K.D. Lang Re-Forms The Reclines For Awards Show
k.d. lang reuniting with The Reclines was an experience she described as a "full-circle moment."
k.d. lang at Fire Fight Australia (Credit: Josh Groom)
Attendees at this year’s Canadian Country Music Awards (CCMAs) were in for an excellent time, with k.d. lang getting the band – The Reclines – back together for the occasion.
Global News notes that k.d. lang and The Reclines performed together for the first time in 35 years on Saturday (14 September), with the singer-songwriter set to be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame this year.
According to the publication The Star, the reunion of The Reclines was one of the highlights of the night, with the group performing Big Boned Gal from the last album they released in 1989, Absolute Torch And Twang.
Lang became the character in the song, with the Constant Craving singer telling reporters after the performance: “That was a piece of cake. Good friendships have this capacity to erase time. That certainly happened when we got together.”
Originally a Patsy Cline tribute band, k.d. lang joined The Reclines in 1983. The band originally featured Stu MacDougal on keys, Dave Bjarnson on drums, Gary Koligar on guitar, and Farley Scott on bass.
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“Reuniting with The Reclines after 35 years in Edmonton for the CCMA Awards feels like a full-circle moment,” lang said (per Billboard) earlier this month.
“The bond we shared, both musically and personally, remains as strong as ever, and revisiting a song that shaped our journey together is incredibly special. I’m thrilled to bring this experience to life on such a celebrated stage and share it with fans, both old and new.”
While there’s no official full-length footage of the band’s reunion, you can check out a snippet below.
K.d. lang last visited Australia for Fire Fight – a musical event that raised over $9 million to support those affected by Australia’s horrible 2019/2020 summer bushfires – in February 2020.
She last toured Australia in 2017, with The Music’s Dan Cribb remarking of her performance at Perth’s Riverside Theatre, “lang is only getting better with age and still has one of the best singing voices going around, cemented in the final choruses of Neil Young’s Helpless and a spine-tingling version of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah.”
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