Coming Attractions: The Sadies Go Live

Later this week in Toronto, the Sadies are recording a live record...

The list runs the gauntlet of past Sadies collaborators. There will be members of Blue Rodeo, The Deadly Snakes, Heavy Trash and, of course, the Good Brothers. You'll also see Jon Langford (The Mekons, Waco Brothers), former Jayhawk Gary Louris (who will produce The Sadies' next record), Neko Case, Kelly Hogan, their Unintended partner, Rick White, and some surprise guests.

The recording will be done at shows on February 3 and 4 at Toronto's Lee's Palace (the same venue that Case used to record part of her The Tigers Have Spoken live record with The Sadies and others), with Steve Albini and Don Pyle producing.

One thing that Good wants to stress is that The Sadies aren't breaking up. "This isn't The Last Waltz," he says.

"I don't want any comparisons to that. It's not a variety show. The point is to make a Sadies live record, and we're just seizing the opportunity while we have tape and all our friends are around. There will be new material as well as the songs we have always played live but never recorded. Best of all, there isn't a lot of pressure because playing live is what we do best."