June 1, 2005
Greetings from the Big Sugar camp with many thanks for your continued
interest and support. We are at a very exciting time for all of the Big
Sugar family.

Gordie "Grady" Johnson with his new band GRADY had a Canadian record release
May 17, 2005 through Warner Music. GRADY consists of Big Ben Richardson on
bass and Chris "Whipper" Layton on drums. They will be travelling across
Canada on tour for the rest of 2005, kicking it off in Toronto at the Mod
Club June 15th. There will be continued dates in the U.S. as well.

Garry Lowe, Mojah and Eric "Speedstick" Paul have joined with Friendlyman
and Bernie Pitters to resurrect the reggae band "Truths & Rights". It is the
real deal. If you enjoyed the rhythms and vibes in Big Sugar, check out this
collection of the finest reggae musicians outside of Jamaica. They have
completed their new album and have a release date of June 4th.

Kelly "Mr. Chill" Hoppe has continued with fine harp playing and has added
some guitar along the way with his bandmates in Train 45. This bluegrass
band started as a project that he participated in while Big Sugar was off
the road. It is now a fulltime committment with Mr. Chill being joined by
his Windsor bandmates in recording a new cd. The tracks are done and it is
to be mixed by Gordie J. in July at Willie Nelson's studio in Texas so watch
for it in the near future.

As is evidenced by the continued and indeed, increased, output of music from
this outstanding collection of musicians, Big Sugar was and continues to be
a product of individuals who came together in an unlikely group simply based
on love for music. They all look forward to seeing all of you in the months
ahead as they tour with their new bands. You can find all of the tour dates
through the band links listed on the fan page of this website.

See you down the road.....

June 1, 2004
GORDIE'S GUITAR RECOVERED
Thanks to some help from our friends at CFTO TV and a gracious fan, Gordie's ES-335 has been recovered. Check out CFTO news tonight at 6:00 PM or 11:00 PM (EST) for details. It's really quite an amazing story!

April 5, 2004
STOLEN GUITAR
On Tuesday March 30th, Gordie's 1969 Gibson ES-335 was taken from The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto during a Mr. Chill show. This is the same guitar played by Gordie in the "Ride Like Hell" video. If anyone has any information on the guitar or it's whereabouts please drop us an email.

February 9, 2004
LAST CALL WITH CARSON DALY
On Wednesday February 11, 2004 Gordie will accompany Default's Dallas Smith and Jeremy Hora on Last Call with Carson Daly. GJ will be playing pedal steel on a special acoustic version of Default's Jeff Buckley cover "Cruel". Click here for more info!

January 13, 2004
SILVER CUP
Big Sugar's recording of TSN's NHL Hockey theme song Silver Cup, will air on Thursday January 15, 2003 at 9:00 PM (Eastern Time) on TSN. For more details click here.

December 23, 2003
NEW YEARS EVE
Big Sugar's last show, on New Year's Eve in Edmonton, will be broadcast live on The Bear FM and streamed online at their website. To hear this farewell show on New Year's Eve click here.

December 23, 2003
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
The band would like to thank you all for your words of support and encouragement over this, our last year. Here's wishing you all a happy holidays and all the best in the new year. We hope to see you all, no matter what configurations we may take, out there on the road soon.

November 27, 2003
Catch Big Sugar performing live on the Mike Bullard show December 10th.

November 17, 2003
More Hit & Run Dates Announced

More 'Hit & Run' dates have been added to the Live page.

October 22, 2003
Download Exclusive Tracks!

The recently launched music download service, Puretracks.com has 2 exclusive Big Sugar tracks available for download. The tracks are 'All Night 'Till Daylight' and the second is 'Leave My Guitar Alone'. These tracks can be downloaded at Puretracks.com for $.99. For more info, please click here.

October 8, 2003
The Chat Is Back!

We apologise for the long delay, but the message board is back and better than before. If you are a registered member you should be ready to go. If you're new...then register now and join the fun.
The link to the board is right here in the "fans" section.

September 24, 2003
Dear Big Sugar fan,

It has come to our attention that there is a mastering defect on Disc One (aka the "HIT" disc) of Big Sugar's new release HIT and RUN-The Best Of Big Sugar (Catalogue number 0249860929). This problem also affects the disc in the non-limited edition (i.e. the version without the live recording on Disc Two aka the "RUN" disc) in some cases (Catalogue number 0249860643).

To identify if you have a defective disc, play Track 14 (I Want You Now). At the 10 second mark in the song, there should be only guitar, bass and drums. If there is an odd noise that sounds somewhat like a string section at the 10 second mark, the disc is defective.

In order to ensure that you receive a disc that is not defective and so that we can rectify the situation in an expedient manner, we are asking anyone who has purchased this package to return Disc One (aka the "HIT" disc) ONLY (NOT THE CASE, PACKAGING OR DISC TWO) with your name and mailing address directly to Universal at the address below and we will mail you a replacement disc. After you have mailed the disc, please allow 3 weeks for the replacement disc to arrive. Though we are striving to replace existing stock as quickly as possible, we ask that you do not return the package to the retailer you bought it from as we cannot guarantee that the replacement you receive will not be defective as well.

As an alternative solution, a non-defective, high-quality MP3 version of "I Want You Now" can be obtained by downloading, unzipping/unstuffing and running the following application. In order to receive the download you must own a copy of HIT and RUN and have it in your CDROM drive. The application will verify that the CD is in your drive and then offer you a zipped or stuffed file as a download. This file will contain replacement MP3.

Mac OS X | PC
[updated 09/29/2003]

Please note that this application has been built and tested on Mac OS X and Windows 98/2000/XP. We can not guarantee that it will work on all computers and configurations. It is provided without any warranties of any kind, expressed or implied, as an alternative to sending your defective disc back to Universal Music. Universal Music will not be liable for any actual or consequential damages from the use of or inability to use this application.

Any problems downloading or using this application should be directed to: canada.webmaster@umusic.ca

Please return the defective "HIT" disc to the following address. Don't forget to include your name and mailing address when you send the disc back to us)

Customer Service Department
UNIVERSAL MUSIC CANADA
2450 Victoria Park Ave.
Toronto, ON
M2J 4A2
Attn: April GuardSeptember 2, 2003
HIT & RUN TOUR
Big Sugar will celebrate the Best Of album with the Hit and Run Tour starting in September. This is a must see tour for Big Sugar fans and for those who have only heard about their legendary live show.

This will be the last chance for fans to see Big Sugar as a 5-piece band. After 11 years, 6 albums (3 gold, 2 Platinum), Canadian album sales in excess of 400,000, over 1,500 shows performed and numerous top 10 singles Gordie Johnson is about to turn the corner and embark down a new road in 2004.

August 5, 2003
I WANT YOU NOW
The first single from Hit & Run is at radio across Canada now. Call up your favourite rock station today to hear ‘I Want You Now’!