During a hiatus in the continual career of Blue Rodeo, main songwriters Greg Keelor and Jim Cuddy splintered off into solo avenues with an eye to re-convening as Blue Rodeo.

Cuddy's outing was 1998's 'All In Time' was recorded at Toronto's Chemical Sound studio with longtime Blue Rodeo engineer John Whynot helping Cuddy in the production chair.

The band for the sessions included Cuddy on guitar and vocals plus Gavin Brown on drums, Colin Cripps on guitars and vocals and Blue Rodeo's Bazil Donovan on bass.

Noted Maritimes violinist Melanie Doane helped out as did Michelle McAdorey (Crash Vegas) and Sarah Harmer (Weeping Tile).

And when Wilco's Jay Bennett and Jeff Tweedy came to Toronto to promote their own album, 'Being There', they were more then happy to pop into the studio to offer guitar, banjo, piano and vocals.

The singles for "Disappointment" and "Too Many Hands", touring and video rotation helped propel Cuddy to a Juno Award win. (Click to see Jim's stunning winning photo!)