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Here's the Gord Downie bio they're using for this event (quoted below):
http://www.cansong.ca/en/events/gordDownie_bio.aspx

And the full ad:
http://www.cansong.ca/en/events/2010.aspx

GORD DOWNIE

While the occupation that Gord Downie lists on his passport is "musician", he could just as easily have cited "songwriter", "poet", "video director", or even, existentially speaking, "restless spirit". "I enjoy the process of writing to a fault," he admits. "I love doing the work. I love solving the puzzle."

Gord Downie is perhaps best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of Canada’s most beloved band, The Tragically Hip, who have thrilled audiences around the world with their live performances for over two decades. In this, Gord has achieved the enviable status of a musician that enjoys both mass popularity with over 8 million albums sold worldwide, as well as peer recognition with 31 Juno Award Nominations and 11 wins.

On the screen, Gord appears most recently in Michael McGowan's film, One Week, as a pot smoking philosopher starring fellow Canadian Joshua Jackson. Downie also has cameo appearances in Men with Brooms, the Trailer Park Boys’ movie The Big Dirty, and on television in the series finale of Trailer Park Boys, "Say Goodnight To The Bad Guys", and Corner Gas "Rock On!". He also starred in the short film At The Quinte Hotel, featuring Canadian poet Al Purdy's poem of the same name.

Gord has released two solo albums, Coke Machine Glow (2001) and Battle of the Nudes (2003). The Tragically Hip will release their 12th studio album, We Are The Same in April, 2009.

He is a Trustee of Lake Ontario through his support of the Waterkeeper Alliance.