appearance on Great Canadian Gold Rush (CBC AM).
April through May. Toronto, ON. Recorded Further Adventures of... Source: Liner notes from Further Adventures of....
May 1, 1978. New York, NY. In-studio performance on WBAI Radio. Source: Personal notes of Gavin Mudd.
July 19, 1978. Banff, AB. Penned "No Footprints." Source: Liner notes from Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws.
July 13, 1978. Edmonton, AB. Performance at the University of Alberta. Set list included an unreleased instrumental based on the work of Bai Contes(?). Source: Personal notes of Steve Graham.
August 27, 1978. Calgary-Medicine Hat, AB. Penned "Northern Lights." Source: Liner notes from Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws.
September. Release of Further Adventures of... Source: Ruhlmann, William. "A Burning Light and All the Rest." Goldmine. April 3, 1992.
December 20, 1978. Ottawa, ON. Penned "Creation Dream." Source: Liner notes from Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws.
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Juno Award for Male Vocalist of the Year. Source: Finklestein, Bernie. 1981 Tour Press Release.
Ken Friesen receives Juno Award for Recording Engineer of the Year. Source: CARAS.
RPM Award for Top Single recording of the Year. Source: Finklestein, Bernie. 1981 Tour Press Release.
Edmonton, AB. Performance at the University of Alberta. Broadcast on CKSR-FM.
Mulhurst, ON. Performance. Set list. Broadcast on FM radio. Source: Personal notes of Robert Caldwell.
Vincenzo, Italy (during autumn tour?). Performance. Source: Personal notes of Gavin Mudd.
Appearance on CBC Radio. Source: Personal notes of Gavin Mudd.
Release of album Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws.
Interviewed on Thirsty Ear Radio Special. Released on promotional vinyl disk as The Bruce Cockburn Radio Special.
Toronto, ON. Performance at the Forum, ON Place. This performance was videotaped. Source: Personal notes of Gavin Mudd.
January 12, 1979. Ottawa, ON. Penned "Wondering Where the Lions Are." Sources: Liner notes from Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws and Live.
April 15, 1979 (Easter). Ottawa, ON. Penned "Badlands Flashback." Source: Liner notes from Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws.
May through June. Toronto, ON. Recorded album "Dancing in the Dragon's Jaw." Source: Liner notes from Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws.
June 13, 1979. Toronto, ON. Penned "After the Rain." Source: Liner notes from Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws and Live.
August. Ottawa, ON. Penned "The Rose Above the Sky." Source: Liner notes from Humans.
Autumn. Pavia, Italy; Hokkaido, Japan; Paris, France. Penned "How I Spent my Fall Vacation." Source: Liner notes from Humans.
September 5, 1979. Tokyo, Japan. Penned "Hoop Dancer." Source: Liner notes from The Trouble with Normal.
September 15, 1979. Tokyo, Japan. Penned "Tokyo." Source: Liner notes from Humans.
October 20, 1979. Ottawa, ON. Penned "Grim Travellers." Source: Liner notes from Humans.
November 25, 1979. Gorizia-Milan, Italy. Penned "Guerrilla Betrayed." Source: Liner notes from Humans.
December 31, 1979. Burritt's Rapids, ON. Penned "Rumours of Glory." Sources: Liner notes from Humans and Live.
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